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 1915· 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 12 Feb – 06 Mar (3 weeks), 8°07' Pisces back to 23°15' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 26 Mar. Stations at 18:20 and 17:44 UT.
Retrograde 14 Jun – 08 Jul (3 weeks), 9°19' Cancer back to 0°14' Cancer; shadow from 29 May to 22 Jul. Stations at 10:45 and 12:54 UT.
Retrograde 10 Oct – 31 Oct (3 weeks), 6°58' Scorpio back to 21°16' Libra; shadow from 20 Sep to 16 Nov. Stations at 17:21 and 12:59 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1915· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1915; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1915· once this year
Retrograde 31 Dec – 21 Mar 1916 (12 weeks), 29°49' Leo back to 10°19' Leo; shadow from 27 Oct to 28 May 1916. Stations at 22:30 and 14:49 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 1915· once this year
Retrograde 19 Jul – 14 Nov (17 weeks), 28°30' Pisces back to 18°36' Pisces; shadow from 25 Apr to 05 Feb 1916. Stations at 09:52 and 19:27 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1915· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Oct 1914 – 26 Feb (19 weeks), 2°20' Cancer back to 25°22' Gemini; shadow from 12 Jul 1914 to 31 May. Stations at 11:37 and 03:28 UT.
Retrograde 29 Oct – 11 Mar 1916 (19 weeks), 16°30' Cancer back to 9°32' Cancer; shadow from 27 Jul to 14 Jun 1916. Stations at 23:01 and 13:48 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1915· once this year
Retrograde 21 May – 22 Oct (22 weeks), 15°40' Aquarius back to 11°44' Aquarius; shadow from 03 Feb to 05 Feb 1916. Stations at 10:41 and 18:11 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1915· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Nov 1914 – 09 Apr (22 weeks), 0°27' Leo back to 27°39' Cancer; shadow from 13 Jul 1914 to 31 Jul. Stations at 13:38 and 03:10 UT.
Retrograde 06 Nov – 10 Apr 1916 (22 weeks), 2°40' Leo back to 29°52' Cancer; shadow from 15 Jul to 02 Aug 1916. Stations at 00:10 and 13:02 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1915· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Oct 1914 – 15 Mar (23 weeks), 2°13' Cancer back to 0°09' Cancer; shadow from 02 Jun 1914 to 15 Jul. Stations at 03:37 and 12:03 UT.
Retrograde 04 Oct – 15 Mar 1916 (23 weeks), 3°19' Cancer back to 1°14' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jun to 15 Jul 1916. Stations at 14:41 and 16:47 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.