Mercury Retrograde 1989

Mercury is retrograde four times in 1989: from January 16 to February 5 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 12 to June 5 in Gemini and Taurus; from September 11 to October 3 in Libra and Virgo; from December 30 to January 20, 1990 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 1989 begins on April 23, 1990 at 17°31' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 16, 1989, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 31, 1988 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 25, 1989. For the retrograde that begins May 12, 1989, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 28, 1989 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 20, 1989. For the retrograde that begins September 11, 1989, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 22, 1989 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 18, 1989. For the retrograde that begins December 30, 1989, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 14, 1989 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 8, 1990.

From January 16, 1989, Mercury turns retrograde at 11°53' Aquarius and turns direct at 25°58' Capricorn. From May 12, 1989, Mercury turns retrograde at 6°51' Gemini and turns direct at 28°09' Taurus. From September 11, 1989, Mercury turns retrograde at 10°33' Libra and turns direct at 25°44' Virgo. From December 30, 1989, Mercury turns retrograde at 25°53' Capricorn and turns direct at 9°41' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 68 days of 1989 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.