Mercury retrograde 2011

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 2011. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

24 days · retreats 11.47°

30 March → 23 April 2011 in Aries

Stations retrograde 30 Mar 2011, 20:40 UTC at 24.2° Aries
Stations direct 23 Apr 2011, 10:01 UTC at 12.72° Aries
Shadow opens 17 Mar 2011 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 11 May 2011 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.5°

3 August → 26 August 2011 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 3 Aug 2011, 03:34 UTC at 1.03° Virgo
Stations direct 26 Aug 2011, 22:02 UTC at 18.53° Leo
Shadow opens 15 Jul 2011 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 10 Sep 2011 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.27°

24 November → 14 December 2011 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 24 Nov 2011, 07:05 UTC at 19.95° Sagittarius
Stations direct 14 Dec 2011, 01:40 UTC at 3.69° Sagittarius
Shadow opens 5 Nov 2011 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 1 Jan 2012 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

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