Mercury retrograde 1953

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1953. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.21°

9 March → 1 April 1953 in Aries

Stations retrograde 9 Mar 1953, 03:42 UTC at 3.65° Aries
Stations direct 1 Apr 1953, 03:27 UTC at 20.44° Pisces
Shadow opens 23 Feb 1953 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 20 Apr 1953 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.88°

11 July → 4 August 1953 in Leo

Stations retrograde 11 Jul 1953, 17:07 UTC at 9.02° Leo
Stations direct 4 Aug 1953, 21:21 UTC at 28.15° Cancer
Shadow opens 24 Jun 1953 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 18 Aug 1953 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.1°

3 November → 23 November 1953 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 3 Nov 1953, 21:37 UTC at 1.33° Sagittarius
Stations direct 23 Nov 1953, 22:52 UTC at 15.23° Scorpio
Shadow opens 15 Oct 1953 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 11 Dec 1953 (17 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 1953

Previous

1952 Ended 10 December 1952 after 20 days, moving back 16.25° through the zodiac.

Next

1954 Begins 20 February 1954 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1953

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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