Mercury retrograde 1914

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1914. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.79°

1 March → 24 March 1914 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 1 Mar 1914, 09:38 UTC at 26° Pisces
Stations direct 24 Mar 1914, 02:28 UTC at 12.2° Pisces
Shadow opens 15 Feb 1914 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Apr 1914 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.25°

3 July → 27 July 1914 in Leo

Stations retrograde 3 Jul 1914, 06:54 UTC at 0.31° Leo
Stations direct 27 Jul 1914, 12:05 UTC at 20.05° Cancer
Shadow opens 16 Jun 1914 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 10 Aug 1914 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.01°

27 October → 16 November 1914 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 27 Oct 1914, 08:36 UTC at 24.17° Scorpio
Stations direct 16 Nov 1914, 14:28 UTC at 8.16° Scorpio
Shadow opens 7 Oct 1914 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 3 Dec 1914 (17 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 1914

Previous

1913 Ended 2 December 1913 after 20 days, moving back 16.19° through the zodiac.

Next

1915 Begins 12 February 1915 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1914

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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