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 1710· 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 01 Mar – 23 Mar (3 weeks), 24°55' Pisces back to 11°22' Pisces; shadow from 14 Feb to 12 Apr. Stations at 02:36 and 22:18 UT.
Retrograde 03 Jul – 27 Jul (3 weeks), 29°41' Cancer back to 19°10' Cancer; shadow from 16 Jun to 10 Aug. Stations at 07:15 and 12:01 UT.
Retrograde 26 Oct – 16 Nov (3 weeks), 22°53' Scorpio back to 6°50' Scorpio; shadow from 07 Oct to 03 Dec. Stations at 23:44 and 03:09 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1710· once this year
Retrograde 21 Mar – 02 May (6 weeks), 29°09' Aries back to 12°46' Aries; shadow from 16 Feb to 05 Jun. Stations at 00:48 and 11:22 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1710· once this year
Retrograde 30 Dec – 21 Mar 1711 (12 weeks), 29°08' Leo back to 9°38' Leo; shadow from 25 Oct to 28 May 1711. Stations at 13:31 and 09:16 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 1710· once this year
Retrograde 18 Mar – 19 Jul (18 weeks), 1°37' Sagittarius back to 21°45' Scorpio; shadow from 21 Dec 1709 to 15 Oct. Stations at 08:30 and 16:55 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1710· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Oct 1709 – 11 Mar (19 weeks), 16°17' Cancer back to 9°19' Cancer; shadow from 26 Jul 1709 to 14 Jun. Stations at 18:37 and 10:09 UT.
Retrograde 12 Nov – 25 Mar 1711 (19 weeks), 0°22' Leo back to 23°25' Cancer; shadow from 09 Aug to 29 Jun 1711. Stations at 00:31 and 22:13 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1710· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Dec 1709 – 01 May (21 weeks), 27°26' Leo back to 23°17' Leo; shadow from 20 Aug 1709 to 15 Aug. Stations at 00:39 and 02:45 UT.
Retrograde 08 Dec – 06 May 1711 (21 weeks), 2°12' Virgo back to 28°03' Leo; shadow from 25 Aug to 20 Aug 1711. Stations at 01:04 and 05:13 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1710· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Aug 1709 – 05 Jan (23 weeks), 28°00' Aries back to 25°11' Aries; shadow from 09 Apr 1709 to 27 Apr. Stations at 03:19 and 15:26 UT.
Retrograde 03 Aug – 08 Jan 1711 (23 weeks), 0°15' Taurus back to 27°26' Aries; shadow from 11 Apr to 29 Apr 1711. Stations at 14:53 and 03:04 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1710· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Nov 1709 – 08 May (23 weeks), 28°37' Leo back to 26°04' Leo; shadow from 08 Aug 1709 to 31 Aug. Stations at 15:16 and 01:29 UT.
Retrograde 02 Dec – 10 May 1711 (23 weeks), 0°31' Virgo back to 27°57' Leo; shadow from 11 Aug to 01 Sep 1711. Stations at 18:58 and 03:53 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.