Mercury retrograde 1920

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1920. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.04°

10 March → 2 April 1920 in Aries

Stations retrograde 10 Mar 1920, 20:49 UTC at 5.8° Aries
Stations direct 2 Apr 1920, 22:25 UTC at 22.76° Pisces
Shadow opens 25 Feb 1920 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 22 Apr 1920 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.06°

13 July → 6 August 1920 in Leo

Stations retrograde 13 Jul 1920, 13:53 UTC at 11.42° Leo
Stations direct 6 Aug 1920, 17:33 UTC at 0.36° Leo
Shadow opens 25 Jun 1920 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 20 Aug 1920 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.12°

5 November → 25 November 1920 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 5 Nov 1920, 12:36 UTC at 3.31° Sagittarius
Stations direct 25 Nov 1920, 12:42 UTC at 17.19° Scorpio
Shadow opens 17 Oct 1920 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Dec 1920 (17 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 1920

Previous

1919 Ended 12 December 1919 after 20 days, moving back 16.26° through the zodiac.

Next

1921 Begins 21 February 1921 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1920

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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