Mercury Retrograde 1988

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1988: from February 2 to February 23 in Aquarius; from May 31 to June 24 in Gemini; from September 28 to October 20 in Libra. The next Mercury retrograde after 1988 begins on January 16, 1989 at 11°53' Aquarius. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins February 2, 1988, the pre-retrograde shadow starts January 18, 1988 and the post-retrograde shadow ends March 14, 1988. For the retrograde that begins May 31, 1988, the pre-retrograde shadow starts May 16, 1988 and the post-retrograde shadow ends July 9, 1988. For the retrograde that begins September 28, 1988, the pre-retrograde shadow starts September 8, 1988 and the post-retrograde shadow ends November 4, 1988.

From February 2, 1988, Mercury turns retrograde at 28°04' Aquarius and turns direct at 12°40' Aquarius. From May 31, 1988, Mercury turns retrograde at 26°46' Gemini and turns direct at 18°09' Gemini. From September 28, 1988, Mercury turns retrograde at 27°03' Libra and turns direct at 11°38' Libra.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1988 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.