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 1913· 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 18 Mar – 10 Apr (3 weeks), 11°57' Aries back to 29°32' Pisces; shadow from 04 Mar to 29 Apr. Stations at 13:04 and 20:05 UT.
Retrograde 21 Jul – 14 Aug (3 weeks), 18°15' Leo back to 6°35' Leo; shadow from 03 Jul to 28 Aug. Stations at 15:01 and 16:16 UT.
Retrograde 12 Nov – 02 Dec (3 weeks), 8°50' Sagittarius back to 22°39' Scorpio; shadow from 24 Oct to 20 Dec. Stations at 19:25 and 16:31 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1913· once this year
Retrograde 03 Apr – 16 May (6 weeks), 12°29' Taurus back to 26°04' Aries; shadow from 01 Mar to 19 Jun. Stations at 19:48 and 09:38 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1913· once this year
Retrograde 26 Nov – 12 Feb 1914 (11 weeks), 24°33' Cancer back to 5°40' Cancer; shadow from 26 Sep to 20 Apr 1914. Stations at 21:15 and 23:38 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 1913· once this year
Retrograde 05 May – 04 Sep (17 weeks), 17°50' Capricorn back to 8°00' Capricorn; shadow from 08 Feb to 28 Nov. Stations at 19:05 and 15:02 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1913· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Sep 1912 – 28 Jan (19 weeks), 4°06' Gemini back to 27°10' Taurus; shadow from 12 Jun 1912 to 02 May. Stations at 08:33 and 18:20 UT.
Retrograde 30 Sep – 11 Feb 1914 (19 weeks), 18°10' Gemini back to 11°12' Gemini; shadow from 27 Jun to 17 May 1914. Stations at 21:52 and 20:54 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1913· once this year
Retrograde 12 May – 13 Oct (22 weeks), 7°32' Aquarius back to 3°36' Aquarius; shadow from 25 Jan to 27 Jan 1914. Stations at 16:19 and 23:11 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1913· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Oct 1912 – 04 Apr (22 weeks), 26°01' Cancer back to 23°12' Cancer; shadow from 08 Jul 1912 to 26 Jul. Stations at 16:36 and 04:52 UT.
Retrograde 01 Nov – 06 Apr 1914 (22 weeks), 28°14' Cancer back to 25°26' Cancer; shadow from 10 Jul to 29 Jul 1914. Stations at 02:33 and 15:11 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1913· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Sep 1912 – 12 Mar (23 weeks), 0°04' Cancer back to 28°00' Gemini; shadow from 30 May 1912 to 13 Jul. Stations at 13:25 and 19:45 UT.
Retrograde 01 Oct – 14 Mar 1914 (23 weeks), 1°08' Cancer back to 29°04' Gemini; shadow from 31 May to 14 Jul 1914. Stations at 19:11 and 05:01 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.