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 1926· 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 21 Mar – 13 Apr (3 weeks), 14°45' Aries back to 2°33' Aries; shadow from 07 Mar to 02 May. Stations at 13:02 and 21:35 UT.
Retrograde 24 Jul – 17 Aug (3 weeks), 21°14' Leo back to 9°22' Leo; shadow from 06 Jul to 31 Aug. Stations at 17:04 and 16:54 UT.
Retrograde 15 Nov – 05 Dec (3 weeks), 11°23' Sagittarius back to 25°11' Scorpio; shadow from 27 Oct to 23 Dec. Stations at 15:13 and 11:27 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1926· once this year
Retrograde 17 Jan – 28 Feb (6 weeks), 26°04' Aquarius back to 10°20' Aquarius; shadow from 17 Dec 1925 to 01 Apr. Stations at 22:11 and 04:50 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1926· once this year
Retrograde 29 Sep – 07 Dec (10 weeks), 19°27' Taurus back to 4°31' Taurus; shadow from 09 Aug to 31 Jan 1927. Stations at 05:50 and 02:26 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 1926· once this year
Retrograde 16 Jun – 14 Oct (17 weeks), 27°10' Aquarius back to 17°18' Aquarius; shadow from 23 Mar to 05 Jan 1927. Stations at 08:34 and 04:48 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1926· once this year
Retrograde 06 Mar – 24 Jul (20 weeks), 26°04' Scorpio back to 19°24' Scorpio; shadow from 30 Nov 1925 to 30 Oct. Stations at 05:07 and 09:50 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1926· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jul – 05 Dec (22 weeks), 29°26' Pisces back to 25°31' Pisces; shadow from 18 Mar to 21 Mar 1927. Stations at 05:01 and 13:48 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1926· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Nov 1925 – 03 May (22 weeks), 24°47' Leo back to 21°59' Leo; shadow from 06 Aug 1925 to 25 Aug. Stations at 12:24 and 13:45 UT.
Retrograde 29 Nov – 06 May 1927 (22 weeks), 26°59' Leo back to 24°11' Leo; shadow from 09 Aug to 28 Aug 1927. Stations at 23:10 and 00:04 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1926· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Oct 1925 – 27 Mar (23 weeks), 14°44' Cancer back to 12°35' Cancer; shadow from 16 Jun 1925 to 26 Jul. Stations at 20:14 and 08:23 UT.
Retrograde 17 Oct – 28 Mar 1927 (23 weeks), 15°56' Cancer back to 13°46' Cancer; shadow from 18 Jun to 27 Jul 1927. Stations at 08:20 and 17:03 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.