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 1883· 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 28 Jan – 18 Feb (3 weeks), 23°20' Aquarius back to 7°50' Aquarius; shadow from 12 Jan to 10 Mar. Stations at 00:44 and 08:49 UT.
Retrograde 27 May – 20 Jun (3 weeks), 21°19' Gemini back to 12°44' Gemini; shadow from 12 May to 04 Jul. Stations at 02:32 and 01:50 UT.
Retrograde 24 Sep – 16 Oct (3 weeks), 22°18' Libra back to 6°59' Libra; shadow from 04 Sep to 31 Oct. Stations at 12:53 and 00:14 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1883· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1883; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1883· once this year
Retrograde 23 Dec – 12 Mar 1884 (11 weeks), 21°56' Leo back to 2°29' Leo; shadow from 19 Oct to 19 May 1884. Stations at 06:51 and 14:23 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 1883· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Oct 1882 – 15 Feb (17 weeks), 1°25' Cancer back to 21°21' Gemini; shadow from 25 Jul 1882 to 12 May. Stations at 18:01 and 05:13 UT.
Retrograde 21 Nov – 20 Mar 1884 (17 weeks), 4°33' Leo back to 24°29' Cancer; shadow from 26 Aug to 16 Jun 1884. Stations at 09:30 and 09:42 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1883· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Sep 1882 – 20 Jan (19 weeks), 26°10' Taurus back to 19°15' Taurus; shadow from 03 Jun 1882 to 24 Apr. Stations at 00:39 and 14:38 UT.
Retrograde 22 Sep – 03 Feb 1884 (19 weeks), 10°08' Gemini back to 3°11' Gemini; shadow from 18 Jun to 07 May 1884. Stations at 13:24 and 14:52 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1883· once this year
Retrograde 28 Dec 1882 – 27 May (21 weeks), 23°21' Virgo back to 19°12' Virgo; shadow from 15 Sep 1882 to 10 Sep. Stations at 20:07 and 11:43 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1883· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Aug 1882 – 26 Jan (22 weeks), 18°50' Taurus back to 16°01' Taurus; shadow from 30 Apr 1882 to 18 May. Stations at 08:15 and 08:45 UT.
Retrograde 24 Aug – 28 Jan 1884 (22 weeks), 21°05' Taurus back to 18°16' Taurus; shadow from 03 May to 19 May 1884. Stations at 21:43 and 20:05 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1883· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Aug 1882 – 11 Feb (24 weeks), 0°16' Gemini back to 28°17' Taurus; shadow from 28 Apr 1882 to 14 Jun. Stations at 09:47 and 05:27 UT.
Retrograde 31 Aug – 12 Feb 1884 (24 weeks), 1°13' Gemini back to 29°14' Taurus; shadow from 29 Apr to 14 Jun 1884. Stations at 16:07 and 09:59 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.