Mercury retrograde 1926

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1926. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.19°

21 March → 13 April 1926 in Aries

Stations retrograde 21 Mar 1926, 12:46 UTC at 15.79° Aries
Stations direct 13 Apr 1926, 21:38 UTC at 3.59° Aries
Shadow opens 7 Mar 1926 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 2 May 1926 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.87°

24 July → 17 August 1926 in Leo

Stations retrograde 24 Jul 1926, 17:04 UTC at 22.27° Leo
Stations direct 17 Aug 1926, 16:40 UTC at 10.4° Leo
Shadow opens 6 Jul 1926 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 31 Aug 1926 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.21°

15 November → 5 December 1926 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 15 Nov 1926, 15:09 UTC at 12.42° Sagittarius
Stations direct 5 Dec 1926, 11:23 UTC at 26.21° Scorpio
Shadow opens 27 Oct 1926 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 23 Dec 1926 (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 1926

Previous

1925 Ended 21 December 1925 after 20 days, moving back 16.3° through the zodiac.

Next

1927 Begins 4 March 1927 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1926

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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