Mercury retrograde 1933

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1933. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.83°

13 March → 5 April 1933 in Aries

Stations retrograde 13 Mar 1933, 19:43 UTC at 8.38° Aries
Stations direct 5 Apr 1933, 23:21 UTC at 25.56° Pisces
Shadow opens 27 Feb 1933 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 24 Apr 1933 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.27°

16 July → 9 August 1933 in Leo

Stations retrograde 16 Jul 1933, 16:32 UTC at 14.27° Leo
Stations direct 9 Aug 1933, 19:24 UTC at 3° Leo
Shadow opens 28 Jun 1933 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 23 Aug 1933 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.15°

8 November → 28 November 1933 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 8 Nov 1933, 08:39 UTC at 5.69° Sagittarius
Stations direct 28 Nov 1933, 07:34 UTC at 19.54° Scorpio
Shadow opens 20 Oct 1933 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 15 Dec 1933 (17 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 1933

Previous

1932 Ended 14 December 1932 after 20 days, moving back 16.27° through the zodiac.

Next

1934 Begins 24 February 1934 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1933

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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