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 1911· 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 01 Jan – 21 Jan (3 weeks), 26°22' Capricorn back to 10°12' Capricorn; shadow from 15 Dec 1910 to 10 Feb. Stations at 08:23 and 14:46 UT.
Retrograde 24 Apr – 18 May (3 weeks), 18°19' Taurus back to 8°50' Taurus; shadow from 11 Apr to 04 Jun. Stations at 23:08 and 18:38 UT.
Retrograde 27 Aug – 18 Sep (3 weeks), 24°10' Virgo back to 10°05' Virgo; shadow from 07 Aug to 03 Oct. Stations at 02:21 and 22:23 UT.
Retrograde 16 Dec – 05 Jan 1912 (3 weeks), 10°29' Capricorn back to 24°11' Sagittarius; shadow from 28 Nov to 24 Jan 1912. Stations at 06:05 and 03:38 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1911· once this year
Retrograde 25 Aug – 06 Oct (6 weeks), 29°28' Virgo back to 13°22' Virgo; shadow from 22 Jul to 08 Nov. Stations at 07:53 and 20:24 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1911· once this year
Retrograde 18 Oct – 29 Dec (10 weeks), 10°57' Gemini back to 24°18' Taurus; shadow from 24 Aug to 27 Feb 1912. Stations at 08:39 and 16:21 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 1911· once this year
Retrograde 01 Mar – 02 Jul (18 weeks), 14°33' Scorpio back to 4°40' Scorpio; shadow from 04 Dec 1910 to 29 Sep. Stations at 08:51 and 21:30 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1911· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Aug 1910 – 02 Jan (19 weeks), 6°35' Taurus back to 29°41' Aries; shadow from 14 May 1910 to 06 Apr. Stations at 12:43 and 05:22 UT.
Retrograde 02 Sep – 15 Jan 1912 (19 weeks), 20°13' Taurus back to 13°18' Taurus; shadow from 29 May to 18 Apr 1912. Stations at 21:04 and 20:22 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1911· once this year
Retrograde 04 May – 06 Oct (22 weeks), 29°21' Capricorn back to 25°24' Capricorn; shadow from 18 Jan to 19 Jan 1912. Stations at 20:10 and 01:46 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1911· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Oct 1910 – 31 Mar (22 weeks), 21°34' Cancer back to 18°46' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jul 1910 to 22 Jul. Stations at 17:42 and 04:28 UT.
Retrograde 28 Oct – 01 Apr 1912 (22 weeks), 23°48' Cancer back to 20°59' Cancer; shadow from 06 Jul to 24 Jul 1912. Stations at 04:17 and 16:32 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1911· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Sep 1910 – 11 Mar (23 weeks), 27°56' Gemini back to 25°53' Gemini; shadow from 28 May 1910 to 11 Jul. Stations at 20:39 and 05:38 UT.
Retrograde 30 Sep – 11 Mar 1912 (23 weeks), 29°00' Gemini back to 26°56' Gemini; shadow from 30 May to 11 Jul 1912. Stations at 04:55 and 12:30 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.