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 1854· 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 14 Mar – 06 Apr (3 weeks), 8°04' Aries back to 25°24' Pisces; shadow from 28 Feb to 25 Apr. Stations at 07:53 and 13:00 UT.
Retrograde 17 Jul – 10 Aug (3 weeks), 14°08' Leo back to 2°42' Leo; shadow from 29 Jun to 24 Aug. Stations at 06:51 and 09:20 UT.
Retrograde 08 Nov – 28 Nov (3 weeks), 5°13' Sagittarius back to 19°04' Scorpio; shadow from 20 Oct to 16 Dec. Stations at 18:24 and 16:38 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1854· once this year
Retrograde 07 Feb – 21 Mar (6 weeks), 17°42' Pisces back to 1°41' Pisces; shadow from 06 Jan to 23 Apr. Stations at 13:49 and 05:26 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1854· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jan – 09 Apr (12 weeks), 17°27' Virgo back to 28°01' Leo; shadow from 12 Nov 1853 to 14 Jun. Stations at 01:12 and 00:50 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 1854· once this year
Retrograde 15 May – 14 Sep (17 weeks), 27°31' Capricorn back to 17°41' Capricorn; shadow from 19 Feb to 07 Dec. Stations at 19:33 and 02:08 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1854· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Sep 1853 – 26 Jan (19 weeks), 1°49' Gemini back to 24°52' Taurus; shadow from 09 Jun 1853 to 30 Apr. Stations at 18:13 and 03:47 UT.
Retrograde 28 Sep – 09 Feb 1855 (19 weeks), 15°52' Gemini back to 8°55' Gemini; shadow from 24 Jun to 14 May 1855. Stations at 07:47 and 06:57 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1854· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Aug 1853 – 16 Jan (22 weeks), 12°33' Taurus back to 8°34' Taurus; shadow from 01 May 1853 to 03 May. Stations at 02:08 and 17:09 UT.
Retrograde 22 Aug – 21 Jan 1855 (22 weeks), 16°40' Taurus back to 12°41' Taurus; shadow from 05 May to 07 May 1855. Stations at 14:02 and 00:13 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1854· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jun – 24 Nov (23 weeks), 15°58' Pisces back to 13°10' Pisces; shadow from 26 Feb to 15 Mar 1855. Stations at 19:44 and 18:09 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1854· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Aug 1853 – 14 Jan (24 weeks), 2°46' Taurus back to 0°47' Taurus; shadow from 31 Mar 1853 to 16 May. Stations at 10:12 and 12:37 UT.
Retrograde 03 Aug – 15 Jan 1855 (24 weeks), 3°44' Taurus back to 1°45' Taurus; shadow from 01 Apr to 17 May 1855. Stations at 14:42 and 17:09 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.