Mercury retrograde 1900

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1900. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.64°

15 March → 7 April 1900 in Aries

Stations retrograde 15 Mar 1900, 13:21 UTC at 10.55° Aries
Stations direct 7 Apr 1900, 18:40 UTC at 27.91° Pisces
Shadow opens 1 Mar 1900 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 26 Apr 1900 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

Read against Aries, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 11.45°

18 July → 11 August 1900 in Leo

Stations retrograde 18 Jul 1900, 12:54 UTC at 16.64° Leo
Stations direct 11 Aug 1900, 14:56 UTC at 5.19° Leo
Shadow opens 30 Jun 1900 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 25 Aug 1900 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

Read against Leo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

20 days · retreats 16.17°

9 November → 29 November 1900 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 9 Nov 1900, 23:29 UTC at 7.67° Sagittarius
Stations direct 29 Nov 1900, 21:29 UTC at 21.5° Scorpio
Shadow opens 21 Oct 1900 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 17 Dec 1900 (17 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Sagittarius, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1900

Previous

1899 Ended 16 December 1899 after 20 days, moving back 16.28° through the zodiac.

Next

1901 Begins 26 February 1901 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1900

1.2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1901 → Mercury retrograde in 1901.