Mercury Retrograde 1939

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1939: from March 24 to April 16 in Aries; from July 27 to August 20 in Leo; from November 18 to December 8 in Sagittarius and Scorpio. The next Mercury retrograde after 1939 begins on March 6, 1940 at 0°15' Aries. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins March 24, 1939, the pre-retrograde shadow starts March 10, 1939 and the post-retrograde shadow ends May 5, 1939. For the retrograde that begins July 27, 1939, the pre-retrograde shadow starts July 9, 1939 and the post-retrograde shadow ends September 3, 1939. For the retrograde that begins November 18, 1939, the pre-retrograde shadow starts October 30, 1939 and the post-retrograde shadow ends December 26, 1939.

From March 24, 1939, Mercury turns retrograde at 17°35' Aries and turns direct at 5°37' Aries. From July 27, 1939, Mercury turns retrograde at 24°13' Leo and turns direct at 12°08' Leo. From November 18, 1939, Mercury turns retrograde at 13°57' Sagittarius and turns direct at 27°43' Scorpio.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1939 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.