Mercury Retrograde 1996

Mercury is retrograde four times in 1996: from January 9 to January 30 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 3 to May 27 in Taurus; from September 4 to September 26 in Libra and Virgo; from December 23 to January 12, 1997 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 1996 begins on April 14, 1997 at 9°39' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 9, 1996, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 24, 1995 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 19, 1996. For the retrograde that begins May 3, 1996, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 19, 1996 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 12, 1996. For the retrograde that begins September 4, 1996, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 15, 1996 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 11, 1996. For the retrograde that begins December 23, 1996, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 6, 1996 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 1, 1997.

From January 9, 1996, Mercury turns retrograde at 5°10' Aquarius and turns direct at 19°06' Capricorn. From May 3, 1996, Mercury turns retrograde at 28°38' Taurus and turns direct at 19°38' Taurus. From September 4, 1996, Mercury turns retrograde at 3°29' Libra and turns direct at 18°59' Virgo. From December 23, 1996, Mercury turns retrograde at 19°13' Capricorn and turns direct at 2°58' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 75 days of 1996 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.