Mercury retrograde 2009

4 periods, 72 days inside the year — 19.8% of 2009. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 16.01°

11 January → 1 February 2009 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 11 Jan 2009, 16:39 UTC at 7.63° Aquarius
Stations direct 1 Feb 2009, 07:09 UTC at 21.61° Capricorn
Shadow opens 26 Dec 2008 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 21 Feb 2009 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.88°

7 May → 31 May 2009 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 7 May 2009, 05:06 UTC at 1.61° Gemini
Stations direct 31 May 2009, 01:14 UTC at 22.73° Taurus
Shadow opens 23 Apr 2009 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 15 Jun 2009 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 14.61°

7 September → 29 September 2009 in Libra

Stations retrograde 7 Sep 2009, 04:45 UTC at 6.08° Libra
Stations direct 29 Sep 2009, 13:04 UTC at 21.47° Virgo
Shadow opens 17 Aug 2009 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 14 Oct 2009 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.24° · crosses the year boundary

26 December → 15 January 2010 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 26 Dec 2009, 14:30 UTC at 21.65° Capricorn
Stations direct 15 Jan 2010, 16:57 UTC at 5.41° Capricorn
Shadow opens 9 Dec 2009 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 4 Feb 2010 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

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