Mercury retrograde 2005

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 2005. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.36°

20 March → 12 April 2005 in Aries

Stations retrograde 20 Mar 2005, 00:11 UTC at 14.03° Aries
Stations direct 12 Apr 2005, 07:47 UTC at 1.67° Aries
Shadow opens 6 Mar 2005 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 30 Apr 2005 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.72°

23 July → 16 August 2005 in Leo

Stations retrograde 23 Jul 2005, 03:08 UTC at 20.4° Leo
Stations direct 16 Aug 2005, 03:41 UTC at 8.68° Leo
Shadow opens 4 Jul 2005 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 30 Aug 2005 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.2°

14 November → 4 December 2005 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 14 Nov 2005, 05:35 UTC at 10.85° Sagittarius
Stations direct 4 Dec 2005, 02:25 UTC at 24.65° Scorpio
Shadow opens 26 Oct 2005 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 21 Dec 2005 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

← 2004 Mercury retrograde in 2004. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2006 → Mercury retrograde in 2006.