Mercury retrograde 1993

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1993. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.92°

27 February → 22 March 1993 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 27 Feb 1993, 22:47 UTC at 24.31° Pisces
Stations direct 22 Mar 1993, 13:49 UTC at 10.38° Pisces
Shadow opens 13 Feb 1993 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 11 Apr 1993 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.11°

1 July → 25 July 1993 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 1 Jul 1993, 15:31 UTC at 28.35° Cancer
Stations direct 25 Jul 1993, 20:44 UTC at 18.23° Cancer
Shadow opens 14 Jun 1993 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 9 Aug 1993 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

20 days · retreats 15.98°

25 October → 15 November 1993 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 25 Oct 1993, 22:31 UTC at 22.59° Scorpio
Stations direct 15 Nov 1993, 05:40 UTC at 6.61° Scorpio
Shadow opens 6 Oct 1993 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 1 Dec 1993 (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 1993

Previous

1992 Ended 1 December 1992 after 20 days, moving back 16.18° through the zodiac.

Next

1994 Begins 11 February 1994 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1993

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.

← 1992 Mercury retrograde in 1992. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1994 → Mercury retrograde in 1994.