Mercury retrograde 1995

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1995. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.65°

26 January → 16 February 1995 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 26 Jan 1995, 01:07 UTC at 21.33° Aquarius
Stations direct 16 Feb 1995, 04:57 UTC at 5.68° Aquarius
Shadow opens 10 Jan 1995 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 8 Mar 1995 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.55°

24 May → 17 June 1995 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 24 May 1995, 08:54 UTC at 18.42° Gemini
Stations direct 17 Jun 1995, 06:46 UTC at 9.87° Gemini
Shadow opens 9 May 1995 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 2 Jul 1995 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 15.19°

22 September → 14 October 1995 in Libra

Stations retrograde 22 Sep 1995, 09:02 UTC at 20.25° Libra
Stations direct 14 Oct 1995, 00:42 UTC at 5.06° Libra
Shadow opens 1 Sep 1995 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 29 Oct 1995 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1995

Previous

1994 Ended 30 October 1994 after 21 days, moving back 15.67° through the zodiac.

Next

1996 Begins 9 January 1996 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1995

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.

← 1994 Mercury retrograde in 1994. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1996 → Mercury retrograde in 1996.