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2017MercuryRetrogradeCalendar

WhenMercuryisretrograde,wetendtonotice
moreissuesintheareasofcommunication,in
thewayweinteractwithothersandinour
surroundingsandneighborhood.Itmayalso
showupinourtravel,thewaywegetaround
andinourinteractionwithoursiblings.
January2017Completionof
MercuryRetrogradeinCapricorn
HowtoUsethe2017MercuryRetrogradeCalendar
ThecalendarhighlightsthesignificantphasesofMercuryRetrogradeusing
differentcolors:
TheMercuryRetrogradePreShadowphaseisshowninblue,withviolet
indicatingwheretheeffecttendstobefeltmorestrongly.
TheMercuryRetrogradephaseisshowninlightred,withthetimethat
MercuryisinRetrogradeStationindicatedindarkred.Duringtheretrograde
phase,adarkercolorisusedtohighlightthetimewhenMercuryismoving
moreslowlyandwhenitseffecttendstobefeltmorestrongly.

TheMercuryRetrogradePostShadowphaseisshowninbrown.The
MercuryDirectStation,asMercurystopsitsretrogrademotionsandisabout
tomoveforwardsagain,isindicatedindarkbrown.WhileMercuryisstill
movingslowlyandhasnotspeededup,theeffectofthisphasetenstobefelt
morestronglyandisindicatedwithadarkercolor.

AmoredetaileddescriptionofeachstageofMercuryRetrogradeand
themainissuesandconsiderationsisfoundhereinthe 2015Mercury
2017beginsinthemiddleofaMercury RetrogradeCalendarpage.
RetrogradecyclethatstartedwithMercury
enteringthePreShadowinDecember1, Legend
2016,followedwiththeMercuryRetrograde
PreShadowphase
stationat10:55amCoordinatedUniversal

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Time(UTC)onDec19.NotethatUTCusedto
bereferredtoasGreenwichMeanTime.
MercurygoesdirectinSagittarius(28o51")on
January8,2017at9:43amUTC*,and4:43
amEasternTime,1:43amPacificTime.
MercuryleavesPostShadowonJanuary27at
approximately5:00pmUTC*.
April2017RetrogradeinTaurus
ThefirstfullMercuryRetrogradecycleof2017
beginswiththePreShadowonMarch27at
4:48amUTC*.
MercuryRetrogradeStationoccursat11:14
pmUTC*,onApril9,inTaurus(4o51")
MercurygoesdirectonMay3at4:22pm
UTC*,inAries(24o16")
MercuryleavesthePostShadowonMay21at
12:58amUTC*.
August2017MercuryRetrogradeinVirgo
BecauseMercuryrulesVirgo,theretrogradein
Augustshouldproveinteresting!Thecycle
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2017MercuryRetrogradeCalendar
PreShadowphaseintensified
MercuryRetrogradeStation
MercuryRetrogradePhaseintensified
MercuryRetrogradePhase
MercuryDirectStation
PostShadowphaseintensified
PostShadowphase
TheTwoLevelsofMercuryRetrograde
Mercuryretrogradeoccursattwolevels.Atonelevel,thereisnotmuchyou
candowiththeactionsofothers,excepttobemoreconsciousandpreparefor
delaysanderrorsbydoublechecking.
Butatthepersonallevelyoucandoalotinordertoavoidtheconsequences
ofMercuryRetrograde.Mostofusencountertheconsequenceswhenweare
notcentered,awareorconsciousofwhatisgoingonaroundus,andmore
oftenthannottheculpritisthatwearenotactingfromourheartandspirit.
Insteadwearereactingfromourneeds,ourhurts,fromourbuttonsbeing
pushed,orthewaythatwetakecareofothersandnotourselves.Inthatway
weactfromourshadow,andthatiswhatmercuryretrogradeisallabout.
MercuryRetrogradeoccurswhenitismovingbackwards,intoitsshadow,and
thuscommunication,scheduling,transportationandjudgmentbecomescloudy
orerrorprone.AsmuchasouterworkischallengedbyMercuryRetrograde,
introspectionandinnerworkisverysupported.TakeadvantageofMercury
Retrogradebyclearingyourowntendenciestogetcaughtupinyourown
shadowsandthoseofothers.
Ifyouseektotakeadvantageofthisopportunity,Iheartilyrecommendyou
considergettingthisbook:Itisadirectandpracticalguidebacktoyourcore
andgreaterbecoming,withoutthefluff. BeingCentered.
MercuryRetrogradeandtheSunSigns
EachsunsignhasitsownuniquecontributionandinteractionwiththeMercury
RetrogradeCycle.ThedetailscanbefoundinthedescriptionofeachSun
Signfoundinthedropdownmenuorbyselectingbelow:
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beginswithPreShadowat3:13pmUTC*on Aries Leo Sagittarius

July24.
Taurus Virgo Capricorn
MercuryRetrogradestationoccursat1:00am
Gemini Libra Aquarius
UTC*,onAugust13,inVirgo(11o38").Note
thatinNorthAmerica,thestationoccursonthe Cancer Scorpio Pisces
eveningofAugust12.

MercuryDirectstationoccursat11:29am
GreenwichtimeonSeptember5inLeo
(28o25"),leavingthePostShadowat3:59pm
UTC*onSeptember19.

December2017MercuryRetrogradein
Sagittarius

MercuryrulesGemini,soitsretrogradein
Sagittarius,whichactsasGemini'sshadow.
shouldalsoproveinteresting!Thecyclebegins
withthePreShadowat1:49amUTC*on
November15.

MercuryRetrogradestationoccursat7:34am
UTC*onDecember3inSagittarius(29o18").
ForthoselivingontheWestcoasttimezonein
theUS,itwilloccurat11:34pmonDecember
2.

Mercurygoesdirectat1:51amUTC*on
December23inSagittarius(13o00").Note
thatinNorthAmerica,thiswouldbeduringthe
eveningofthepreviousday,December22.
ThePostShadowendsonJanuary10,2018
at4:31pmUTC*.

Pleasenotethatalltimesareapproximate.
Theactualtimesaredefinedbytheobserver
locationandvaryduetoparallax.

*CoordinatedUniversalTime(UTC)
replacedGreenwichMeanTimein1961.They
areoftenusedinterchangeably.

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