Mercury retrograde 1963

4 periods, 72 days inside the year — 19.8% of 1963. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 16.02°

11 January → 1 February 1963 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 11 Jan 1963, 11:41 UTC at 7.22° Aquarius

Stations direct 1 Feb 1963, 01:53 UTC at 21.2° Capricorn

Shadow opens 26 Dec 1962 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 21 Feb 1963 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.89°

6 May → 30 May 1963 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 6 May 1963, 22:29 UTC at 1.13° Gemini

Stations direct 30 May 1963, 18:37 UTC at 22.24° Taurus

Shadow opens 22 Apr 1963 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Jun 1963 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 14.6°

6 September → 29 September 1963 in Libra

Stations retrograde 6 Sep 1963, 23:10 UTC at 5.65° Libra

Stations direct 29 Sep 1963, 07:54 UTC at 21.05° Virgo

Shadow opens 17 Aug 1963 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 14 Oct 1963 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.24° · crosses the year boundary

26 December → 15 January 1964 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 26 Dec 1963, 09:32 UTC at 21.25° Capricorn

Stations direct 15 Jan 1964, 11:47 UTC at 5.01° Capricorn

Shadow opens 9 Dec 1963 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 4 Feb 1964 (20 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 1963

1962 Ended 15 October 1962 after 22 days, moving back 15.26° through the zodiac.

1964 Begins 26 December 1963 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1963

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.

← 1962 Mercury retrograde in 1962. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1964 → Mercury retrograde in 1964.