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 1933· 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 13 Mar – 05 Apr (3 weeks), 7°27' Aries back to 24°37' Pisces; shadow from 27 Feb to 24 Apr. Stations at 19:47 and 23:34 UT.
Retrograde 16 Jul – 09 Aug (3 weeks), 13°20' Leo back to 2°04' Leo; shadow from 28 Jun to 23 Aug. Stations at 16:31 and 19:36 UT.
Retrograde 08 Nov – 28 Nov (3 weeks), 4°46' Sagittarius back to 18°37' Scorpio; shadow from 20 Oct to 15 Dec. Stations at 08:43 and 07:45 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1933· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1933; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1933· once this year
Retrograde 21 Jan – 12 Apr (12 weeks), 20°17' Virgo back to 0°51' Virgo; shadow from 15 Nov 1932 to 17 Jun. Stations at 01:28 and 02:21 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 1933· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jan – 10 May (17 weeks), 23°16' Virgo back to 13°17' Virgo; shadow from 13 Oct 1932 to 08 Aug. Stations at 02:23 and 10:30 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1933· once this year
Retrograde 27 May – 14 Oct (20 weeks), 16°22' Aquarius back to 9°42' Aquarius; shadow from 18 Feb to 18 Jan 1934. Stations at 02:21 and 17:14 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1933· once this year
Retrograde 02 Aug – 02 Jan 1934 (22 weeks), 27°25' Aries back to 23°27' Aries; shadow from 15 Apr to 18 Apr 1934. Stations at 19:16 and 02:58 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1933· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Dec 1932 – 19 May (22 weeks), 10°11' Virgo back to 7°24' Virgo; shadow from 22 Aug 1932 to 10 Sep. Stations at 16:46 and 01:24 UT.
Retrograde 15 Dec – 21 May 1934 (22 weeks), 12°23' Virgo back to 9°35' Virgo; shadow from 25 Aug to 12 Sep 1934. Stations at 02:41 and 11:50 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1933· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Oct 1932 – 04 Apr (23 weeks), 23°27' Cancer back to 21°14' Cancer; shadow from 26 Jun 1932 to 02 Aug. Stations at 17:32 and 07:37 UT.
Retrograde 26 Oct – 05 Apr 1934 (23 weeks), 24°45' Cancer back to 22°31' Cancer; shadow from 28 Jun to 03 Aug 1934. Stations at 08:20 and 20:04 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.