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 1936· 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 23 Jan – 13 Feb (3 weeks), 17°36' Aquarius back to 1°52' Aquarius; shadow from 07 Jan to 04 Mar. Stations at 01:05 and 02:03 UT.
Retrograde 19 May – 12 Jun (3 weeks), 14°03' Gemini back to 5°29' Gemini; shadow from 05 May to 27 Jun. Stations at 19:24 and 16:36 UT.
Retrograde 18 Sep – 10 Oct (3 weeks), 16°27' Libra back to 1°22' Libra; shadow from 28 Aug to 25 Oct. Stations at 05:27 and 00:20 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1936· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1936; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1936· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1936; 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 1936· once this year
Retrograde 10 Apr – 11 Aug (18 weeks), 24°26' Sagittarius back to 14°35' Sagittarius; shadow from 15 Jan to 06 Nov. Stations at 17:53 and 15:08 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1936· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jul – 19 Nov (20 weeks), 22°31' Pisces back to 15°46' Pisces; shadow from 28 Mar to 22 Feb 1937. Stations at 18:50 and 07:04 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1936· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Aug 1935 – 10 Jan (22 weeks), 5°30' Taurus back to 1°33' Taurus; shadow from 24 Apr 1935 to 26 Apr. Stations at 15:32 and 15:04 UT.
Retrograde 15 Aug – 13 Jan 1937 (22 weeks), 9°35' Taurus back to 5°37' Taurus; shadow from 28 Apr to 30 Apr 1937. Stations at 02:52 and 21:34 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1936· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Dec 1935 – 25 May (23 weeks), 16°46' Virgo back to 13°59' Virgo; shadow from 29 Aug 1935 to 16 Sep. Stations at 21:24 and 10:44 UT.
Retrograde 21 Dec – 27 May 1937 (23 weeks), 18°58' Virgo back to 16°10' Virgo; shadow from 31 Aug to 19 Sep 1937. Stations at 05:56 and 22:58 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1936· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Oct 1935 – 07 Apr (23 weeks), 27°24' Cancer back to 25°09' Cancer; shadow from 01 Jul 1935 to 05 Aug. Stations at 14:30 and 23:22 UT.
Retrograde 30 Oct – 09 Apr 1937 (23 weeks), 28°45' Cancer back to 26°29' Cancer; shadow from 02 Jul to 07 Aug 1937. Stations at 04:47 and 13:45 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.