Mercury retrograde 1931

4 periods, 83 days inside the year — 22.7% of 1931. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

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.

24 days · retreats 9.83°

19 April → 13 May 1931 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 19 Apr 1931, 19:39 UTC at 14.37° Taurus

Stations direct 13 May 1931, 14:38 UTC at 4.54° Taurus

Shadow opens 5 Apr 1931 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 30 May 1931 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.81°

22 August → 14 September 1931 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 22 Aug 1931, 08:23 UTC at 20.64° Virgo

Stations direct 14 Sep 1931, 09:39 UTC at 6.83° Virgo

Shadow opens 2 Aug 1931 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 28 Sep 1931 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.31°

11 December → 31 December 1931 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 11 Dec 1931, 20:55 UTC at 7.35° Capricorn

Stations direct 31 Dec 1931, 16:54 UTC at 21.05° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 24 Nov 1931 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 19 Jan 1932 (19 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 1931

1930 Ended 17 January 1931 after 20 days, moving back 16.22° through the zodiac.

1932 Begins 31 March 1932 and runs 24 days.

Gap across 1931

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.

← 1930 Mercury retrograde in 1930. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1932 → Mercury retrograde in 1932.