Mercury Retrograde 1953

Mercury is retrograde three times in 1953: from March 9 to April 1 in Aries and Pisces; from July 11 to August 4 in Leo and Cancer; from November 3 to November 23 in Sagittarius and Scorpio. The next Mercury retrograde after 1953 begins on February 20, 1954 at 16°07' Pisces. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins March 9, 1953, the pre-retrograde shadow starts February 23, 1953 and the post-retrograde shadow ends April 20, 1953. For the retrograde that begins July 11, 1953, the pre-retrograde shadow starts June 24, 1953 and the post-retrograde shadow ends August 18, 1953. For the retrograde that begins November 3, 1953, the pre-retrograde shadow starts October 15, 1953 and the post-retrograde shadow ends December 11, 1953.

From March 9, 1953, Mercury turns retrograde at 2°59' Aries and turns direct at 19°46' Pisces. From July 11, 1953, Mercury turns retrograde at 8°22' Leo and turns direct at 27°30' Cancer. From November 3, 1953, Mercury turns retrograde at 0°41' Sagittarius and turns direct at 14°35' Scorpio.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 1953 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.