Mercury retrograde 1925

4 periods, 73 days inside the year — 20% of 1925. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.29° · crosses the year boundary

18 December → 6 January 1925 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 18 Dec 1924, 00:53 UTC at 14.09° Capricorn

Stations direct 6 Jan 1925, 23:22 UTC at 27.81° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 30 Nov 1924 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 26 Jan 1925 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.65°

8 April → 2 May 1925 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 8 Apr 1925, 11:06 UTC at 3.71° Taurus

Stations direct 2 May 1925, 04:02 UTC at 23.06° Aries

Shadow opens 25 Mar 1925 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 19 May 1925 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.17°

11 August → 4 September 1925 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 11 Aug 1925, 13:25 UTC at 10.5° Virgo

Stations direct 4 Sep 1925, 00:22 UTC at 27.33° Leo

Shadow opens 23 Jul 1925 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 18 Sep 1925 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.3°

1 December → 21 December 1925 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 1 Dec 1925, 21:24 UTC at 28.25° Sagittarius

Stations direct 21 Dec 1925, 15:42 UTC at 11.95° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 13 Nov 1925 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 9 Jan 1926 (19 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 1925

1924 Ended 6 January 1925 after 20 days, moving back 16.29° through the zodiac.

1926 Begins 21 March 1926 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1925

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.

← 1924 Mercury retrograde in 1924. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1926 → Mercury retrograde in 1926.