Mercury Retrograde 1949

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1949: from January 24 to February 14 in Aquarius; from May 23 to June 16 in Gemini; from September 21 to October 12 in Libra. The next Mercury retrograde after 1949 begins on January 8, 1950 at 4°07' Aquarius. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 24, 1949, the pre-retrograde shadow starts January 9, 1949 and the post-retrograde shadow ends March 7, 1949. For the retrograde that begins May 23, 1949, the pre-retrograde shadow starts May 8, 1949 and the post-retrograde shadow ends July 1, 1949. For the retrograde that begins September 21, 1949, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 31, 1949 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 28, 1949.

From January 24, 1949, Mercury turns retrograde at 20°12' Aquarius and turns direct at 4°33' Aquarius. From May 23, 1949, Mercury turns retrograde at 17°13' Gemini and turns direct at 8°39' Gemini. From September 21, 1949, Mercury turns retrograde at 19°07' Libra and turns direct at 3°56' Libra.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1949 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.