Mercury retrograde 1946

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1946. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.61°

16 March → 9 April 1946 in Aries

Stations retrograde 16 Mar 1946, 18:56 UTC at 10.98° Aries
Stations direct 9 Apr 1946, 00:30 UTC at 28.37° Pisces
Shadow opens 2 Mar 1946 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 27 Apr 1946 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.48°

19 July → 12 August 1946 in Leo

Stations retrograde 19 Jul 1946, 18:57 UTC at 17.11° Leo
Stations direct 12 Aug 1946, 20:49 UTC at 5.63° Leo
Shadow opens 1 Jul 1946 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 26 Aug 1946 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.17°

11 November → 1 December 1946 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 11 Nov 1946, 04:36 UTC at 8.07° Sagittarius
Stations direct 1 Dec 1946, 02:28 UTC at 21.9° Scorpio
Shadow opens 22 Oct 1946 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 18 Dec 1946 (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 1946

Previous

1945 Ended 17 December 1945 after 20 days, moving back 16.28° through the zodiac.

Next

1947 Begins 27 February 1947 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1946

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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