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 1732· 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 22 Jan – 12 Feb (3 weeks), 17°34' Aquarius back to 1°57' Aquarius; shadow from 07 Jan to 03 Mar. Stations at 14:23 and 18:46 UT.
Retrograde 19 May – 12 Jun (3 weeks), 14°44' Gemini back to 6°10' Gemini; shadow from 05 May to 27 Jun. Stations at 23:42 and 21:52 UT.
Retrograde 17 Sep – 09 Oct (3 weeks), 16°28' Libra back to 1°16' Libra; shadow from 28 Aug to 24 Oct. Stations at 22:33 and 13:45 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1732· once this year
Retrograde 03 Aug – 14 Sep (6 weeks), 9°26' Virgo back to 23°10' Leo; shadow from 30 Jun to 17 Oct. Stations at 02:37 and 21:45 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1732· once this year
Retrograde 15 Apr – 27 Jun (10 weeks), 6°15' Sagittarius back to 20°38' Scorpio; shadow from 16 Feb to 19 Aug. Stations at 11:25 and 08:23 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 1732· once this year
Retrograde 24 Jan – 26 May (18 weeks), 9°53' Libra back to 29°57' Virgo; shadow from 29 Oct 1731 to 24 Aug. Stations at 22:24 and 22:51 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1732· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jul – 12 Dec (20 weeks), 16°54' Aries back to 10°04' Aries; shadow from 22 Apr to 16 Mar 1733. Stations at 23:29 and 18:48 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1732· once this year
Retrograde 14 Mar – 14 Aug (22 weeks), 10°15' Sagittarius back to 6°13' Sagittarius; shadow from 01 Dec 1731 to 28 Nov. Stations at 20:29 and 20:23 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1732· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Sep 1731 – 24 Feb (22 weeks), 17°29' Gemini back to 14°40' Gemini; shadow from 30 May 1731 to 16 Jun. Stations at 22:43 and 09:53 UT.
Retrograde 22 Sep – 25 Feb 1733 (22 weeks), 19°43' Gemini back to 16°54' Gemini; shadow from 31 May to 18 Jun 1733. Stations at 08:59 and 20:27 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1732· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jan – 24 Jun (22 weeks), 18°01' Libra back to 15°12' Libra; shadow from 04 Oct 1731 to 13 Oct. Stations at 19:44 and 23:32 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.