Mercury retrograde 1984

4 periods, 77 days inside the year — 21% of 1984. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.27° · crosses the year boundary

22 December → 11 January 1984 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 22 Dec 1983, 00:46 UTC at 16.88° Capricorn

Stations direct 11 Jan 1984, 00:33 UTC at 0.61° Capricorn

Shadow opens 4 Dec 1983 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Jan 1984 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 10.4°

11 April → 5 May 1984 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 11 Apr 1984, 20:20 UTC at 6.91° Taurus

Stations direct 5 May 1984, 14:01 UTC at 26.52° Aries

Shadow opens 29 Mar 1984 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 22 May 1984 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

Read against Taurus, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

23 days · retreats 13.37°

14 August → 7 September 1984 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 14 Aug 1984, 19:37 UTC at 13.62° Virgo

Stations direct 7 Sep 1984, 03:50 UTC at 0.25° Virgo

Shadow opens 26 Jul 1984 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 21 Sep 1984 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Virgo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

20 days · retreats 16.31°

4 December → 24 December 1984 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 4 Dec 1984, 21:37 UTC at 1.03° Capricorn

Stations direct 24 Dec 1984, 16:14 UTC at 14.72° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 16 Nov 1984 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Jan 1985 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1984

1983 Ended 11 January 1984 after 20 days, moving back 16.27° through the zodiac.

1985 Begins 24 March 1985 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1984

1.2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

← 1983 Mercury retrograde in 1983. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1985 → Mercury retrograde in 1985.