Mercury retrograde 1904

4 periods, 76 days inside the year — 20.9% of 1904. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.07°

8 January → 28 January 1904 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 8 Jan 1904, 11:49 UTC at 4.42° Aquarius

Stations direct 28 Jan 1904, 23:40 UTC at 18.35° Capricorn

Shadow opens 23 Dec 1903 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 17 Feb 1904 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.03°

2 May → 26 May 1904 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 2 May 1904, 09:36 UTC at 27.74° Taurus

Stations direct 26 May 1904, 05:35 UTC at 18.7° Taurus

Shadow opens 18 Apr 1904 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 11 Jun 1904 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 14.46°

2 September → 25 September 1904 in Libra

Stations retrograde 2 Sep 1904, 18:31 UTC at 2.68° Libra

Stations direct 25 Sep 1904, 06:34 UTC at 18.22° Virgo

Shadow opens 13 Aug 1904 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 9 Oct 1904 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.26° · crosses the year boundary

22 December → 11 January 1905 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 22 Dec 1904, 09:42 UTC at 18.46° Capricorn

Stations direct 11 Jan 1905, 10:23 UTC at 2.2° Capricorn

Shadow opens 5 Dec 1904 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Jan 1905 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1904

1903 Ended 12 October 1903 after 22 days, moving back 15.16° through the zodiac.

1905 Begins 22 December 1904 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1904

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.

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