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 1704· 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 19 Feb – 13 Mar (3 weeks), 15°08' Pisces back to 0°54' Pisces; shadow from 05 Feb to 01 Apr. Stations at 17:53 and 04:24 UT.
Retrograde 21 Jun – 16 Jul (3 weeks), 18°20' Cancer back to 8°35' Cancer; shadow from 05 Jun to 30 Jul. Stations at 21:26 and 02:21 UT.
Retrograde 16 Oct – 06 Nov (3 weeks), 13°37' Scorpio back to 27°43' Libra; shadow from 26 Sep to 22 Nov. Stations at 18:30 and 05:06 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1704· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1704; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1704· once this year
Retrograde 24 Aug – 27 Oct (9 weeks), 10°12' Aries back to 28°18' Pisces; shadow from 11 Jul to 13 Dec. Stations at 23:22 and 06:13 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 1704· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Sep 1703 – 06 Jan (17 weeks), 21°13' Taurus back to 11°12' Taurus; shadow from 17 Jun 1703 to 30 Mar. Stations at 15:23 and 05:04 UT.
Retrograde 14 Oct – 10 Feb 1705 (17 weeks), 26°29' Gemini back to 16°25' Gemini; shadow from 20 Jul to 07 May 1705. Stations at 17:38 and 03:29 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1704· once this year
Retrograde 18 Aug – 31 Dec (19 weeks), 6°05' Taurus back to 29°12' Aries; shadow from 13 May to 04 Apr 1705. Stations at 06:08 and 17:09 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1704· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Nov 1703 – 02 Apr (21 weeks), 29°10' Cancer back to 25°02' Cancer; shadow from 22 Jul 1703 to 17 Jul. Stations at 02:51 and 05:37 UT.
Retrograde 09 Nov – 07 Apr 1705 (21 weeks), 3°49' Leo back to 29°41' Cancer; shadow from 26 Jul to 22 Jul 1705. Stations at 01:12 and 02:41 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1704· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jul – 25 Dec (23 weeks), 16°46' Aries back to 13°57' Aries; shadow from 28 Mar to 15 Apr 1705. Stations at 07:53 and 03:31 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1704· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Nov 1703 – 27 Apr (23 weeks), 17°51' Leo back to 15°24' Leo; shadow from 27 Jul 1703 to 21 Aug. Stations at 20:06 and 05:41 UT.
Retrograde 20 Nov – 29 Apr 1705 (23 weeks), 19°34' Leo back to 17°06' Leo; shadow from 28 Jul to 23 Aug 1705. Stations at 22:19 and 00:42 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.