Mercury Retrograde 1970

Mercury is retrograde four times in 1970: from January 4 to January 24 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from April 28 to May 22 in Taurus; from August 30 to September 22 in Virgo; from December 19 to January 8, 1971 in Capricorn and Sagittarius. The next Mercury retrograde after 1970 begins on April 9, 1971 at 3°46' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 4, 1970, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 18, 1969 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 13, 1970. For the retrograde that begins April 28, 1970, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 14, 1970 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 7, 1970. For the retrograde that begins August 30, 1970, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 10, 1970 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 6, 1970. For the retrograde that begins December 19, 1970, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 1, 1970 and the post-retrograde shadow ends January 27, 1971.

From January 4, 1970, Mercury turns retrograde at 0°00' Aquarius and turns direct at 13°52' Capricorn. From April 28, 1970, Mercury turns retrograde at 22°29' Taurus and turns direct at 13°12' Taurus. From August 30, 1970, Mercury turns retrograde at 28°00' Virgo and turns direct at 13°46' Virgo. From December 19, 1970, Mercury turns retrograde at 14°05' Capricorn and turns direct at 27°48' Sagittarius.

Mercury spends about 80 days of 1970 retrograde.

Mercury retrograde is traditionally associated with reviewing plans, conversations, contracts, devices, and travel arrangements. Astrologers read it as a time to review rather than launch.

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.