Mercury retrograde 2018

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 2018. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.13°

23 March → 15 April 2018 in Aries

Stations retrograde 23 Mar 2018, 00:11 UTC at 16.66° Aries
Stations direct 15 Apr 2018, 09:27 UTC at 4.53° Aries
Shadow opens 9 Mar 2018 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 3 May 2018 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.93°

26 July → 19 August 2018 in Leo

Stations retrograde 26 Jul 2018, 05:02 UTC at 23.2° Leo
Stations direct 19 Aug 2018, 04:14 UTC at 11.27° Leo
Shadow opens 7 Jul 2018 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 2 Sep 2018 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.22°

17 November → 6 December 2018 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 17 Nov 2018, 01:21 UTC at 13.23° Sagittarius
Stations direct 6 Dec 2018, 21:24 UTC at 27.01° Scorpio
Shadow opens 29 Oct 2018 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 24 Dec 2018 (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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