Mercury retrograde 1909

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1909. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 15.31°

2 February → 24 February 1909 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 2 Feb 1909, 15:44 UTC at 29.87° Aquarius
Stations direct 24 Feb 1909, 04:52 UTC at 14.55° Aquarius
Shadow opens 18 Jan 1909 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 16 Mar 1909 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.68°

2 June → 26 June 1909 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 2 Jun 1909, 16:10 UTC at 28.96° Gemini
Stations direct 26 Jun 1909, 16:14 UTC at 20.28° Gemini
Shadow opens 18 May 1909 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 11 Jul 1909 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.47°

30 September → 21 October 1909 in Libra

Stations retrograde 30 Sep 1909, 08:30 UTC at 28.83° Libra
Stations direct 21 Oct 1909, 14:14 UTC at 13.37° Libra
Shadow opens 9 Sep 1909 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 6 Nov 1909 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1909

Previous

1908 Ended 6 November 1908 after 21 days, moving back 15.85° through the zodiac.

Next

1910 Begins 17 January 1910 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1909

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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