Mercury retrograde 1911

4 periods, 83 days inside the year — 22.7% of 1911. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.17°

1 January → 21 January 1911 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 1 Jan 1911, 08:11 UTC at 27.62° Capricorn

Stations direct 21 Jan 1911, 14:41 UTC at 11.45° Capricorn

Shadow opens 15 Dec 1910 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 10 Feb 1911 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.48°

24 April → 18 May 1911 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 24 Apr 1911, 23:00 UTC at 19.57° Taurus

Stations direct 18 May 1911, 18:30 UTC at 10.09° Taurus

Shadow opens 11 Apr 1911 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 4 Jun 1911 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 14.08°

27 August → 18 September 1911 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 27 Aug 1911, 02:06 UTC at 25.4° Virgo

Stations direct 18 Sep 1911, 22:19 UTC at 11.32° Virgo

Shadow opens 7 Aug 1911 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 3 Oct 1911 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.3° · crosses the year boundary

16 December → 5 January 1912 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 16 Dec 1911, 05:56 UTC at 11.71° Capricorn

Stations direct 5 Jan 1912, 03:25 UTC at 25.42° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 28 Nov 1911 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Jan 1912 (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 1911

1910 Ended 5 October 1910 after 22 days, moving back 14.9° through the zodiac.

1912 Begins 16 December 1911 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1911

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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