Mercury retrograde 1912

4 periods, 71 days inside the year — 19.4% of 1912. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

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.

24 days · retreats 10.88°

5 April → 29 April 1912 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 5 Apr 1912, 08:27 UTC at 0.97° Taurus

Stations direct 29 Apr 1912, 00:34 UTC at 20.09° Aries

Shadow opens 22 Mar 1912 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 16 May 1912 (18 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.99°

8 August → 1 September 1912 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 8 Aug 1912, 12:49 UTC at 7.82° Virgo

Stations direct 1 Sep 1912, 02:02 UTC at 24.83° Leo

Shadow opens 20 Jul 1912 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Sep 1912 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.29°

29 November → 18 December 1912 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 29 Nov 1912, 02:07 UTC at 25.87° Sagittarius

Stations direct 18 Dec 1912, 20:19 UTC at 9.58° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 10 Nov 1912 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 6 Jan 1913 (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 1912

1911 Ended 5 January 1912 after 20 days, moving back 16.3° through the zodiac.

1913 Begins 18 March 1913 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1912

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.

← 1911 Mercury retrograde in 1911. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1913 → Mercury retrograde in 1913.