Mercury retrograde 1951

4 periods, 78 days inside the year — 21.5% of 1951. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

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.

24 days · retreats 10.21°

14 April → 8 May 1951 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 14 Apr 1951, 17:42 UTC at 9.23° Taurus

Stations direct 8 May 1951, 11:53 UTC at 29.02° Aries

Shadow opens 31 Mar 1951 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 25 May 1951 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.51°

17 August → 9 September 1951 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 17 Aug 1951, 14:06 UTC at 15.82° Virgo

Stations direct 9 Sep 1951, 20:11 UTC at 2.31° Virgo

Shadow opens 28 Jul 1951 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Sep 1951 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.31°

7 December → 27 December 1951 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 7 Dec 1951, 11:46 UTC at 3° Capricorn

Stations direct 27 Dec 1951, 06:41 UTC at 16.69° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 19 Nov 1951 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Jan 1952 (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 1951

1950 Ended 12 January 1951 after 20 days, moving back 16.26° through the zodiac.

1952 Begins 26 March 1952 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1951

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.

← 1950 Mercury retrograde in 1950. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1952 → Mercury retrograde in 1952.