Mercury retrograde 1919

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1919. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

24 days · retreats 11.54°

29 March → 21 April 1919 in Aries

Stations retrograde 29 Mar 1919, 08:56 UTC at 23.31° Aries
Stations direct 21 Apr 1919, 21:58 UTC at 11.77° Aries
Shadow opens 15 Mar 1919 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 9 May 1919 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.45°

1 August → 25 August 1919 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 1 Aug 1919, 15:46 UTC at 0.12° Virgo
Stations direct 25 Aug 1919, 10:46 UTC at 17.67° Leo
Shadow opens 13 Jul 1919 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 8 Sep 1919 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.26°

22 November → 12 December 1919 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1919, 20:57 UTC at 19.15° Sagittarius
Stations direct 12 Dec 1919, 15:36 UTC at 2.89° Sagittarius
Shadow opens 4 Nov 1919 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 30 Dec 1919 (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 1919

Previous

1918 Ended 28 December 1918 after 20 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1920 Begins 10 March 1920 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1919

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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