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 1932· 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 31 Mar – 24 Apr (3 weeks), 25°02' Aries back to 13°44' Aries; shadow from 17 Mar to 11 May. Stations at 10:29 and 00:46 UT.
Retrograde 03 Aug – 27 Aug (3 weeks), 1°54' Virgo back to 19°15' Leo; shadow from 15 Jul to 10 Sep. Stations at 17:15 and 09:58 UT.
Retrograde 24 Nov – 14 Dec (3 weeks), 20°35' Sagittarius back to 4°19' Sagittarius; shadow from 06 Nov to 01 Jan 1933. Stations at 16:34 and 11:01 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1932· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jun – 20 Jul (6 weeks), 15°26' Cancer back to 28°54' Gemini; shadow from 05 May to 23 Aug. Stations at 17:32 and 20:23 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1932· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1932; 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 1932· once this year
Retrograde 09 Dec 1931 – 08 Apr (17 weeks), 22°38' Leo back to 12°36' Leo; shadow from 13 Sep 1931 to 06 Jul. Stations at 17:24 and 14:06 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1932· once this year
Retrograde 14 May – 02 Oct (20 weeks), 4°45' Aquarius back to 28°06' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Feb to 07 Jan 1933. Stations at 16:45 and 17:48 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1932· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jul – 28 Dec (22 weeks), 23°23' Aries back to 19°26' Aries; shadow from 11 Apr to 14 Apr 1933. Stations at 10:23 and 21:11 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1932· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Dec 1931 – 16 May (22 weeks), 7°59' Virgo back to 5°11' Virgo; shadow from 21 Aug 1931 to 07 Sep. Stations at 06:06 and 12:18 UT.
Retrograde 12 Dec – 19 May 1933 (22 weeks), 10°11' Virgo back to 7°24' Virgo; shadow from 22 Aug to 10 Sep 1933. Stations at 16:46 and 01:24 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1932· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Oct 1931 – 02 Apr (23 weeks), 22°09' Cancer back to 19°57' Cancer; shadow from 25 Jun 1931 to 31 Jul. Stations at 02:08 and 22:31 UT.
Retrograde 24 Oct – 04 Apr 1933 (23 weeks), 23°27' Cancer back to 21°14' Cancer; shadow from 26 Jun to 02 Aug 1933. Stations at 17:32 and 07:37 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.