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Mercury stations retrograde

13°27′ Aquarius · 10:51 am ET

Waxing Crescent in Aries · 27% lit · enters Aries 11:17 am ET

Daily WeatherAries · waxing 27%

Wednesday, January 18, 1956

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Moon in Aries · waxing 27% · Mercury ℞ in Aquarius · four planets retrograde

10:51 am ET · 13°27′ Aquarius

Mercury stations retrograde

From Earth's vantage the planet stands still at 13°27′ Aquarius, opening a retrograde that runs until February 8.

  • 11:17 am ETMoon enters Aries
  • applying♅ □ ♆exact Thu 8:29 am ET
  • applying☉ ☍ ♅exact Sat 3:42 am ET
  • applying☉ □ ♆exact Sat 5:51 am ET
  • applying♀ □ ♂exact Sat 9:52 am ET

A day of turning — you may notice long-running questions asking to be revisited rather than resolved.

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Positions

  • Sun27°34′ Capricorn
  • Moon0°07′ Aries
  • Mercury℞︎13°27′ Aquarius
  • Venus1°20′ Pisces
  • Mars3°00′ Sagittarius
  • Jupiter℞︎29°56′ Leo
  • Saturn0°30′ Sagittarius
  • Uranus℞︎0°25′ Leo
  • Neptune0°22′ Scorpio
  • Pluto℞︎28°04′ Leo
  • North Node16°27′ Sagittarius

Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus & Pluto retrograde

Active aspects

  • Uranus square Neptune0.0° orb
  • Saturn trine Uranus0.1° orb
  • Moon trine Uranus0.3° orb
  • Moon trine Saturn0.4° orb
  • Jupiter sextile Neptune0.4° orb
  • Jupiter square Saturn0.6° orb
  • Venus square Saturn0.8° orb
  • Venus trine Neptune1.0° orb
  • Venus opposition Jupiter1.4° orb
  • Venus square Mars1.7° orb
  • Jupiter conjunction Pluto1.9° orb
  • Neptune sextile Pluto2.3° orb
  • Saturn square Pluto2.4° orb
  • Mars conjunction Saturn2.5° orb
  • Sun sextile Moon2.5° orb
  • Mars trine Uranus2.6° orb
  • Sun square Neptune2.8° orb
  • Sun opposition Uranus2.8° orb
  • Moon trine Mars2.9° orb
  • Sun sextile Saturn2.9° orb
  • Mars square Jupiter3.1° orb
  • Venus opposition Pluto3.3° orb
  • Mars square Pluto4.9° orb

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