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 1914· 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 01 Mar – 24 Mar (3 weeks), 24°48' Pisces back to 11°00' Pisces; shadow from 15 Feb to 12 Apr. Stations at 09:49 and 02:24 UT.
Retrograde 03 Jul – 27 Jul (3 weeks), 29°07' Cancer back to 18°52' Cancer; shadow from 16 Jun to 10 Aug. Stations at 06:59 and 12:11 UT.
Retrograde 27 Oct – 16 Nov (3 weeks), 22°58' Scorpio back to 6°58' Scorpio; shadow from 07 Oct to 03 Dec. Stations at 08:47 and 14:29 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1914· once this year
Retrograde 07 Nov – 18 Dec (6 weeks), 12°17' Sagittarius back to 26°58' Scorpio; shadow from 06 Oct to 18 Jan 1915. Stations at 03:10 and 04:31 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1914· once this year
Retrograde 26 Nov 1913 – 12 Feb (11 weeks), 24°33' Cancer back to 5°40' Cancer; shadow from 26 Sep 1913 to 20 Apr. 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 1914· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jun – 09 Oct (17 weeks), 22°17' Aquarius back to 12°26' Aquarius; shadow from 18 Mar to 31 Dec. Stations at 09:59 and 10:21 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1914· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Sep 1913 – 11 Feb (19 weeks), 18°10' Gemini back to 11°12' Gemini; shadow from 27 Jun 1913 to 17 May. Stations at 21:52 and 20:54 UT.
Retrograde 15 Oct – 26 Feb 1915 (19 weeks), 2°20' Cancer back to 25°22' Gemini; shadow from 12 Jul to 31 May 1915. Stations at 11:37 and 03:28 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1914· once this year
Retrograde 17 May – 18 Oct (22 weeks), 11°37' Aquarius back to 7°41' Aquarius; shadow from 30 Jan to 01 Feb 1915. Stations at 02:57 and 09:29 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1914· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Nov 1913 – 06 Apr (22 weeks), 28°14' Cancer back to 25°26' Cancer; shadow from 10 Jul 1913 to 29 Jul. Stations at 02:33 and 15:11 UT.
Retrograde 03 Nov – 09 Apr 1915 (22 weeks), 0°27' Leo back to 27°39' Cancer; shadow from 13 Jul to 31 Jul 1915. Stations at 13:38 and 03:10 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1914· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Oct 1913 – 14 Mar (23 weeks), 1°08' Cancer back to 29°04' Gemini; shadow from 31 May 1913 to 14 Jul. Stations at 19:11 and 05:01 UT.
Retrograde 03 Oct – 15 Mar 1915 (23 weeks), 2°13' Cancer back to 0°09' Cancer; shadow from 02 Jun to 15 Jul 1915. Stations at 03:37 and 12:03 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.