Mercury retrograde 1938

4 periods, 76 days inside the year — 20.7% of 1938. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

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.

24 days · retreats 10.43°

11 April → 5 May 1938 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 11 Apr 1938, 14:11 UTC at 6.46° Taurus

Stations direct 5 May 1938, 07:47 UTC at 26.03° Aries

Shadow opens 28 Mar 1938 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 22 May 1938 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.34°

14 August → 6 September 1938 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 14 Aug 1938, 13:50 UTC at 13.17° Virgo

Stations direct 6 Sep 1938, 22:25 UTC at 29.83° Leo

Shadow opens 26 Jul 1938 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 21 Sep 1938 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.3°

4 December → 24 December 1938 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 4 Dec 1938, 16:36 UTC at 0.62° Capricorn

Stations direct 24 Dec 1938, 11:09 UTC at 14.32° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 16 Nov 1938 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Jan 1939 (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 1938

1937 Ended 9 January 1938 after 20 days, moving back 16.28° through the zodiac.

1939 Begins 24 March 1939 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1938

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.

← 1937 Mercury retrograde in 1937. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1939 → Mercury retrograde in 1939.