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

Mercury retrograde in Aries

In Aries the retrograde tends to show up as hasty words and rushed decisions coming back for review. Messages sent in anger, plans launched without checking and arguments started on impulse are the classic material. The useful version is slower starts: finish the draft, reread it, then press send.

…and back into Pisces

In Pisces the retrograde blurs details and heightens intuition. Instructions are misread, dates are forgotten and communication relies on feeling rather than fact. It favours rest, creative reflection and double-checking anything that must be exact.

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 13 Mar to 2 Apr 1999 (20 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Scorpio — 18 Mar to 2 Apr 1999 (15 days of overlap)

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

Mercury retrograde in Leo

In Leo the retrograde touches creative projects, self-expression and romance. Work you shelved asks to be finished, performances need rehearsing again, and an old flame may reappear. It is a good window for revising creative work rather than launching it.

…and back into Cancer

In Cancer the retrograde turns towards home, family and memory. Old family conversations resurface, house moves hit snags, and people revisit the past more than usual. It suits sorting photographs, repairing the home and having the talk you postponed with a relative.

It begins in Cancer season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Aquarius — 12 Jul to 6 Aug 1999 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 12 Jul to 6 Aug 1999 (24 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 12 Jul to 6 Aug 1999 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — 30 Jul to 6 Aug 1999 (7 days of overlap)

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

Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius

In Sagittarius the retrograde affects travel, study and beliefs. Journeys are delayed, paperwork for visas or courses gets stuck, and opinions stated too confidently need walking back. It suits revisiting plans for the bigger picture before committing to them.

…and back into Scorpio

In Scorpio the retrograde goes digging. Secrets surface, shared finances need re-examining, and conversations turn intense. It suits research, therapy and honest reckonings, and it punishes suspicion that runs ahead of the facts.

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Taurus — 5 Nov to 25 Nov 1999 (20 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 5 Nov to 25 Nov 1999 (20 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 22 Nov to 25 Nov 1999 (3 days of overlap)

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.

1999 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1999

Pluto in Sagittarius 13 Mar 1999 – 18 Aug 1999 · 158 days
Mars in Scorpio 18 Mar 1999 – 4 Jun 1999 · 78 days
Neptune in Aquarius 6 May 1999 – 13 Oct 1999 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 21 May 1999 – 23 Oct 1999 · 154 days
Venus in Virgo 30 Jul 1999 – 11 Sep 1999 · 43 days
Jupiter in Taurus 25 Aug 1999 – 20 Dec 1999 · 118 days
Saturn in Taurus 29 Aug 1999 – 12 Jan 2000 · 135 days
← 1998 Mercury retrograde in 1998. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2000 → Mercury retrograde in 2000.