Mercury Retrograde 1998

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1998: from March 27 to April 20 in Aries; from July 31 to August 23 in Leo; from November 21 to December 11 in Sagittarius. The next Mercury retrograde after 1998 begins on March 10, 1999 at 4°03' Aries. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins March 27, 1998, the pre-retrograde shadow starts March 14, 1998 and the post-retrograde shadow ends May 8, 1998. For the retrograde that begins July 31, 1998, the pre-retrograde shadow starts July 12, 1998 and the post-retrograde shadow ends September 7, 1998. For the retrograde that begins November 21, 1998, the pre-retrograde shadow starts November 2, 1998 and the post-retrograde shadow ends December 29, 1998.

From March 27, 1998, Mercury turns retrograde at 21°29' Aries and turns direct at 9°47' Aries. From July 31, 1998, Mercury turns retrograde at 28°16' Leo and turns direct at 15°57' Leo. From November 21, 1998, Mercury turns retrograde at 17°33' Sagittarius and turns direct at 1°18' Sagittarius.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1998 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.