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 1923· 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 20 Jan – 10 Feb (3 weeks), 15°00' Aquarius back to 29°11' Capricorn; shadow from 04 Jan to 02 Mar. Stations at 05:56 and 04:23 UT.
Retrograde 17 May – 10 Jun (3 weeks), 10°53' Gemini back to 2°17' Gemini; shadow from 03 May to 25 Jun. Stations at 12:31 and 09:06 UT.
Retrograde 16 Sep – 08 Oct (3 weeks), 13°47' Libra back to 28°47' Virgo; shadow from 26 Aug to 23 Oct. Stations at 07:03 and 04:51 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1923· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1923; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1923· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1923; 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 1923· once this year
Retrograde 05 Mar – 07 Jul (18 weeks), 18°56' Scorpio back to 9°03' Scorpio; shadow from 08 Dec 1922 to 03 Oct. Stations at 18:44 and 08:20 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1923· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jan – 16 Jun (20 weeks), 20°06' Libra back to 13°21' Libra; shadow from 26 Oct 1922 to 22 Sep. Stations at 18:48 and 21:44 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1923· once this year
Retrograde 23 Jun – 23 Nov (22 weeks), 17°33' Pisces back to 13°38' Pisces; shadow from 06 Mar to 09 Mar 1924. Stations at 02:41 and 23:08 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1923· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Nov 1922 – 27 Apr (22 weeks), 18°11' Leo back to 15°23' Leo; shadow from 31 Jul 1922 to 19 Aug. Stations at 06:53 and 02:49 UT.
Retrograde 23 Nov – 28 Apr 1924 (22 weeks), 20°23' Leo back to 17°35' Leo; shadow from 03 Aug to 20 Aug 1924. Stations at 17:23 and 15:33 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1923· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Oct 1922 – 24 Mar (23 weeks), 11°13' Cancer back to 9°05' Cancer; shadow from 12 Jun 1922 to 23 Jul. Stations at 14:28 and 01:22 UT.
Retrograde 13 Oct – 24 Mar 1924 (23 weeks), 12°23' Cancer back to 10°14' Cancer; shadow from 14 Jun to 23 Jul 1924. Stations at 23:44 and 12:47 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.