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 1765· 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 20 Jan – 10 Feb (3 weeks), 16°01' Aquarius back to 0°19' Aquarius; shadow from 04 Jan to 02 Mar. Stations at 00:12 and 02:19 UT.
Retrograde 17 May – 10 Jun (3 weeks), 12°41' Gemini back to 4°07' Gemini; shadow from 03 May to 25 Jun. Stations at 23:30 and 21:01 UT.
Retrograde 16 Sep – 07 Oct (3 weeks), 14°52' Libra back to 29°44' Virgo; shadow from 26 Aug to 23 Oct. Stations at 05:49 and 23:27 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1765· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1765; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1765· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1765; 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 1765· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Nov 1764 – 06 Mar (17 weeks), 20°33' Cancer back to 10°29' Cancer; shadow from 12 Aug 1764 to 01 Jun. Stations at 19:15 and 05:13 UT.
Retrograde 08 Dec – 08 Apr 1766 (17 weeks), 22°26' Leo back to 12°24' Leo; shadow from 12 Sep to 06 Jul 1766. Stations at 05:06 and 06:53 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1765· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Sep 1764 – 15 Jan (19 weeks), 21°46' Taurus back to 14°52' Taurus; shadow from 29 May 1764 to 19 Apr. Stations at 22:31 and 16:35 UT.
Retrograde 17 Sep – 29 Jan 1766 (19 weeks), 5°43' Gemini back to 28°47' Taurus; shadow from 13 Jun to 03 May 1766. Stations at 11:03 and 15:49 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1765· once this year
Retrograde 30 Jul – 30 Dec (22 weeks), 25°12' Aries back to 21°15' Aries; shadow from 12 Apr to 15 Apr 1766. Stations at 22:05 and 04:25 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1765· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Dec 1764 – 08 May (22 weeks), 0°47' Virgo back to 27°59' Leo; shadow from 12 Aug 1764 to 30 Aug. Stations at 11:21 and 15:34 UT.
Retrograde 04 Dec – 11 May 1766 (22 weeks), 2°59' Virgo back to 0°12' Virgo; shadow from 14 Aug to 02 Sep 1766. Stations at 23:21 and 03:13 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1765· once this year
Retrograde 09 Apr – 16 Sep (23 weeks), 7°54' Capricorn back to 5°18' Capricorn; shadow from 18 Dec 1764 to 06 Jan 1766. Stations at 02:01 and 20:09 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.