Mercury Retrograde 1985

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1985: from March 24 to April 17 in Aries; from July 28 to August 20 in Leo; from November 18 to December 8 in Sagittarius and Scorpio. The next Mercury retrograde after 1985 begins on March 7, 1986 at 1°18' Aries. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins March 24, 1985, the pre-retrograde shadow starts March 10, 1985 and the post-retrograde shadow ends May 5, 1985. For the retrograde that begins July 28, 1985, the pre-retrograde shadow starts July 9, 1985 and the post-retrograde shadow ends September 4, 1985. For the retrograde that begins November 18, 1985, the pre-retrograde shadow starts October 30, 1985 and the post-retrograde shadow ends December 26, 1985.

From March 24, 1985, Mercury turns retrograde at 18°39' Aries and turns direct at 6°43' Aries. From July 28, 1985, Mercury turns retrograde at 25°18' Leo and turns direct at 13°12' Leo. From November 18, 1985, Mercury turns retrograde at 15°00' Sagittarius and turns direct at 28°46' Scorpio.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1985 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.