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 1715· 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 29 Mar – 21 Apr (3 weeks), 22°29' Aries back to 11°15' Aries; shadow from 15 Mar to 09 May. Stations at 06:35 and 21:18 UT.
Retrograde 01 Aug – 25 Aug (3 weeks), 29°20' Leo back to 16°37' Leo; shadow from 13 Jul to 08 Sep. Stations at 12:59 and 05:12 UT.
Retrograde 22 Nov – 12 Dec (3 weeks), 17°55' Sagittarius back to 1°39' Sagittarius; shadow from 03 Nov to 30 Dec. Stations at 10:44 and 05:05 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1715· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jan – 16 Feb (6 weeks), 14°17' Aquarius back to 28°39' Capricorn; shadow from 05 Dec 1714 to 20 Mar. Stations at 04:45 and 08:35 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1715· once this year
Retrograde 15 Mar – 01 Jun (11 weeks), 9°04' Scorpio back to 21°27' Libra; shadow from 11 Jan to 30 Jul. Stations at 21:45 and 06:41 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 1715· once this year
Retrograde 15 Sep – 11 Jan 1716 (17 weeks), 26°27' Taurus back to 16°25' Taurus; shadow from 22 Jun to 04 Apr 1716. Stations at 18:27 and 09:39 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1715· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jan – 20 May (20 weeks), 24°23' Virgo back to 17°33' Virgo; shadow from 01 Oct 1714 to 26 Aug. Stations at 00:16 and 16:13 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1715· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Dec 1714 – 25 May (21 weeks), 21°18' Virgo back to 17°09' Virgo; shadow from 13 Sep 1714 to 09 Sep. Stations at 00:15 and 18:34 UT.
Retrograde 31 Dec – 29 May 1716 (21 weeks), 26°04' Virgo back to 21°55' Virgo; shadow from 19 Sep to 13 Sep 1716. Stations at 23:07 and 21:03 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1715· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Aug 1714 – 16 Jan (22 weeks), 9°15' Taurus back to 6°26' Taurus; shadow from 21 Apr 1714 to 08 May. Stations at 19:00 and 22:57 UT.
Retrograde 15 Aug – 19 Jan 1716 (22 weeks), 11°30' Taurus back to 8°41' Taurus; shadow from 23 Apr to 10 May 1716. Stations at 09:08 and 12:13 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1715· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Dec 1714 – 17 May (23 weeks), 8°26' Virgo back to 5°49' Virgo; shadow from 20 Aug 1714 to 08 Sep. Stations at 00:07 and 18:21 UT.
Retrograde 13 Dec – 19 May 1716 (23 weeks), 10°30' Virgo back to 7°52' Virgo; shadow from 23 Aug to 09 Sep 1716. Stations at 11:11 and 01:42 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.