Mercury Retrograde 1979

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1979: from March 15 to April 7 in Aries and Pisces; from July 17 to August 11 in Leo; from November 9 to November 29 in Sagittarius and Scorpio. The next Mercury retrograde after 1979 begins on February 26, 1980 at 21°30' Pisces. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins March 15, 1979, the pre-retrograde shadow starts March 1, 1979 and the post-retrograde shadow ends April 26, 1979. For the retrograde that begins July 17, 1979, the pre-retrograde shadow starts June 30, 1979 and the post-retrograde shadow ends August 25, 1979. For the retrograde that begins November 9, 1979, the pre-retrograde shadow starts October 21, 1979 and the post-retrograde shadow ends December 16, 1979.

From March 15, 1979, Mercury turns retrograde at 8°31' Aries and turns direct at 25°43' Pisces. From July 17, 1979, Mercury turns retrograde at 14°27' Leo and turns direct at 3°09' Leo. From November 9, 1979, Mercury turns retrograde at 5°48' Sagittarius and turns direct at 19°39' Scorpio.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1979 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.