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 1935· 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 08 Feb – 02 Mar (3 weeks), 3°52' Pisces back to 18°47' Aquarius; shadow from 24 Jan to 22 Mar. Stations at 07:23 and 01:41 UT.
Retrograde 09 Jun – 03 Jul (3 weeks), 4°05' Cancer back to 25°13' Gemini; shadow from 24 May to 17 Jul. Stations at 05:08 and 06:20 UT.
Retrograde 06 Oct – 27 Oct (3 weeks), 2°49' Scorpio back to 17°13' Libra; shadow from 15 Sep to 11 Nov. Stations at 03:53 and 04:12 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1935· once this year
Retrograde 18 Aug – 29 Sep (6 weeks), 22°46' Virgo back to 6°36' Virgo; shadow from 15 Jul to 01 Nov. Stations at 01:40 and 17:44 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1935· once this year
Retrograde 27 Feb – 17 May (11 weeks), 24°37' Libra back to 6°03' Libra; shadow from 23 Dec 1934 to 19 Jul. Stations at 12:07 and 21:37 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 1935· once this year
Retrograde 10 Mar – 11 Jul (18 weeks), 23°17' Scorpio back to 13°25' Scorpio; shadow from 13 Dec 1934 to 07 Oct. Stations at 02:44 and 15:37 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1935· once this year
Retrograde 21 Jun – 07 Nov (20 weeks), 10°13' Pisces back to 3°30' Pisces; shadow from 15 Mar to 11 Feb 1936. Stations at 14:29 and 21:57 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1935· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Aug 1934 – 06 Jan (22 weeks), 1°27' Taurus back to 27°29' Aries; shadow from 20 Apr 1934 to 23 Apr. Stations at 05:38 and 08:50 UT.
Retrograde 11 Aug – 10 Jan 1936 (22 weeks), 5°30' Taurus back to 1°33' Taurus; shadow from 24 Apr to 26 Apr 1936. Stations at 15:32 and 15:04 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1935· twice this year
Retrograde 17 Dec 1934 – 24 May (23 weeks), 14°35' Virgo back to 11°47' Virgo; shadow from 27 Aug 1934 to 15 Sep. Stations at 11:26 and 00:23 UT.
Retrograde 19 Dec – 25 May 1936 (23 weeks), 16°46' Virgo back to 13°59' Virgo; shadow from 29 Aug to 16 Sep 1936. Stations at 21:24 and 10:44 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1935· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Oct 1934 – 07 Apr (23 weeks), 26°04' Cancer back to 23°50' Cancer; shadow from 30 Jun 1934 to 05 Aug. Stations at 00:56 and 08:34 UT.
Retrograde 29 Oct – 07 Apr 1936 (23 weeks), 27°24' Cancer back to 25°09' Cancer; shadow from 01 Jul to 05 Aug 1936. Stations at 14:30 and 23:22 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.