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 1712· 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 27 Jan – 17 Feb (3 weeks), 21°46' Aquarius back to 6°18' Aquarius; shadow from 11 Jan to 08 Mar. Stations at 00:01 and 09:17 UT.
Retrograde 25 May – 18 Jun (3 weeks), 19°58' Gemini back to 11°22' Gemini; shadow from 10 May to 03 Jul. Stations at 06:40 and 06:18 UT.
Retrograde 22 Sep – 13 Oct (3 weeks), 20°42' Libra back to 5°21' Libra; shadow from 02 Sep to 29 Oct. Stations at 13:04 and 23:12 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1712· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1712; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1712· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1712; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
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 1712· once this year
Retrograde 25 May – 23 Sep (17 weeks), 7°16' Aquarius back to 27°25' Capricorn; shadow from 01 Mar to 16 Dec. Stations at 19:20 and 10:11 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1712· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Nov 1711 – 08 Apr (19 weeks), 14°17' Leo back to 7°21' Leo; shadow from 23 Aug 1711 to 13 Jul. Stations at 23:20 and 09:41 UT.
Retrograde 08 Dec – 22 Apr 1713 (19 weeks), 27°57' Leo back to 21°02' Leo; shadow from 05 Sep to 28 Jul 1713. Stations at 14:07 and 18:01 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1712· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Dec 1711 – 10 May (21 weeks), 6°58' Virgo back to 2°49' Virgo; shadow from 30 Aug 1711 to 24 Aug. Stations at 00:02 and 07:06 UT.
Retrograde 17 Dec – 15 May 1713 (21 weeks), 11°45' Virgo back to 7°35' Virgo; shadow from 03 Sep to 29 Aug 1713. Stations at 00:39 and 11:11 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1712· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Aug 1711 – 10 Jan (22 weeks), 2°30' Taurus back to 29°41' Aries; shadow from 14 Apr 1711 to 01 May. Stations at 04:38 and 13:20 UT.
Retrograde 07 Aug – 12 Jan 1713 (22 weeks), 4°45' Taurus back to 1°56' Taurus; shadow from 16 Apr to 03 May 1713. Stations at 16:10 and 00:15 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1712· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Dec 1711 – 11 May (23 weeks), 2°27' Virgo back to 29°52' Leo; shadow from 13 Aug 1711 to 02 Sep. Stations at 00:54 and 04:34 UT.
Retrograde 06 Dec – 13 May 1713 (23 weeks), 4°25' Virgo back to 1°49' Virgo; shadow from 15 Aug to 04 Sep 1713. Stations at 06:33 and 08:27 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.