Mercury Retrograde 1987

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1987: from February 18 to March 12 in Pisces and Aquarius; from June 21 to July 15 in Cancer; from October 16 to November 6 in Scorpio and Libra. The next Mercury retrograde after 1987 begins on February 2, 1988 at 28°04' Aquarius. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins February 18, 1987, the pre-retrograde shadow starts February 4, 1987 and the post-retrograde shadow ends April 1, 1987. For the retrograde that begins June 21, 1987, the pre-retrograde shadow starts June 4, 1987 and the post-retrograde shadow ends July 29, 1987. For the retrograde that begins October 16, 1987, the pre-retrograde shadow starts September 26, 1987 and the post-retrograde shadow ends November 22, 1987.

From February 18, 1987, Mercury turns retrograde at 14°30' Pisces and turns direct at 29°57' Aquarius. From June 21, 1987, Mercury turns retrograde at 16°48' Cancer and turns direct at 7°24' Cancer. From October 16, 1987, Mercury turns retrograde at 13°12' Scorpio and turns direct at 27°24' Libra.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1987 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.