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 1860· 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 24 Mar – 16 Apr (3 weeks), 18°15' Aries back to 6°27' Aries; shadow from 10 Mar to 04 May. Stations at 02:25 and 13:34 UT.
Retrograde 27 Jul – 20 Aug (3 weeks), 24°57' Leo back to 12°44' Leo; shadow from 08 Jul to 03 Sep. Stations at 08:39 and 05:33 UT.
Retrograde 17 Nov – 07 Dec (3 weeks), 14°26' Sagittarius back to 28°11' Scorpio; shadow from 29 Oct to 25 Dec. Stations at 20:30 and 15:33 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1860· once this year
Retrograde 27 Jun – 09 Aug (6 weeks), 4°43' Leo back to 18°13' Cancer; shadow from 24 May to 12 Sep. Stations at 13:38 and 16:23 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1860· once this year
Retrograde 16 Jun – 18 Aug (9 weeks), 0°16' Aquarius back to 19°18' Capricorn; shadow from 01 May to 30 Sep. Stations at 21:20 and 14:38 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 1860· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Nov 1859 – 11 Mar (17 weeks), 25°16' Cancer back to 15°12' Cancer; shadow from 18 Aug 1859 to 06 Jun. Stations at 12:21 and 01:31 UT.
Retrograde 12 Dec – 12 Apr 1861 (17 weeks), 27°01' Leo back to 17°00' Leo; shadow from 16 Sep to 11 Jul 1861. Stations at 18:38 and 22:35 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1860· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Dec 1859 – 20 Apr (19 weeks), 26°04' Leo back to 19°10' Leo; shadow from 04 Sep 1859 to 25 Jul. Stations at 11:22 and 08:27 UT.
Retrograde 19 Dec – 04 May 1861 (19 weeks), 9°31' Virgo back to 2°39' Virgo; shadow from 16 Sep to 09 Aug 1861. Stations at 21:09 and 12:53 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1860· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Sep 1859 – 11 Feb (22 weeks), 7°43' Gemini back to 3°42' Gemini; shadow from 28 May 1859 to 27 May. Stations at 11:27 and 00:11 UT.
Retrograde 17 Sep – 14 Feb 1861 (21 weeks), 12°01' Gemini back to 7°59' Gemini; shadow from 01 Jun to 01 Jun 1861. Stations at 02:26 and 11:07 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1860· once this year
Retrograde 02 Jul – 07 Dec (23 weeks), 29°24' Pisces back to 26°36' Pisces; shadow from 11 Mar to 28 Mar 1861. Stations at 04:38 and 18:47 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1860· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Aug 1859 – 20 Jan (24 weeks), 8°32' Taurus back to 6°34' Taurus; shadow from 06 Apr 1859 to 22 May. Stations at 17:57 and 18:30 UT.
Retrograde 08 Aug – 21 Jan 1861 (24 weeks), 9°29' Taurus back to 7°31' Taurus; shadow from 06 Apr to 23 May 1861. Stations at 21:42 and 00:00 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.