Mercury retrograde 1906

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1906. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 11.77°

26 March → 18 April 1906 in Aries

Stations retrograde 26 Mar 1906, 07:54 UTC at 20.64° Aries
Stations direct 18 Apr 1906, 19:38 UTC at 8.87° Aries
Shadow opens 12 Mar 1906 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 7 May 1906 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.25°

29 July → 22 August 1906 in Leo

Stations retrograde 29 Jul 1906, 14:25 UTC at 27.36° Leo
Stations direct 22 Aug 1906, 11:10 UTC at 15.11° Leo
Shadow opens 10 Jul 1906 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 5 Sep 1906 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.25°

20 November → 9 December 1906 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 20 Nov 1906, 01:24 UTC at 16.77° Sagittarius
Stations direct 9 Dec 1906, 20:28 UTC at 0.53° Sagittarius
Shadow opens 1 Nov 1906 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 27 Dec 1906 (18 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 1906

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1905 Ended 26 December 1905 after 20 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1907 Begins 8 March 1907 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1906

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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