Mercury retrograde 1985

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1985. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 11.93°

24 March → 17 April 1985 in Aries

Stations retrograde 24 Mar 1985, 18:48 UTC at 18.86° Aries
Stations direct 17 Apr 1985, 05:26 UTC at 6.93° Aries
Shadow opens 10 Mar 1985 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 5 May 1985 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.1°

28 July → 20 August 1985 in Leo

Stations retrograde 28 Jul 1985, 00:47 UTC at 25.52° Leo
Stations direct 20 Aug 1985, 22:41 UTC at 13.41° Leo
Shadow opens 9 Jul 1985 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 4 Sep 1985 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.24°

18 November → 8 December 1985 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 18 Nov 1985, 15:57 UTC at 15.2° Sagittarius
Stations direct 8 Dec 1985, 11:26 UTC at 28.97° Scorpio
Shadow opens 30 Oct 1985 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 26 Dec 1985 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1985

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1984 Ended 24 December 1984 after 20 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1986 Begins 7 March 1986 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1985

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.

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