Mercury retrograde 1949

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1949. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.66°

24 January → 14 February 1949 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 24 Jan 1949, 20:06 UTC at 20.92° Aquarius
Stations direct 14 Feb 1949, 23:36 UTC at 5.27° Aquarius
Shadow opens 9 Jan 1949 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 7 Mar 1949 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.55°

23 May → 16 June 1949 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 23 May 1949, 02:11 UTC at 17.93° Gemini
Stations direct 16 Jun 1949, 00:01 UTC at 9.38° Gemini
Shadow opens 8 May 1949 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 1 Jul 1949 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 15.18°

21 September → 12 October 1949 in Libra

Stations retrograde 21 Sep 1949, 03:34 UTC at 19.83° Libra
Stations direct 12 Oct 1949, 19:38 UTC at 4.65° Libra
Shadow opens 31 Aug 1949 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 28 Oct 1949 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1949

Previous

1948 Ended 28 October 1948 after 21 days, moving back 15.66° through the zodiac.

Next

1950 Begins 8 January 1950 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1949

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.

← 1948 Mercury retrograde in 1948. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1950 → Mercury retrograde in 1950.