Mercury Retrograde 1917

Mercury is retrograde four times in 1917: from January 10 to January 30 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 5 to May 29 in Taurus; from September 5 to September 28 in Libra and Virgo; from December 25 to January 14, 1918 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 1917 begins on April 16, 1918 at 10°25' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 10, 1917, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 25, 1916 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 19, 1917. For the retrograde that begins May 5, 1917, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 21, 1917 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 14, 1917. For the retrograde that begins September 5, 1917, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 16, 1917 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 12, 1917. For the retrograde that begins December 25, 1917, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 8, 1917 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 2, 1918.

From January 10, 1917, Mercury turns retrograde at 5°40' Aquarius and turns direct at 19°38' Capricorn. From May 5, 1917, Mercury turns retrograde at 29°29' Taurus and turns direct at 20°35' Taurus. From September 5, 1917, Mercury turns retrograde at 4°04' Libra and turns direct at 19°29' Virgo. From December 25, 1917, Mercury turns retrograde at 19°42' Capricorn and turns direct at 3°27' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 74 days of 1917 retrograde.

Mercury retrograde is traditionally associated with reviewing plans, conversations, contracts, devices, and travel arrangements. Astrologers read it as a time to review rather than launch.

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.