Mercury retrograde 2019

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 2019. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.55°

5 March → 28 March 2019 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 5 Mar 2019, 18:09 UTC at 29.38° Pisces
Stations direct 28 Mar 2019, 13:59 UTC at 15.83° Pisces
Shadow opens 19 Feb 2019 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 16 Apr 2019 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.52°

7 July → 1 August 2019 in Leo

Stations retrograde 7 Jul 2019, 23:01 UTC at 4.19° Leo
Stations direct 1 Aug 2019, 03:58 UTC at 23.68° Cancer
Shadow opens 20 Jun 2019 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 15 Aug 2019 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.05°

31 October → 20 November 2019 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 31 Oct 2019, 15:27 UTC at 27.37° Scorpio
Stations direct 20 Nov 2019, 19:13 UTC at 11.32° Scorpio
Shadow opens 11 Oct 2019 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 7 Dec 2019 (17 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2019

Previous

2018 Ended 6 December 2018 after 20 days, moving back 16.22° through the zodiac.

Next

2020 Begins 17 February 2020 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 2019

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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