Mercury retrograde 2013

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 2013. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.24°

23 February → 17 March 2013 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 23 Feb 2013, 09:39 UTC at 19.69° Pisces
Stations direct 17 Mar 2013, 19:59 UTC at 5.45° Pisces
Shadow opens 8 Feb 2013 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 6 Apr 2013 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Mercury retrograde in Pisces

In Pisces the retrograde blurs details and heightens intuition. Instructions are misread, dates are forgotten and communication relies on feeling rather than fact. It favours rest, creative reflection and double-checking anything that must be exact.

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Pisces season, inside a single month of the Sun's year.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Scorpio — 23 Feb to 17 Mar 2013 (22 days of overlap)

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

24 days · retreats 9.76°

26 June → 20 July 2013 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 26 Jun 2013, 13:17 UTC at 22.93° Cancer
Stations direct 20 Jul 2013, 18:09 UTC at 13.17° Cancer
Shadow opens 10 Jun 2013 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 3 Aug 2013 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

Mercury retrograde in Cancer

In Cancer the retrograde turns towards home, family and memory. Old family conversations resurface, house moves hit snags, and people revisit the past more than usual. It suits sorting photographs, repairing the home and having the talk you postponed with a relative.

It begins in Cancer season and ends in Cancer season, inside a single month of the Sun's year.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Scorpio — 26 Jun to 8 Jul 2013 (12 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 26 Jun to 20 Jul 2013 (24 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 26 Jun to 20 Jul 2013 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 17 Jul to 20 Jul 2013 (3 days of overlap)

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

20 days · retreats 15.91°

21 October → 10 November 2013 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 21 Oct 2013, 10:25 UTC at 18.2° Scorpio
Stations direct 10 Nov 2013, 21:08 UTC at 2.29° Scorpio
Shadow opens 1 Oct 2013 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 27 Nov 2013 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Mercury retrograde in Scorpio

In Scorpio the retrograde goes digging. Secrets surface, shared finances need re-examining, and conversations turn intense. It suits research, therapy and honest reckonings, and it punishes suspicion that runs ahead of the facts.

It begins in Libra season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Aries — 21 Oct to 10 Nov 2013 (20 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 21 Oct to 10 Nov 2013 (20 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Cancer — 7 Nov to 10 Nov 2013 (4 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2013

Previous

2012 Ended 26 November 2012 after 20 days, moving back 16.13° through the zodiac.

Next

2014 Begins 6 February 2014 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 2013

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.

Computed for 2013

Mercury through the zodiac in 2013

Every sign Mercury occupies during 2013, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Mercury in Capricorn From 1 Jan – 19 Jan
Mercury in Aquarius 19 Jan – 5 Feb
Mercury in Pisces 5 Feb – 14 Apr
Mercury in Aries 14 Apr – 1 May
Mercury in Taurus 1 May – 15 May
Mercury in Gemini 15 May – 31 May
Mercury in Cancer 31 May – 8 Aug
Mercury in Leo 8 Aug – 24 Aug
Mercury in Virgo 24 Aug – 9 Sep
Mercury in Libra 9 Sep – 29 Sep
Mercury in Scorpio 29 Sep – 5 Dec
Mercury in Sagittarius 5 Dec – 24 Dec
Mercury in Capricorn 24 Dec – 31 Dec and beyond

13 segments in 2013. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

2013 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2013

Jupiter in Gemini 22 Nov 2012 – 30 Jan 2013 · 69 days
Saturn in Scorpio 18 Feb 2013 – 8 Jul 2013 · 139 days
Pluto in Capricorn 12 Apr 2013 – 20 Sep 2013 · 161 days
Neptune in Pisces 7 Jun 2013 – 13 Nov 2013 · 160 days
Uranus in Aries 17 Jul 2013 – 17 Dec 2013 · 153 days
Jupiter in Cancer 7 Nov 2013 – 9 Feb 2014 · 95 days
Venus in Capricorn 21 Dec 2013 – 31 Jan 2014 · 41 days
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