Mercury retrograde 1997

4 periods, 79 days inside the year — 21.5% of 1997. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.26° · crosses the year boundary

23 December → 12 January 1997 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 23 Dec 1996, 19:38 UTC at 19.27° Capricorn

Stations direct 12 Jan 1997, 20:42 UTC at 3.01° Capricorn

Shadow opens 6 Dec 1996 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 1 Feb 1997 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.18°

14 April → 8 May 1997 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 14 Apr 1997, 23:55 UTC at 9.69° Taurus

Stations direct 8 May 1997, 18:09 UTC at 29.51° Aries

Shadow opens 1 Apr 1997 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 25 May 1997 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.53°

17 August → 10 September 1997 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 17 Aug 1997, 19:51 UTC at 16.27° Virgo

Stations direct 10 Sep 1997, 01:35 UTC at 2.73° Virgo

Shadow opens 29 Jul 1997 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Sep 1997 (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°

7 December → 27 December 1997 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 7 Dec 1997, 16:46 UTC at 3.4° Capricorn

Stations direct 27 Dec 1997, 11:46 UTC at 17.09° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 19 Nov 1997 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Jan 1998 (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 1997

1996 Ended 12 January 1997 after 20 days, moving back 16.26° through the zodiac.

1998 Begins 27 March 1998 and runs 24 days.

Gap across 1997

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.

← 1996 Mercury retrograde in 1996. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Mercury retrograde in 1998.