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Mercury stations retrograde

10°00′ Capricorn · 4:07 pm ET

Waning Crescent in Scorpio · 6% lit · enters Sagittarius 8:44 pm ET

Daily WeatherScorpio · waning 6%

Friday, December 14, 1990

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Moon in Scorpio · waning 6% · Mars ℞ in Taurus · two planets retrograde

4:07 pm ET · 10°00′ Capricorn

Mercury stations retrograde

From Earth's vantage the planet stands still at 10°00′ Capricorn, opening a retrograde that runs until January 3.

  • 2:42 am ETMars re-enters Taurus
  • 8:44 pm ETMoon enters Sagittarius
  • applying☿ ☌ ♅exact Tue 2:10 am ET
  • applying☿ ☌ ♀exact Tue 7:01 pm ET
  • applying♀ ☌ ♅exact Wed 5:56 am ET

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

Computed · times ETtoday's sky →

Positions

  • Sun22°25′ Sagittarius
  • Moon25°26′ Scorpio
  • Mercury10°01′ Capricorn
  • Venus2°59′ Capricorn
  • Mars℞︎29°55′ Taurus
  • Jupiter℞︎13°15′ Leo
  • Saturn23°43′ Capricorn
  • Uranus8°42′ Capricorn
  • Neptune13°29′ Capricorn
  • Pluto19°02′ Scorpio
  • North Node28°32′ Capricorn

Mars & Jupiter retrograde

Active aspects

  • Mercury conjunction Uranus1.3° orb
  • Moon sextile Saturn1.7° orb
  • Mercury conjunction Neptune3.5° orb
  • Moon opposition Mars4.5° orb
  • Saturn sextile Pluto4.7° orb
  • Uranus conjunction Neptune4.8° orb

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.