Mercury Retrograde 1986

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1986: from March 7 to March 30 in Aries and Pisces; from July 9 to August 3 in Leo and Cancer; from November 2 to November 22 in Scorpio. The next Mercury retrograde after 1986 begins on February 18, 1987 at 14°30' Pisces. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins March 7, 1986, the pre-retrograde shadow starts February 21, 1986 and the post-retrograde shadow ends April 18, 1986. For the retrograde that begins July 9, 1986, the pre-retrograde shadow starts June 22, 1986 and the post-retrograde shadow ends August 17, 1986. For the retrograde that begins November 2, 1986, the pre-retrograde shadow starts October 13, 1986 and the post-retrograde shadow ends December 9, 1986.

From March 7, 1986, Mercury turns retrograde at 1°18' Aries and turns direct at 17°55' Pisces. From July 9, 1986, Mercury turns retrograde at 6°25' Leo and turns direct at 25°43' Cancer. From November 2, 1986, Mercury turns retrograde at 29°09' Scorpio and turns direct at 13°05' Scorpio.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1986 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.