Mercury retrograde 2016

4 periods, 79 days inside the year — 21.7% of 2016. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.13°

5 January → 25 January 2016 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 5 Jan 2016, 12:57 UTC at 0.82° Aquarius
Stations direct 25 Jan 2016, 21:46 UTC at 14.69° Capricorn
Shadow opens 19 Dec 2015 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 14 Feb 2016 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.26°

28 April → 22 May 2016 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 28 Apr 2016, 17:23 UTC at 23.38° Taurus
Stations direct 22 May 2016, 13:05 UTC at 14.11° Taurus
Shadow opens 14 Apr 2016 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 7 Jun 2016 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 14.26°

30 August → 22 September 2016 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 30 Aug 2016, 12:53 UTC at 28.85° Virgo
Stations direct 22 Sep 2016, 05:28 UTC at 14.6° Virgo
Shadow opens 10 Aug 2016 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 6 Oct 2016 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.29° · crosses the year boundary

19 December → 8 January 2017 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 19 Dec 2016, 10:49 UTC at 14.9° Capricorn
Stations direct 8 Jan 2017, 09:38 UTC at 28.61° Sagittarius
Shadow opens 2 Dec 2016 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 27 Jan 2017 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

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