Mercury retrograde 1960

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1960. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.77°

1 March → 24 March 1960 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 1 Mar 1960, 14:58 UTC at 26.42° Pisces
Stations direct 24 Mar 1960, 08:08 UTC at 12.65° Pisces
Shadow opens 16 Feb 1960 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Apr 1960 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.28°

3 July → 27 July 1960 in Leo

Stations retrograde 3 Jul 1960, 13:09 UTC at 0.79° Leo
Stations direct 27 Jul 1960, 18:20 UTC at 20.51° Cancer
Shadow opens 16 Jun 1960 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 10 Aug 1960 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.01°

27 October → 16 November 1960 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 27 Oct 1960, 13:49 UTC at 24.57° Scorpio
Stations direct 16 Nov 1960, 19:27 UTC at 8.56° Scorpio
Shadow opens 7 Oct 1960 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 3 Dec 1960 (17 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 1960

Previous

1959 Ended 3 December 1959 after 20 days, moving back 16.2° through the zodiac.

Next

1961 Begins 12 February 1961 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1960

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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