Mercury retrograde 2002

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 2002. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.85°

18 January → 8 February 2002 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 18 Jan 2002, 20:39 UTC at 14.46° Aquarius
Stations direct 8 Feb 2002, 17:32 UTC at 28.61° Capricorn
Shadow opens 2 Jan 2002 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 28 Feb 2002 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.63°

15 May → 8 June 2002 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 15 May 2002, 18:38 UTC at 9.96° Gemini
Stations direct 8 Jun 2002, 15:23 UTC at 1.33° Gemini
Shadow opens 1 May 2002 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 23 Jun 2002 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 14.92°

14 September → 6 October 2002 in Libra

Stations retrograde 14 Sep 2002, 19:27 UTC at 13.21° Libra
Stations direct 6 Oct 2002, 19:24 UTC at 28.28° Virgo
Shadow opens 25 Aug 2002 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 21 Oct 2002 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

← 2001 Mercury retrograde in 2001. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2003 → Mercury retrograde in 2003.