Mercury retrograde 1955

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1955. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 15.3°

3 February → 25 February 1955 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 3 Feb 1955, 20:48 UTC at 0.28° Pisces
Stations direct 25 Feb 1955, 10:17 UTC at 14.98° Aquarius
Shadow opens 19 Jan 1955 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 17 Mar 1955 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.69°

3 June → 27 June 1955 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 3 Jun 1955, 22:49 UTC at 29.46° Gemini
Stations direct 27 Jun 1955, 22:57 UTC at 20.77° Gemini
Shadow opens 19 May 1955 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Jul 1955 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.48°

1 October → 22 October 1955 in Libra

Stations retrograde 1 Oct 1955, 13:54 UTC at 29.25° Libra
Stations direct 22 Oct 1955, 19:16 UTC at 13.77° Libra
Shadow opens 11 Sep 1955 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 7 Nov 1955 (16 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 1955

Previous

1954 Ended 7 November 1954 after 21 days, moving back 15.86° through the zodiac.

Next

1956 Begins 18 January 1956 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1955

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.

← 1954 Mercury retrograde in 1954. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1956 → Mercury retrograde in 1956.