Mercury retrograde 1905

4 periods, 77 days inside the year — 21.2% of 1905. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

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.

24 days · retreats 10.24°

13 April → 7 May 1905 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 13 Apr 1905, 11:28 UTC at 8.77° Taurus

Stations direct 7 May 1905, 05:37 UTC at 28.53° Aries

Shadow opens 30 Mar 1905 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 24 May 1905 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.49°

16 August → 8 September 1905 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 16 Aug 1905, 08:21 UTC at 15.38° Virgo

Stations direct 8 Sep 1905, 14:48 UTC at 1.89° Virgo

Shadow opens 27 Jul 1905 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 22 Sep 1905 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.31°

6 December → 26 December 1905 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 6 Dec 1905, 06:46 UTC at 2.6° Capricorn

Stations direct 26 Dec 1905, 01:37 UTC at 16.29° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 18 Nov 1905 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 13 Jan 1906 (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 1905

1904 Ended 11 January 1905 after 20 days, moving back 16.26° through the zodiac.

1906 Begins 26 March 1906 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1905

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.

← 1904 Mercury retrograde in 1904. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1906 → Mercury retrograde in 1906.