Mercury retrograde 1954

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1954. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.42°

20 February → 14 March 1954 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 20 Feb 1954, 07:33 UTC at 16.77° Pisces
Stations direct 14 Mar 1954, 14:57 UTC at 2.34° Pisces
Shadow opens 5 Feb 1954 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 3 Apr 1954 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.55°

23 June → 17 July 1954 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 23 Jun 1954, 02:11 UTC at 19.47° Cancer
Stations direct 17 Jul 1954, 06:38 UTC at 9.92° Cancer
Shadow opens 6 Jun 1954 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 31 Jul 1954 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.86°

18 October → 7 November 1954 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 18 Oct 1954, 08:18 UTC at 15.39° Scorpio
Stations direct 7 Nov 1954, 21:22 UTC at 29.53° Libra
Shadow opens 28 Sep 1954 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 24 Nov 1954 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1954

Previous

1953 Ended 23 November 1953 after 20 days, moving back 16.1° through the zodiac.

Next

1955 Begins 3 February 1955 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1954

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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