Mercury Retrograde 1976

Mercury is retrograde four times in 1976: from January 14 to February 3 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 9 to June 2 in Gemini and Taurus; from September 8 to October 1 in Libra and Virgo; from December 28 to January 17, 1977 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 1976 begins on April 20, 1977 at 14°30' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 14, 1976, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 29, 1975 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 24, 1976. For the retrograde that begins May 9, 1976, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 25, 1976 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 17, 1976. For the retrograde that begins September 8, 1976, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 19, 1976 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 15, 1976. For the retrograde that begins December 28, 1976, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 11, 1976 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 5, 1977.

From January 14, 1976, Mercury turns retrograde at 9°18' Aquarius and turns direct at 23°20' Capricorn. From May 9, 1976, Mercury turns retrograde at 3°44' Gemini and turns direct at 24°57' Taurus. From September 8, 1976, Mercury turns retrograde at 7°51' Libra and turns direct at 23°08' Virgo. From December 28, 1976, Mercury turns retrograde at 23°19' Capricorn and turns direct at 7°05' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 71 days of 1976 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.