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Mercury · −0°42′/d
−0°42′/d
Astro-Seek 1971 Mercury cycle, 20 April: minimum elongation, Rx, speed −0°42′ per day. A 42′ watermark on daily motion, not on longitude.
The 19th is inferior conjunction. The 20th is minimum elongation. The speed is a table print. 20 Apr 1971: elongation 0°14′ W, Mercury 29°08′, retrograde, −0°42′ per day. Evening Rise is 28 Jun, sixty-nine days after the 20th.
Mercury · daily motion
−0°42′
per day
The 19th is inferior conjunction. The 20th is minimum elongation. The speed is a table print.
19 Apr 1971
0°00′
Inferior conjunction
The 19th. Not the 42.
20 Apr 1971
−0°42′/d
Minimum elongation
0°14′ W · 29°08′ · Rx. Rate, not a pin.
28 Jun 1971
69 d
Evening rise
Sixty-nine days after the 20th. The birth.
A 42′ watermark on daily motion, not on longitude. Not cazimi. Not sealed fate.
What it supports
A dated public cycle table. A 42′ watermark on daily motion, not on longitude. The Book already counted 69 days after 4/20 as the 28 June birth. This table is the messenger’s own clock on that 4/20.
What it does not
20 April as cazimi. Speed −0°42′ as sealed fate.
Calculation
20 April 1971 + 69 days = 28 June 1971 (Evening Rise). Speed −0°42′/d on the 4/20 row. Mercury 29°08′. Elongation 0°14′ W.
Astro-Seek Mercury cycle, year 1971. Event names as printed. Rate, not an ecliptic pin.
ExactnessExact
Form42′
Unit°/d
Strengthattested
When1971-04-20