Mercury retrograde 1950

4 periods, 75 days inside the year — 20.6% of 1950. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 16.06°

8 January → 29 January 1950 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 8 Jan 1950, 16:47 UTC at 4.82° Aquarius

Stations direct 29 Jan 1950, 04:55 UTC at 18.75° Capricorn

Shadow opens 23 Dec 1949 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 18 Feb 1950 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.02°

3 May → 27 May 1950 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 3 May 1950, 16:11 UTC at 28.21° Taurus

Stations direct 27 May 1950, 12:10 UTC at 19.2° Taurus

Shadow opens 19 Apr 1950 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Jun 1950 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 14.48°

4 September → 26 September 1950 in Libra

Stations retrograde 4 Sep 1950, 00:08 UTC at 3.11° Libra

Stations direct 26 Sep 1950, 11:47 UTC at 18.63° Virgo

Shadow opens 14 Aug 1950 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 11 Oct 1950 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.26° · crosses the year boundary

23 December → 12 January 1951 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 23 Dec 1950, 14:40 UTC at 18.86° Capricorn

Stations direct 12 Jan 1951, 15:32 UTC at 2.6° Capricorn

Shadow opens 6 Dec 1950 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 1 Feb 1951 (19 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 1950

1949 Ended 12 October 1949 after 22 days, moving back 15.18° through the zodiac.

1951 Begins 23 December 1950 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1950

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.

← 1949 Mercury retrograde in 1949. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1951 → Mercury retrograde in 1951.