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Mercury stations retrograde

4°53′ Capricorn · 2:06 am ET

Waxing Crescent in Aquarius · 26% lit

Daily WeatherAquarius · waxing 26%

Wednesday, December 9, 1964

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Moon in Aquarius · waxing 26% · Mercury ℞ in Capricorn · two planets retrograde

2:06 am ET · 4°53′ Capricorn

Mercury stations retrograde

From Earth's vantage the planet stands still at 4°53′ Capricorn, opening a retrograde that runs until December 28.

  • 6:23 am ET♀ ☍ ♃exact · 17°48′ Scorpio
  • 10:50 pm ET♀ ☌ ♆exact · 18°39′ Scorpio
  • applying♂ ☌ ♇exact Thu 7:11 am ET
  • applying♂ △ ♃exact Sun 2:12 am ET
  • applying☿ ⚹ ♄exact Wed 9:05 am ET

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

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Positions

  • Sun17°39′ Sagittarius
  • Moon18°38′ Aquarius
  • Mercury℞︎4°52′ Capricorn
  • Venus18°04′ Scorpio
  • Mars15°59′ Virgo
  • Jupiter℞︎17°47′ Taurus
  • Saturn29°34′ Aquarius
  • Uranus14°48′ Virgo
  • Neptune18°38′ Scorpio
  • Pluto16°19′ Virgo
  • North Node23°00′ Gemini

Mercury & Jupiter retrograde

Active aspects

  • Moon square Neptune0.0° orb
  • Venus opposition Jupiter0.3° orb
  • Mars conjunction Pluto0.3° orb
  • Moon square Venus0.6° orb
  • Venus conjunction Neptune0.6° orb
  • Moon square Jupiter0.9° orb
  • Jupiter opposition Neptune0.9° orb
  • Sun sextile Moon1.0° orb
  • Mars conjunction Uranus1.2° orb
  • Sun square Pluto1.3° orb
  • Jupiter trine Pluto1.5° orb
  • Uranus conjunction Pluto1.5° orb
  • Sun square Mars1.7° orb
  • Venus sextile Pluto1.8° orb
  • Mars trine Jupiter1.8° orb
  • Venus sextile Mars2.1° orb
  • Neptune sextile Pluto2.3° orb
  • Mars sextile Neptune2.7° orb
  • Sun square Uranus2.9° orb
  • Jupiter trine Uranus3.0° orb
  • Venus sextile Uranus3.3° orb
  • Uranus sextile Neptune3.8° orb

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