Mercury retrograde 1908

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1908. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.45°

20 February → 13 March 1908 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 20 Feb 1908, 02:20 UTC at 16.35° Pisces
Stations direct 13 Mar 1908, 09:23 UTC at 1.91° Pisces
Shadow opens 5 Feb 1908 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 2 Apr 1908 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.53°

21 June → 16 July 1908 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 21 Jun 1908, 19:46 UTC at 18.98° Cancer
Stations direct 16 Jul 1908, 00:10 UTC at 9.45° Cancer
Shadow opens 5 Jun 1908 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 30 Jul 1908 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.85°

17 October → 6 November 1908 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 17 Oct 1908, 03:01 UTC at 14.98° Scorpio
Stations direct 6 Nov 1908, 16:23 UTC at 29.13° Libra
Shadow opens 27 Sep 1908 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 23 Nov 1908 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1908

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1907 Ended 23 November 1907 after 20 days, moving back 16.1° through the zodiac.

Next

1909 Begins 2 February 1909 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1908

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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