Mercury Retrograde 1981

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1981: from February 8 to March 2 in Pisces and Aquarius; from June 9 to July 3 in Cancer and Gemini; from October 6 to October 27 in Scorpio and Libra. The next Mercury retrograde after 1981 begins on January 23, 1982 at 18°38' Aquarius. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins February 8, 1981, the pre-retrograde shadow starts January 24, 1981 and the post-retrograde shadow ends March 22, 1981. For the retrograde that begins June 9, 1981, the pre-retrograde shadow starts May 25, 1981 and the post-retrograde shadow ends July 18, 1981. For the retrograde that begins October 6, 1981, the pre-retrograde shadow starts September 16, 1981 and the post-retrograde shadow ends November 12, 1981.

From February 8, 1981, Mercury turns retrograde at 4°55' Pisces and turns direct at 19°50' Aquarius. From June 9, 1981, Mercury turns retrograde at 5°12' Cancer and turns direct at 26°20' Gemini. From October 6, 1981, Mercury turns retrograde at 3°51' Scorpio and turns direct at 18°15' Libra.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1981 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.