Mercury retrograde 1930

4 periods, 71 days inside the year — 19.4% of 1930. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.98°

13 January → 2 February 1930 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 13 Jan 1930, 01:39 UTC at 9.23° Aquarius

Stations direct 2 Feb 1930, 17:42 UTC at 23.25° Capricorn

Shadow opens 27 Dec 1929 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 22 Feb 1930 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.8°

8 May → 1 June 1930 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 8 May 1930, 22:24 UTC at 3.58° Gemini

Stations direct 1 Jun 1930, 18:40 UTC at 24.78° Taurus

Shadow opens 24 Apr 1930 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 17 Jun 1930 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 14.7°

8 September → 30 September 1930 in Libra

Stations retrograde 8 Sep 1930, 16:30 UTC at 7.75° Libra

Stations direct 30 Sep 1930, 22:43 UTC at 23.06° Virgo

Shadow opens 19 Aug 1930 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Oct 1930 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.22° · crosses the year boundary

27 December → 17 January 1931 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 27 Dec 1930, 23:26 UTC at 23.24° Capricorn

Stations direct 17 Jan 1931, 02:56 UTC at 7.01° Capricorn

Shadow opens 11 Dec 1930 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 5 Feb 1931 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1930

1929 Ended 17 October 1929 after 21 days, moving back 15.33° through the zodiac.

1931 Begins 27 December 1930 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1930

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.

← 1929 Mercury retrograde in 1929. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1931 → Mercury retrograde in 1931.