Mercury Retrograde 1974

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1974: from February 15 to March 9 in Pisces and Aquarius; from June 17 to July 12 in Cancer; from October 13 to November 3 in Scorpio and Libra. The next Mercury retrograde after 1974 begins on January 30, 1975 at 25°26' Aquarius. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins February 15, 1974, the pre-retrograde shadow starts February 1, 1974 and the post-retrograde shadow ends March 29, 1974. For the retrograde that begins June 17, 1974, the pre-retrograde shadow starts June 1, 1974 and the post-retrograde shadow ends July 26, 1974. For the retrograde that begins October 13, 1974, the pre-retrograde shadow starts September 23, 1974 and the post-retrograde shadow ends November 19, 1974.

From February 15, 1974, Mercury turns retrograde at 11°50' Pisces and turns direct at 27°08' Aquarius. From June 17, 1974, Mercury turns retrograde at 13°38' Cancer and turns direct at 4°23' Cancer. From October 13, 1974, Mercury turns retrograde at 10°37' Scorpio and turns direct at 24°51' Libra.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1974 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.