Mercury retrograde 1939

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1939. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 11.97°

24 March → 16 April 1939 in Aries

Stations retrograde 24 Mar 1939, 13:03 UTC at 18.43° Aries
Stations direct 16 Apr 1939, 23:29 UTC at 6.46° Aries
Shadow opens 10 Mar 1939 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 5 May 1939 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.08°

27 July → 20 August 1939 in Leo

Stations retrograde 27 Jul 1939, 18:49 UTC at 25.05° Leo
Stations direct 20 Aug 1939, 16:57 UTC at 12.98° Leo
Shadow opens 9 Jul 1939 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 3 Sep 1939 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.23°

18 November → 8 December 1939 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 18 Nov 1939, 10:51 UTC at 14.8° Sagittarius
Stations direct 8 Dec 1939, 06:25 UTC at 28.57° Scorpio
Shadow opens 30 Oct 1939 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 26 Dec 1939 (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 1939

Previous

1938 Ended 24 December 1938 after 20 days, moving back 16.3° through the zodiac.

Next

1940 Begins 6 March 1940 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1939

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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