Retrograde Calendar
About Retrograde Calendar
Station times, degrees, durations, and shadow periods for every retrograde of the year — computed astronomy, not folklore.
No planet ever backs up; the loop is a trick of parallax as Earth laps a slower world or is lapped by a faster one. The tradition reads it accordingly. A changes a planet's gear, not its meaning; matters under its sponsorship come round again for review, revision, repair. The days that carry real weight are the , when a planet stands still to turn. Mark those dates, not the whole stretch.
☿︎Mercury retrograde 1702· three times this year
The classic season of crossed wires; three or four short spells a year. Re-read, re-confirm, back up the files; let the signature wait for the turning day if it can.
Retrograde 26 Mar – 18 Apr (3 weeks), 19°37' Aries back to 8°08' Aries; shadow from 12 Mar to 06 May. Stations at 05:11 and 18:30 UT.
Retrograde 29 Jul – 22 Aug (3 weeks), 26°24' Leo back to 13°54' Leo; shadow from 10 Jul to 05 Sep. Stations at 11:51 and 06:03 UT.
Retrograde 19 Nov – 09 Dec (3 weeks), 15°21' Sagittarius back to 29°06' Scorpio; shadow from 31 Oct to 27 Dec. Stations at 15:21 and 09:50 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1702· once this year
Retrograde 23 Mar – 04 May (6 weeks), 1°23' Taurus back to 14°59' Aries; shadow from 18 Feb to 07 Jun. Stations at 09:26 and 20:56 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1702· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jun – 10 Aug (9 weeks), 21°30' Capricorn back to 10°06' Capricorn; shadow from 21 Apr to 23 Sep. Stations at 02:02 and 17:30 UT.
The slow planets
Jupiter outward, a planet spends four to five months of every year retrograde; that is ordinary weather, not an event. The slower the planet, the longer the spell and the less it asks of any single day. Mark the stations; the rest is season.
♃︎Jupiter retrograde 1702· once this year
Retrograde 04 Aug – 30 Nov (17 weeks), 14°30' Aries back to 4°33' Aries; shadow from 11 May to 20 Feb 1703. Stations at 09:04 and 02:55 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1702· once this year
Retrograde 22 Jul – 06 Dec (20 weeks), 9°34' Aries back to 2°46' Aries; shadow from 15 Apr to 10 Mar 1703. Stations at 03:07 and 06:50 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1702· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Oct 1701 – 24 Mar (21 weeks), 19°56' Cancer back to 15°49' Cancer; shadow from 11 Jul 1701 to 09 Jul. Stations at 07:20 and 12:42 UT.
Retrograde 31 Oct – 29 Mar 1703 (21 weeks), 24°32' Cancer back to 20°25' Cancer; shadow from 17 Jul to 13 Jul 1703. Stations at 03:53 and 07:48 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1702· once this year
Retrograde 16 Jul – 21 Dec (23 weeks), 12°15' Aries back to 9°27' Aries; shadow from 24 Mar to 11 Apr 1703. Stations at 04:54 and 03:46 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1702· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Nov 1701 – 24 Apr (23 weeks), 14°31' Leo back to 12°05' Leo; shadow from 22 Jul 1701 to 19 Aug. Stations at 22:27 and 15:11 UT.
Retrograde 17 Nov – 26 Apr 1703 (23 weeks), 16°10' Leo back to 13°43' Leo; shadow from 24 Jul to 21 Aug 1703. Stations at 20:55 and 09:30 UT.
All times Universal Time (UT), from the same engine as the sky. Spells that open or close beyond the calendar year are listed with their own year on the date; the window belongs to both years and appears on both pages. On doctrine: a retrograde conditions a planet's expression; it does not doom it. The working tradition keeps no list of forbidden days, a spell that repeats a is one process rather than three misfortunes, and the shadow is context, not an extension of the sentence. The stations are the moments that matter; what a planet touches while standing still, it means.