Mercury retrograde 1937

4 periods, 78 days inside the year — 21.4% of 1937. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.11°

5 January → 26 January 1937 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 5 Jan 1937, 21:53 UTC at 2.42° Aquarius

Stations direct 26 Jan 1937, 08:04 UTC at 16.31° Capricorn

Shadow opens 20 Dec 1936 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Feb 1937 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.16°

30 April → 24 May 1937 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 30 Apr 1937, 10:08 UTC at 25.32° Taurus

Stations direct 24 May 1937, 05:58 UTC at 16.16° Taurus

Shadow opens 16 Apr 1937 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 9 Jun 1937 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 14.35°

1 September → 23 September 1937 in Libra

Stations retrograde 1 Sep 1937, 00:56 UTC at 0.55° Libra

Stations direct 23 Sep 1937, 15:28 UTC at 16.2° Virgo

Shadow opens 11 Aug 1937 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 8 Oct 1937 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.28° · crosses the year boundary

20 December → 9 January 1938 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 20 Dec 1937, 19:47 UTC at 16.48° Capricorn

Stations direct 9 Jan 1938, 19:24 UTC at 0.2° Capricorn

Shadow opens 3 Dec 1937 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 29 Jan 1938 (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 1937

1936 Ended 10 October 1936 after 22 days, moving back 15.09° through the zodiac.

1938 Begins 20 December 1937 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1937

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.

← 1936 Mercury retrograde in 1936. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1938 → Mercury retrograde in 1938.