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 1934· 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 24 Feb – 19 Mar (3 weeks), 20°26' Pisces back to 6°19' Pisces; shadow from 10 Feb to 08 Apr. Stations at 20:15 and 08:25 UT.
Retrograde 28 Jun – 22 Jul (3 weeks), 24°00' Cancer back to 14°06' Cancer; shadow from 11 Jun to 05 Aug. Stations at 05:01 and 10:15 UT.
Retrograde 22 Oct – 12 Nov (3 weeks), 18°52' Scorpio back to 2°56' Scorpio; shadow from 02 Oct to 28 Nov. Stations at 20:44 and 05:59 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1934· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jan – 25 Feb (6 weeks), 23°38' Aquarius back to 7°56' Aquarius; shadow from 14 Dec 1933 to 29 Mar. Stations at 11:42 and 17:45 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1934· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1934; 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 1934· once this year
Retrograde 07 Feb – 10 Jun (18 weeks), 23°11' Libra back to 13°16' Libra; shadow from 12 Nov 1933 to 08 Sep. Stations at 06:16 and 13:42 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1934· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jun – 26 Oct (20 weeks), 28°11' Aquarius back to 21°29' Aquarius; shadow from 02 Mar to 30 Jan 1935. Stations at 16:57 and 17:16 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1934· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Aug 1933 – 02 Jan (22 weeks), 27°25' Aries back to 23°27' Aries; shadow from 15 Apr 1933 to 18 Apr. Stations at 19:16 and 02:58 UT.
Retrograde 07 Aug – 06 Jan 1935 (22 weeks), 1°27' Taurus back to 27°29' Aries; shadow from 20 Apr to 23 Apr 1935. Stations at 05:38 and 08:50 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1934· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Dec 1933 – 21 May (22 weeks), 12°23' Virgo back to 9°35' Virgo; shadow from 25 Aug 1933 to 12 Sep. Stations at 02:41 and 11:50 UT.
Retrograde 17 Dec – 24 May 1935 (23 weeks), 14°35' Virgo back to 11°47' Virgo; shadow from 27 Aug to 15 Sep 1935. Stations at 11:26 and 00:23 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1934· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Oct 1933 – 05 Apr (23 weeks), 24°45' Cancer back to 22°31' Cancer; shadow from 28 Jun 1933 to 03 Aug. Stations at 08:20 and 20:04 UT.
Retrograde 28 Oct – 07 Apr 1935 (23 weeks), 26°04' Cancer back to 23°50' Cancer; shadow from 30 Jun to 05 Aug 1935. Stations at 00:56 and 08:34 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.