Mercury retrograde 1932

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1932. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

24 days · retreats 11.31°

31 March → 24 April 1932 in Aries

Stations retrograde 31 Mar 1932, 10:21 UTC at 26° Aries
Stations direct 24 Apr 1932, 00:36 UTC at 14.69° Aries
Shadow opens 17 Mar 1932 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 11 May 1932 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.64°

3 August → 27 August 1932 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 3 Aug 1932, 16:55 UTC at 2.85° Virgo
Stations direct 27 Aug 1932, 10:01 UTC at 20.21° Leo
Shadow opens 15 Jul 1932 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 10 Sep 1932 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.27°

24 November → 14 December 1932 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 24 Nov 1932, 16:26 UTC at 21.52° Sagittarius
Stations direct 14 Dec 1932, 10:47 UTC at 5.25° Sagittarius
Shadow opens 6 Nov 1932 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 1 Jan 1933 (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 1932

Previous

1931 Ended 31 December 1931 after 20 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1933 Begins 13 March 1933 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1932

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.

← 1931 Mercury retrograde in 1931. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1933 → Mercury retrograde in 1933.