Mercury retrograde 2020

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 2020. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.68°

17 February → 10 March 2020 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 17 Feb 2020, 00:48 UTC at 12.61° Pisces
Stations direct 10 Mar 2020, 03:39 UTC at 27.93° Aquarius
Shadow opens 2 Feb 2020 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 30 Mar 2020 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.27°

18 June → 12 July 2020 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 18 Jun 2020, 04:49 UTC at 14.49° Cancer
Stations direct 12 Jul 2020, 08:23 UTC at 5.21° Cancer
Shadow opens 2 Jun 2020 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 26 Jul 2020 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.77°

14 October → 3 November 2020 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 14 Oct 2020, 00:53 UTC at 11.39° Scorpio
Stations direct 3 Nov 2020, 17:46 UTC at 25.62° Libra
Shadow opens 23 Sep 2020 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 19 Nov 2020 (16 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 2020

Previous

2019 Ended 20 November 2019 after 20 days, moving back 16.05° through the zodiac.

Next

2021 Begins 30 January 2021 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 2020

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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