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 1916· 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 27 Jan – 17 Feb (3 weeks), 21°46' Aquarius back to 6°11' Aquarius; shadow from 11 Jan to 08 Mar. Stations at 10:25 and 16:15 UT.
Retrograde 25 May – 18 Jun (3 weeks), 19°16' Gemini back to 10°43' Gemini; shadow from 10 May to 02 Jul. Stations at 02:25 and 01:05 UT.
Retrograde 22 Sep – 14 Oct (3 weeks), 20°43' Libra back to 5°28' Libra; shadow from 02 Sep to 29 Oct. Stations at 20:21 and 10:02 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1916· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jun – 25 Jul (6 weeks), 19°43' Cancer back to 3°12' Cancer; shadow from 09 May to 28 Aug. Stations at 07:47 and 10:50 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1916· once this year
Retrograde 31 Dec 1915 – 21 Mar (12 weeks), 29°49' Leo back to 10°19' Leo; shadow from 27 Oct 1915 to 28 May. 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 1916· once this year
Retrograde 25 Aug – 20 Dec (17 weeks), 5°24' Taurus back to 25°25' Aries; shadow from 01 Jun to 14 Mar 1917. Stations at 09:36 and 23:35 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1916· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Oct 1915 – 11 Mar (19 weeks), 16°30' Cancer back to 9°32' Cancer; shadow from 27 Jul 1915 to 14 Jun. Stations at 23:01 and 13:48 UT.
Retrograde 12 Nov – 26 Mar 1917 (19 weeks), 0°36' Leo back to 23°39' Cancer; shadow from 09 Aug to 29 Jun 1917. Stations at 05:13 and 02:02 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1916· once this year
Retrograde 24 May – 26 Oct (22 weeks), 19°42' Aquarius back to 15°46' Aquarius; shadow from 07 Feb to 09 Feb 1917. Stations at 20:28 and 03:09 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1916· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Nov 1915 – 10 Apr (22 weeks), 2°40' Leo back to 29°52' Cancer; shadow from 15 Jul 1915 to 02 Aug. Stations at 00:10 and 13:02 UT.
Retrograde 07 Nov – 13 Apr 1917 (22 weeks), 4°53' Leo back to 2°05' Leo; shadow from 17 Jul to 04 Aug 1917. Stations at 10:40 and 01:27 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1916· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Oct 1915 – 15 Mar (23 weeks), 3°19' Cancer back to 1°14' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jun 1915 to 15 Jul. Stations at 14:41 and 16:47 UT.
Retrograde 05 Oct – 16 Mar 1917 (23 weeks), 4°25' Cancer back to 2°19' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jun to 16 Jul 1917. Stations at 00:59 and 23:43 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.