Mercury retrograde 1913

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1913. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.42°

18 March → 10 April 1913 in Aries

Stations retrograde 18 Mar 1913, 12:53 UTC at 13.16° Aries
Stations direct 10 Apr 1913, 20:02 UTC at 0.74° Aries
Shadow opens 4 Mar 1913 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 29 Apr 1913 (19 days after)
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Read against Aries, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 11.66°

21 July → 14 August 1913 in Leo

Stations retrograde 21 Jul 1913, 15:06 UTC at 19.46° Leo
Stations direct 14 Aug 1913, 16:00 UTC at 7.8° Leo
Shadow opens 3 Jul 1913 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 28 Aug 1913 (14 days after)
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Read against Leo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

20 days · retreats 16.19°

12 November → 2 December 1913 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 12 Nov 1913, 19:21 UTC at 10.05° Sagittarius
Stations direct 2 Dec 1913, 16:24 UTC at 23.85° Scorpio
Shadow opens 24 Oct 1913 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 20 Dec 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 1913

Previous

1912 Ended 18 December 1912 after 20 days, moving back 16.29° through the zodiac.

Next

1914 Begins 1 March 1914 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1913

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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