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 1709· 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 18 Mar – 10 Apr (3 weeks), 12°11' Aries back to 0°03' Aries; shadow from 04 Mar to 29 Apr. Stations at 08:44 and 17:49 UT.
Retrograde 21 Jul – 14 Aug (3 weeks), 18°40' Leo back to 6°44' Leo; shadow from 03 Jul to 28 Aug. Stations at 12:59 and 12:27 UT.
Retrograde 12 Nov – 02 Dec (3 weeks), 8°44' Sagittarius back to 22°31' Scorpio; shadow from 24 Oct to 20 Dec. Stations at 09:32 and 05:27 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1709· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1709; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1709· once this year
Retrograde 25 Nov 1708 – 12 Feb (11 weeks), 24°17' Cancer back to 5°17' Cancer; shadow from 24 Sep 1708 to 19 Apr. Stations at 18:32 and 05:10 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 1709· once this year
Retrograde 14 Feb – 18 Jun (18 weeks), 1°09' Scorpio back to 21°15' Libra; shadow from 19 Nov 1708 to 15 Sep. Stations at 18:29 and 06:34 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1709· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Oct 1708 – 24 Feb (19 weeks), 2°05' Cancer back to 25°07' Gemini; shadow from 11 Jul 1708 to 30 May. Stations at 07:55 and 23:16 UT.
Retrograde 28 Oct – 11 Mar 1710 (19 weeks), 16°17' Cancer back to 9°19' Cancer; shadow from 26 Jul to 14 Jun 1710. Stations at 18:37 and 10:09 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1709· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Nov 1708 – 26 Apr (21 weeks), 22°41' Leo back to 18°32' Leo; shadow from 15 Aug 1708 to 10 Aug. Stations at 01:02 and 01:36 UT.
Retrograde 03 Dec – 01 May 1710 (21 weeks), 27°26' Leo back to 23°17' Leo; shadow from 20 Aug to 15 Aug 1710. Stations at 00:39 and 02:45 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1709· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Jul 1708 – 03 Jan (23 weeks), 25°45' Aries back to 22°56' Aries; shadow from 06 Apr 1708 to 24 Apr. Stations at 13:38 and 04:54 UT.
Retrograde 01 Aug – 05 Jan 1710 (23 weeks), 28°00' Aries back to 25°11' Aries; shadow from 09 Apr to 27 Apr 1710. Stations at 03:19 and 15:26 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1709· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Nov 1708 – 06 May (23 weeks), 26°45' Leo back to 24°13' Leo; shadow from 06 Aug 1708 to 29 Aug. Stations at 11:44 and 01:25 UT.
Retrograde 30 Nov – 08 May 1710 (23 weeks), 28°37' Leo back to 26°04' Leo; shadow from 08 Aug to 31 Aug 1710. Stations at 15:16 and 01:29 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.