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 1919· 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 29 Mar – 21 Apr (3 weeks), 22°10' Aries back to 10°38' Aries; shadow from 15 Mar to 09 May. Stations at 09:07 and 21:58 UT.
Retrograde 01 Aug – 25 Aug (3 weeks), 29°00' Leo back to 16°33' Leo; shadow from 13 Jul to 08 Sep. Stations at 16:06 and 10:45 UT.
Retrograde 22 Nov – 12 Dec (3 weeks), 18°02' Sagittarius back to 1°46' Sagittarius; shadow from 04 Nov to 30 Dec. Stations at 21:07 and 15:46 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1919· once this year
Retrograde 22 Aug – 04 Oct (6 weeks), 27°14' Virgo back to 11°07' Virgo; shadow from 20 Jul to 06 Nov. Stations at 21:47 and 11:46 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1919· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1919; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
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 1919· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Nov 1918 – 02 Mar (17 weeks), 15°49' Cancer back to 5°45' Cancer; shadow from 09 Aug 1918 to 28 May. Stations at 13:50 and 16:35 UT.
Retrograde 05 Dec – 04 Apr 1920 (17 weeks), 18°08' Leo back to 8°06' Leo; shadow from 09 Sep to 01 Jul 1920. Stations at 09:33 and 01:40 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1919· twice this year
Retrograde 09 Dec 1918 – 23 Apr (19 weeks), 28°15' Leo back to 21°21' Leo; shadow from 06 Sep 1918 to 29 Jul. Stations at 21:30 and 21:16 UT.
Retrograde 23 Dec – 06 May 1920 (19 weeks), 11°40' Virgo back to 4°48' Virgo; shadow from 19 Sep to 12 Aug 1920. Stations at 08:12 and 23:55 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1919· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jun – 08 Nov (22 weeks), 1°42' Pisces back to 27°46' Aquarius; shadow from 18 Feb to 22 Feb 1920. Stations at 19:14 and 00:49 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1919· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Nov 1918 – 18 Apr (22 weeks), 9°19' Leo back to 6°31' Leo; shadow from 22 Jul 1918 to 09 Aug. Stations at 09:21 and 01:23 UT.
Retrograde 14 Nov – 19 Apr 1920 (22 weeks), 11°32' Leo back to 8°44' Leo; shadow from 25 Jul to 11 Aug 1920. Stations at 22:15 and 13:55 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1919· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Oct 1918 – 19 Mar (23 weeks), 6°39' Cancer back to 4°32' Cancer; shadow from 07 Jun 1918 to 19 Jul. Stations at 19:23 and 17:40 UT.
Retrograde 09 Oct – 20 Mar 1920 (23 weeks), 7°46' Cancer back to 5°40' Cancer; shadow from 09 Jun to 19 Jul 1920. Stations at 03:57 and 02:55 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.