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

Mercury retrograde in Pisces

In Pisces the retrograde blurs details and heightens intuition. Instructions are misread, dates are forgotten and communication relies on feeling rather than fact. It favours rest, creative reflection and double-checking anything that must be exact.

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Libra — 27 Feb to 22 Mar 1993 (23 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 27 Feb to 22 Mar 1993 (23 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aries — 11 Mar to 22 Mar 1993 (11 days of overlap)

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

Mercury retrograde in Cancer

In Cancer the retrograde turns towards home, family and memory. Old family conversations resurface, house moves hit snags, and people revisit the past more than usual. It suits sorting photographs, repairing the home and having the talk you postponed with a relative.

It begins in Cancer season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Pisces — 1 Jul to 25 Jul 1993 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Capricorn — 1 Jul to 25 Jul 1993 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 1 Jul to 25 Jul 1993 (24 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 1 Jul to 25 Jul 1993 (24 days of overlap)

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

Mercury retrograde in Scorpio

In Scorpio the retrograde goes digging. Secrets surface, shared finances need re-examining, and conversations turn intense. It suits research, therapy and honest reckonings, and it punishes suspicion that runs ahead of the facts.

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Scorpio season, inside a single month of the Sun's year.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Pisces — 25 Oct to 28 Oct 1993 (2 days of overlap)

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.

Computed for 1993

Mercury through the zodiac in 1993

Every sign Mercury occupies during 1993, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Mercury in Sagittarius From 1 Jan – 2 Jan
Mercury in Capricorn 2 Jan – 21 Jan
Mercury in Aquarius 21 Jan – 7 Feb
Mercury in Pisces 7 Feb – 15 Apr
Mercury in Aries 15 Apr – 3 May
Mercury in Taurus 3 May – 18 May
Mercury in Gemini 18 May – 2 Jun
Mercury in Cancer 2 Jun – 10 Aug
Mercury in Leo 10 Aug – 26 Aug
Mercury in Virgo 26 Aug – 11 Sep
Mercury in Libra 11 Sep – 1 Oct
Mercury in Scorpio 1 Oct – 7 Dec
Mercury in Sagittarius 7 Dec – 26 Dec
Mercury in Capricorn 26 Dec – 31 Dec and beyond

14 segments in 1993. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1993 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1993

Mars in Cancer 28 Nov 1992 – 15 Feb 1993 · 78 days
Jupiter in Libra 28 Jan 1993 – 31 May 1993 · 123 days
Pluto in Scorpio 26 Feb 1993 – 2 Aug 1993 · 157 days
Venus in Aries 11 Mar 1993 – 22 Apr 1993 · 42 days
Neptune in Capricorn 22 Apr 1993 – 30 Sep 1993 · 160 days
Uranus in Capricorn 26 Apr 1993 – 27 Sep 1993 · 154 days
Saturn in Pisces 10 Jun 1993 – 28 Oct 1993 · 140 days
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