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October 3, 1968

Mercury stations retrograde

1°15′ Scorpio · 7:42 am ET

Waxing Gibbous in Pisces · 92% lit

Daily WeatherPisces · waxing 92%

Thursday, October 3, 1968

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Moon in Pisces · waxing 92% · Mercury ℞ in Scorpio · two planets retrograde

7:42 am ET · 1°15′ Scorpio

Mercury stations retrograde

From Earth's vantage the planet stands still at 1°15′ Scorpio, opening a retrograde that runs until October 24.

  • separating♀ ⚹ ♂exact Tue 4:09 pm ET

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

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Positions

  • Sun10°31′ Libra
  • Moon7°15′ Pisces
  • Mercury℞︎1°15′ Scorpio
  • Venus8°34′ Scorpio
  • Mars7°28′ Virgo
  • Jupiter21°41′ Virgo
  • Saturn℞︎23°00′ Aries
  • Uranus0°19′ Libra
  • Neptune24°40′ Scorpio
  • Pluto23°20′ Virgo
  • North Node9°38′ Aries

Mercury & Saturn retrograde

Active aspects

  • Moon opposition Mars0.2° orb
  • Venus sextile Mars1.1° orb
  • Moon trine Venus1.3° orb
  • Neptune sextile Pluto1.3° orb
  • Jupiter conjunction Pluto1.6° orb
  • Jupiter sextile Neptune3.0° orb

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