Mercury Retrograde 1973

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1973: from March 4 to March 27 in Pisces; from July 6 to July 30 in Leo and Cancer; from October 30 to November 19 in Scorpio. The next Mercury retrograde after 1973 begins on February 15, 1974 at 11°50' Pisces. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins March 4, 1973, the pre-retrograde shadow starts February 18, 1973 and the post-retrograde shadow ends April 15, 1973. For the retrograde that begins July 6, 1973, the pre-retrograde shadow starts June 19, 1973 and the post-retrograde shadow ends August 14, 1973. For the retrograde that begins October 30, 1973, the pre-retrograde shadow starts October 10, 1973 and the post-retrograde shadow ends December 6, 1973.

From March 4, 1973, Mercury turns retrograde at 28°35' Pisces and turns direct at 15°00' Pisces. From July 6, 1973, Mercury turns retrograde at 3°20' Leo and turns direct at 22°51' Cancer. From October 30, 1973, Mercury turns retrograde at 26°36' Scorpio and turns direct at 10°33' Scorpio.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1973 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.