Mercury retrograde 1918

4 periods, 80 days inside the year — 21.9% of 1918. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.24° · crosses the year boundary

25 December → 14 January 1918 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 25 Dec 1917, 04:35 UTC at 20.85° Capricorn

Stations direct 14 Jan 1918, 06:36 UTC at 4.6° Capricorn

Shadow opens 8 Dec 1917 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Feb 1918 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.03°

16 April → 10 May 1918 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 16 Apr 1918, 15:21 UTC at 11.56° Taurus

Stations direct 10 May 1918, 09:58 UTC at 1.53° Taurus

Shadow opens 2 Apr 1918 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 27 May 1918 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.65°

19 August → 11 September 1918 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 19 Aug 1918, 08:27 UTC at 18.02° Virgo

Stations direct 11 Sep 1918, 12:21 UTC at 4.37° Virgo

Shadow opens 30 Jul 1918 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Sep 1918 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.31°

9 December → 28 December 1918 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 9 Dec 1918, 01:52 UTC at 4.98° Capricorn

Stations direct 28 Dec 1918, 21:13 UTC at 18.67° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 21 Nov 1918 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 16 Jan 1919 (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 1918

1917 Ended 14 January 1918 after 20 days, moving back 16.24° through the zodiac.

1919 Begins 29 March 1919 and runs 24 days.

Gap across 1918

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.

← 1917 Mercury retrograde in 1917. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1919 → Mercury retrograde in 1919.