Mercury Retrograde 1982

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1982: from January 23 to February 13 in Aquarius; from May 21 to June 13 in Gemini; from September 19 to October 11 in Libra. The next Mercury retrograde after 1982 begins on January 7, 1983 at 2°34' Aquarius. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 23, 1982, the pre-retrograde shadow starts January 7, 1982 and the post-retrograde shadow ends March 5, 1982. For the retrograde that begins May 21, 1982, the pre-retrograde shadow starts May 6, 1982 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 29, 1982. For the retrograde that begins September 19, 1982, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 30, 1982 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 26, 1982.

From January 23, 1982, Mercury turns retrograde at 18°38' Aquarius and turns direct at 2°55' Aquarius. From May 21, 1982, Mercury turns retrograde at 15°10' Gemini and turns direct at 6°37' Gemini. From September 19, 1982, Mercury turns retrograde at 17°31' Libra and turns direct at 2°25' Libra.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1982 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.