Mercury retrograde 1941

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1941. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.58°

17 February → 11 March 1941 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 17 Feb 1941, 10:54 UTC at 14.27° Pisces
Stations direct 11 Mar 1941, 15:41 UTC at 29.7° Aquarius
Shadow opens 2 Feb 1941 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 31 Mar 1941 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.39°

19 June → 14 July 1941 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 19 Jun 1941, 21:10 UTC at 16.49° Cancer
Stations direct 14 Jul 1941, 01:08 UTC at 7.11° Cancer
Shadow opens 3 Jun 1941 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 28 Jul 1941 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.81°

15 October → 5 November 1941 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 15 Oct 1941, 11:21 UTC at 12.98° Scorpio
Stations direct 5 Nov 1941, 02:35 UTC at 27.17° Libra
Shadow opens 25 Sep 1941 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 21 Nov 1941 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1941

Previous

1940 Ended 21 November 1940 after 20 days, moving back 16.07° through the zodiac.

Next

1942 Begins 1 February 1942 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1941

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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