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 1941· 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 17 Feb – 11 Mar (3 weeks), 13°26' Pisces back to 28°52' Aquarius; shadow from 02 Feb to 31 Mar. Stations at 10:55 and 15:55 UT.
Retrograde 19 Jun – 14 Jul (3 weeks), 15°40' Cancer back to 6°17' Cancer; shadow from 03 Jun to 28 Jul. Stations at 21:26 and 01:07 UT.
Retrograde 15 Oct – 05 Nov (3 weeks), 12°09' Scorpio back to 26°21' Libra; shadow from 25 Sep to 21 Nov. Stations at 11:30 and 02:41 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1941· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1941; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1941· once this year
Retrograde 06 Sep – 10 Nov (9 weeks), 23°43' Aries back to 11°04' Aries; shadow from 22 Jul to 29 Dec. Stations at 18:37 and 08:35 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 1941· once this year
Retrograde 10 Oct – 05 Feb 1942 (17 weeks), 21°26' Gemini back to 11°23' Gemini; shadow from 16 Jul to 01 May 1942. Stations at 08:07 and 10:01 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1941· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Aug 1940 – 09 Jan (19 weeks), 14°46' Taurus back to 7°53' Taurus; shadow from 22 May 1940 to 13 Apr. Stations at 07:51 and 12:08 UT.
Retrograde 10 Sep – 23 Jan 1942 (19 weeks), 28°33' Taurus back to 21°38' Taurus; shadow from 06 Jun to 27 Apr 1942. Stations at 17:45 and 07:07 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1941· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Sep 1940 – 30 Jan (22 weeks), 26°08' Taurus back to 22°09' Taurus; shadow from 15 May 1940 to 16 May. Stations at 03:47 and 05:05 UT.
Retrograde 05 Sep – 03 Feb 1942 (22 weeks), 0°21' Gemini back to 26°20' Taurus; shadow from 20 May to 21 May 1942. Stations at 17:33 and 15:02 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1941· once this year
Retrograde 30 Dec 1940 – 05 Jun (23 weeks), 27°41' Virgo back to 24°54' Virgo; shadow from 09 Sep 1940 to 28 Sep. Stations at 00:17 and 22:59 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1941· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Nov 1940 – 14 Apr (23 weeks), 4°20' Leo back to 2°01' Leo; shadow from 09 Jul 1940 to 11 Aug. Stations at 02:02 and 18:53 UT.
Retrograde 06 Nov – 16 Apr 1942 (23 weeks), 5°47' Leo back to 3°27' Leo; shadow from 11 Jul to 12 Aug 1942. Stations at 21:29 and 11:08 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.