Mercury retrograde 2024

4 periods, 68 days inside the year — 18.6% of 2024. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.31° · crosses the year boundary

13 December → 2 January 2024 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 13 Dec 2023, 06:54 UTC at 8.16° Capricorn

Stations direct 2 Jan 2024, 03:06 UTC at 21.85° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 25 Nov 2023 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 21 Jan 2024 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.24°

1 April → 25 April 2024 in Aries

Stations retrograde 1 Apr 2024, 22:13 UTC at 26.89° Aries

Stations direct 25 Apr 2024, 12:43 UTC at 15.65° Aries

Shadow opens 19 Mar 2024 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 13 May 2024 (18 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.7°

5 August → 28 August 2024 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 5 Aug 2024, 04:40 UTC at 3.76° Virgo

Stations direct 28 Aug 2024, 21:12 UTC at 21.07° Leo

Shadow opens 17 Jul 2024 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 11 Sep 2024 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.28°

26 November → 15 December 2024 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 26 Nov 2024, 02:32 UTC at 22.33° Sagittarius

Stations direct 15 Dec 2024, 20:52 UTC at 6.05° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 7 Nov 2024 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 3 Jan 2025 (18 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2024

2023 Ended 2 January 2024 after 20 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

2025 Begins 15 March 2025 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 2024

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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