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 1907· 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 08 Mar – 31 Mar (3 weeks), 1°55' Aries back to 18°40' Pisces; shadow from 22 Feb to 20 Apr. Stations at 22:24 and 21:51 UT.
Retrograde 11 Jul – 04 Aug (3 weeks), 7°15' Leo back to 26°24' Cancer; shadow from 23 Jun to 18 Aug. Stations at 11:14 and 15:23 UT.
Retrograde 03 Nov – 23 Nov (3 weeks), 29°37' Scorpio back to 13°32' Scorpio; shadow from 15 Oct to 10 Dec. Stations at 16:37 and 17:58 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1907· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1907; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1907· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jun – 09 Aug (9 weeks), 18°53' Capricorn back to 6°58' Capricorn; shadow from 17 Apr to 22 Sep. Stations at 06:48 and 03:32 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 1907· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Oct 1906 – 25 Feb (17 weeks), 11°04' Cancer back to 0°59' Cancer; shadow from 04 Aug 1906 to 23 May. Stations at 00:14 and 21:40 UT.
Retrograde 01 Dec – 30 Mar 1908 (17 weeks), 13°36' Leo back to 3°33' Leo; shadow from 05 Sep to 27 Jun 1908. Stations at 01:21 and 13:13 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1907· once this year
Retrograde 09 Jul – 25 Nov (20 weeks), 27°27' Pisces back to 20°40' Pisces; shadow from 03 Apr to 27 Feb 1908. Stations at 22:19 and 04:04 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1907· once this year
Retrograde 17 Apr – 18 Sep (22 weeks), 12°42' Capricorn back to 8°43' Capricorn; shadow from 02 Jan to 02 Jan 1908. Stations at 22:55 and 22:20 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1907· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Oct 1906 – 22 Mar (22 weeks), 12°39' Cancer back to 9°50' Cancer; shadow from 25 Jun 1906 to 13 Jul. Stations at 17:04 and 01:34 UT.
Retrograde 19 Oct – 23 Mar 1908 (22 weeks), 14°53' Cancer back to 12°04' Cancer; shadow from 27 Jun to 15 Jul 1908. Stations at 04:39 and 14:49 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1907· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Sep 1906 – 07 Mar (23 weeks), 23°46' Gemini back to 21°44' Gemini; shadow from 24 May 1906 to 07 Jul. Stations at 14:01 and 04:14 UT.
Retrograde 25 Sep – 07 Mar 1908 (23 weeks), 24°48' Gemini back to 22°46' Gemini; shadow from 25 May to 07 Jul 1908. Stations at 20:58 and 11:20 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.