Mercury retrograde 1959

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1959. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.39°

19 March → 12 April 1959 in Aries

Stations retrograde 19 Mar 1959, 18:32 UTC at 13.59° Aries
Stations direct 12 Apr 1959, 01:54 UTC at 1.21° Aries
Shadow opens 5 Mar 1959 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 30 Apr 1959 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.69°

22 July → 15 August 1959 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Jul 1959, 21:07 UTC at 19.93° Leo
Stations direct 15 Aug 1959, 21:51 UTC at 8.24° Leo
Shadow opens 4 Jul 1959 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 29 Aug 1959 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.2°

14 November → 3 December 1959 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 14 Nov 1959, 00:29 UTC at 10.45° Sagittarius
Stations direct 3 Dec 1959, 21:24 UTC at 24.25° Scorpio
Shadow opens 25 Oct 1959 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 21 Dec 1959 (18 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 1959

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1958 Ended 20 December 1958 after 20 days, moving back 16.29° through the zodiac.

Next

1960 Begins 1 March 1960 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1959

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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