Mercury retrograde 1999

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1999. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.18°

10 March → 2 April 1999 in Aries

Stations retrograde 10 Mar 1999, 09:10 UTC at 4.08° Aries
Stations direct 2 Apr 1999, 09:13 UTC at 20.89° Pisces
Shadow opens 24 Feb 1999 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 21 Apr 1999 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.91°

12 July → 6 August 1999 in Leo

Stations retrograde 12 Jul 1999, 23:16 UTC at 9.5° Leo
Stations direct 6 Aug 1999, 03:24 UTC at 28.59° Cancer
Shadow opens 25 Jun 1999 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 20 Aug 1999 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.11°

5 November → 25 November 1999 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 5 Nov 1999, 02:47 UTC at 1.74° Sagittarius
Stations direct 25 Nov 1999, 03:50 UTC at 15.63° Scorpio
Shadow opens 16 Oct 1999 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Dec 1999 (17 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 1999

Previous

1998 Ended 11 December 1998 after 20 days, moving back 16.25° through the zodiac.

Next

2000 Begins 21 February 2000 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1999

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.

← 1998 Mercury retrograde in 1998. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2000 → Mercury retrograde in 2000.