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 1884· four 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 11 Jan – 01 Feb (3 weeks), 7°12' Aquarius back to 21°13' Capricorn; shadow from 26 Dec 1883 to 21 Feb. Stations at 20:45 and 12:30 UT.
Retrograde 06 May – 30 May (3 weeks), 1°28' Gemini back to 22°39' Taurus; shadow from 22 Apr to 15 Jun. Stations at 15:49 and 11:59 UT.
Retrograde 06 Sep – 28 Sep (3 weeks), 5°43' Libra back to 21°02' Virgo; shadow from 17 Aug to 13 Oct. Stations at 10:50 and 17:47 UT.
Retrograde 25 Dec – 14 Jan 1885 (3 weeks), 21°14' Capricorn back to 5°00' Capricorn; shadow from 08 Dec to 03 Feb 1885. Stations at 18:38 and 21:46 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1884· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jun – 02 Aug (6 weeks), 28°16' Cancer back to 11°47' Cancer; shadow from 17 May to 05 Sep. Stations at 14:33 and 18:34 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1884· once this year
Retrograde 23 Dec 1883 – 12 Mar (11 weeks), 21°56' Leo back to 2°29' Leo; shadow from 19 Oct 1883 to 19 May. 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 1884· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Nov 1883 – 20 Mar (17 weeks), 4°33' Leo back to 24°29' Cancer; shadow from 26 Aug 1883 to 16 Jun. Stations at 09:30 and 09:42 UT.
Retrograde 21 Dec – 21 Apr 1885 (17 weeks), 5°50' Virgo back to 25°50' Leo; shadow from 25 Sep to 20 Jul 1885. Stations at 05:19 and 20:18 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1884· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Sep 1883 – 03 Feb (19 weeks), 10°08' Gemini back to 3°11' Gemini; shadow from 18 Jun 1883 to 07 May. Stations at 13:24 and 14:52 UT.
Retrograde 06 Oct – 16 Feb 1885 (19 weeks), 24°14' Gemini back to 17°17' Gemini; shadow from 02 Jul to 22 May 1885. Stations at 01:41 and 20:43 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1884· once this year
Retrograde 02 Jan – 31 May (21 weeks), 28°08' Virgo back to 24°00' Virgo; shadow from 20 Sep 1883 to 14 Sep. Stations at 19:23 and 14:47 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1884· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Aug 1883 – 28 Jan (22 weeks), 21°05' Taurus back to 18°16' Taurus; shadow from 03 May 1883 to 19 May. Stations at 21:43 and 20:05 UT.
Retrograde 26 Aug – 30 Jan 1885 (22 weeks), 23°20' Taurus back to 20°31' Taurus; shadow from 04 May to 22 May 1885. Stations at 08:31 and 07:11 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1884· twice this year
Retrograde 31 Aug 1883 – 12 Feb (24 weeks), 1°13' Gemini back to 29°14' Taurus; shadow from 29 Apr 1883 to 14 Jun. Stations at 16:07 and 09:59 UT.
Retrograde 31 Aug – 12 Feb 1885 (24 weeks), 2°10' Gemini back to 0°11' Gemini; shadow from 29 Apr to 15 Jun 1885. Stations at 22:40 and 12:52 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.