Mercury retrograde 1943

4 periods, 68 days inside the year — 18.6% of 1943. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.92°

15 January → 5 February 1943 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 15 Jan 1943, 20:38 UTC at 11.64° Aquarius

Stations direct 5 Feb 1943, 14:54 UTC at 25.72° Capricorn

Shadow opens 30 Dec 1942 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Feb 1943 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.71°

12 May → 5 June 1943 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 12 May 1943, 05:06 UTC at 6.52° Gemini

Stations direct 5 Jun 1943, 01:34 UTC at 27.81° Taurus

Shadow opens 27 Apr 1943 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 20 Jun 1943 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 14.81°

11 September → 3 October 1943 in Libra

Stations retrograde 11 Sep 1943, 15:17 UTC at 10.27° Libra

Stations direct 3 Oct 1943, 18:34 UTC at 25.47° Virgo

Shadow opens 22 Aug 1943 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 18 Oct 1943 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.2° · crosses the year boundary

30 December → 19 January 1944 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 30 Dec 1943, 18:17 UTC at 25.63° Capricorn

Stations direct 19 Jan 1944, 23:21 UTC at 9.43° Capricorn

Shadow opens 13 Dec 1943 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 8 Feb 1944 (20 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 1943

1942 Ended 20 October 1942 after 21 days, moving back 15.4° through the zodiac.

1944 Begins 30 December 1943 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1943

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.

← 1942 Mercury retrograde in 1942. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1944 → Mercury retrograde in 1944.