Mercury retrograde 1987

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1987. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.56°

18 February → 12 March 1987 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 18 Feb 1987, 16:07 UTC at 14.69° Pisces
Stations direct 12 Mar 1987, 21:14 UTC at 0.13° Pisces
Shadow opens 4 Feb 1987 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 1 Apr 1987 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.41°

21 June → 15 July 1987 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 21 Jun 1987, 03:36 UTC at 16.98° Cancer
Stations direct 15 Jul 1987, 07:39 UTC at 7.57° Cancer
Shadow opens 4 Jun 1987 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 29 Jul 1987 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.82°

16 October → 6 November 1987 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 16 Oct 1987, 16:38 UTC at 13.39° Scorpio
Stations direct 6 Nov 1987, 07:34 UTC at 27.57° Libra
Shadow opens 26 Sep 1987 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 22 Nov 1987 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1987

Previous

1986 Ended 22 November 1986 after 20 days, moving back 16.08° through the zodiac.

Next

1988 Begins 2 February 1988 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1987

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.

← 1986 Mercury retrograde in 1986. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1988 → Mercury retrograde in 1988.