Mercury retrograde 1957

4 periods, 82 days inside the year — 22.6% of 1957. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.17°

1 January → 21 January 1957 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 1 Jan 1957, 13:08 UTC at 28.02° Capricorn

Stations direct 21 Jan 1957, 19:54 UTC at 11.85° Capricorn

Shadow opens 15 Dec 1956 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 10 Feb 1957 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.46°

25 April → 19 May 1957 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 25 Apr 1957, 05:27 UTC at 20.04° Taurus

Stations direct 19 May 1957, 00:58 UTC at 10.59° Taurus

Shadow opens 11 Apr 1957 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 4 Jun 1957 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 14.1°

27 August → 19 September 1957 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 27 Aug 1957, 07:47 UTC at 25.84° Virgo

Stations direct 19 Sep 1957, 03:35 UTC at 11.74° Virgo

Shadow opens 7 Aug 1957 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 3 Oct 1957 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.3° · crosses the year boundary

16 December → 5 January 1958 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 16 Dec 1957, 10:54 UTC at 12.11° Capricorn

Stations direct 5 Jan 1958, 08:32 UTC at 25.82° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 28 Nov 1957 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Jan 1958 (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 1957

1956 Ended 5 October 1956 after 22 days, moving back 14.91° through the zodiac.

1958 Begins 16 December 1957 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1957

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.

← 1956 Mercury retrograde in 1956. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1958 → Mercury retrograde in 1958.