Mercury retrograde dates in 1998
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 1998.
Mercury is the fastest planet and turns retrograde more often than any other, about three times a year. Each retrograde lasts between 20 and 24 days, and the start of one comes 108 to 125 days after the start of the last.
Mercury stays near the Sun in the sky, and its retrograde happens when it passes between the Earth and the Sun. In tradition Mercury stands for thinking, speech and travel, and astrologers who follow retrogrades read a Mercury retrograde as a time to revisit them. That is a tradition of interpretation, not a measured effect.
Stations in 1998
Turns retrograde
Friday 27 March 1998, 21:45
Aries 21°
Turns direct
Monday 20 April 1998, 10:30
Aries 9°
Turns retrograde
Friday 31 July 1998, 05:31
Leo 28°
Turns direct
Monday 24 August 1998, 01:33
Leo 15°
Turns retrograde
Saturday 21 November 1998, 13:45
Sagittarius 17°
Turns direct
Friday 11 December 1998, 08:33
Sagittarius 1°
Stations are found by Astrely's own code from the planets' positions and are shown in Nicosia time. Mercury's stations are checked against NASA/JPL Horizons to within four minutes; the outer planets move so slowly around a station that their times are best read to the day. The method page has the details.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.