Mercury retrograde 2015

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 2015. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

21 days · retreats 15.79°

21 January → 11 February 2015 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 21 Jan 2015, 15:44 UTC at 16.88° Aquarius
Stations direct 11 Feb 2015, 15:00 UTC at 1.09° Aquarius
Shadow opens 5 Jan 2015 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 3 Mar 2015 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.58°

19 May → 11 June 2015 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 19 May 2015, 01:35 UTC at 12.94° Gemini
Stations direct 11 Jun 2015, 22:40 UTC at 4.35° Gemini
Shadow opens 4 May 2015 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 27 Jun 2015 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

22 days · retreats 15.02°

17 September → 9 October 2015 in Libra

Stations retrograde 17 Sep 2015, 17:56 UTC at 15.7° Libra
Stations direct 9 Oct 2015, 14:58 UTC at 0.68° Libra
Shadow opens 28 Aug 2015 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 24 Oct 2015 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2015

Previous

2014 Ended 25 October 2014 after 21 days, moving back 15.55° through the zodiac.

Next

2016 Begins 5 January 2016 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 2015

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.

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