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 1847· 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 Mar – 14 Apr (3 weeks), 15°24' Aries back to 3°22' Aries; shadow from 08 Mar to 02 May. Stations at 01:49 and 11:29 UT.
Retrograde 25 Jul – 18 Aug (3 weeks), 22°00' Leo back to 9°59' Leo; shadow from 06 Jul to 01 Sep. Stations at 06:59 and 05:40 UT.
Retrograde 16 Nov – 05 Dec (3 weeks), 11°52' Sagittarius back to 25°38' Scorpio; shadow from 28 Oct to 23 Dec. Stations at 00:49 and 20:28 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1847· once this year
Retrograde 12 Sep – 24 Oct (6 weeks), 17°40' Libra back to 1°49' Libra; shadow from 10 Aug to 25 Nov. Stations at 16:59 and 19:25 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1847· once this year
Retrograde 25 Sep – 02 Dec (10 weeks), 15°28' Taurus back to 0°45' Taurus; shadow from 06 Aug to 26 Jan 1848. Stations at 10:46 and 22:15 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 1847· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Oct 1846 – 31 Jan (17 weeks), 16°39' Gemini back to 6°36' Gemini; shadow from 11 Jul 1846 to 26 Apr. Stations at 12:16 and 13:19 UT.
Retrograde 07 Nov – 06 Mar 1848 (17 weeks), 20°34' Cancer back to 10°30' Cancer; shadow from 13 Aug to 01 Jun 1848. Stations at 23:09 and 08:50 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1847· once this year
Retrograde 24 Jun – 10 Nov (20 weeks), 12°55' Pisces back to 6°11' Pisces; shadow from 18 Mar to 13 Feb 1848. Stations at 03:08 and 06:22 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1847· once this year
Retrograde 24 Jul – 24 Dec (22 weeks), 18°14' Aries back to 14°18' Aries; shadow from 06 Apr to 08 Apr 1848. Stations at 12:49 and 03:42 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1847· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jun – 09 Nov (23 weeks), 0°23' Pisces back to 27°35' Aquarius; shadow from 10 Feb to 28 Feb 1848. Stations at 01:36 and 11:43 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1847· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Jul 1846 – 08 Jan (24 weeks), 25°57' Aries back to 23°57' Aries; shadow from 25 Mar 1846 to 09 May. Stations at 15:24 and 01:20 UT.
Retrograde 27 Jul – 09 Jan 1848 (24 weeks), 26°56' Aries back to 24°56' Aries; shadow from 26 Mar to 10 May 1848. Stations at 23:28 and 05:31 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.