Mercury Retrograde 1948

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1948: from February 11 to March 4 in Pisces and Aquarius; from June 11 to July 5 in Cancer and Gemini; from October 8 to October 28 in Scorpio and Libra. The next Mercury retrograde after 1948 begins on January 24, 1949 at 20°12' Aquarius. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins February 11, 1948, the pre-retrograde shadow starts January 27, 1948 and the post-retrograde shadow ends March 24, 1948. For the retrograde that begins June 11, 1948, the pre-retrograde shadow starts May 26, 1948 and the post-retrograde shadow ends July 20, 1948. For the retrograde that begins October 8, 1948, the pre-retrograde shadow starts September 17, 1948 and the post-retrograde shadow ends November 13, 1948.

From February 11, 1948, Mercury turns retrograde at 6°31' Pisces and turns direct at 21°33' Aquarius. From June 11, 1948, Mercury turns retrograde at 7°16' Cancer and turns direct at 28°17' Gemini. From October 8, 1948, Mercury turns retrograde at 5°25' Scorpio and turns direct at 19°45' Libra.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1948 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.