Mercury retrograde 1916

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.2% of 1916. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.59°

27 January → 17 February 1916 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 27 Jan 1916, 10:22 UTC at 22.95° Aquarius
Stations direct 17 Feb 1916, 16:02 UTC at 7.36° Aquarius
Shadow opens 11 Jan 1916 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 8 Mar 1916 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.56°

25 May → 18 June 1916 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 25 May 1916, 02:28 UTC at 20.44° Gemini
Stations direct 18 Jun 1916, 00:44 UTC at 11.88° Gemini
Shadow opens 10 May 1916 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 2 Jul 1916 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 15.25°

22 September → 14 October 1916 in Libra

Stations retrograde 22 Sep 1916, 20:14 UTC at 21.88° Libra
Stations direct 14 Oct 1916, 09:52 UTC at 6.63° Libra
Shadow opens 2 Sep 1916 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 29 Oct 1916 (15 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 1916

Previous

1915 Ended 31 October 1915 after 21 days, moving back 15.71° through the zodiac.

Next

1917 Begins 10 January 1917 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1916

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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