Mercury retrograde 1928

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1928. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.72°

15 February → 8 March 1928 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 15 Feb 1928, 14:28 UTC at 11.78° Pisces
Stations direct 8 Mar 1928, 16:35 UTC at 27.06° Aquarius
Shadow opens 31 Jan 1928 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 28 Mar 1928 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.23°

16 June → 10 July 1928 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 16 Jun 1928, 15:51 UTC at 13.5° Cancer
Stations direct 10 Jul 1928, 19:16 UTC at 4.27° Cancer
Shadow opens 31 May 1928 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 25 Jul 1928 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.76°

12 October → 2 November 1928 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 12 Oct 1928, 14:16 UTC at 10.57° Scorpio
Stations direct 2 Nov 1928, 07:47 UTC at 24.81° Libra
Shadow opens 22 Sep 1928 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 18 Nov 1928 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1928

Previous

1927 Ended 19 November 1927 after 20 days, moving back 16.04° through the zodiac.

Next

1929 Begins 29 January 1929 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1928

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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