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 1942· 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 01 Feb – 22 Feb (3 weeks), 27°00' Aquarius back to 11°36' Aquarius; shadow from 16 Jan to 14 Mar. Stations at 01:14 and 12:13 UT.
Retrograde 31 May – 24 Jun (3 weeks), 25°38' Gemini back to 17°01' Gemini; shadow from 16 May to 09 Jul. Stations at 15:59 and 16:00 UT.
Retrograde 28 Sep – 20 Oct (3 weeks), 26°00' Libra back to 10°35' Libra; shadow from 08 Sep to 04 Nov. Stations at 16:10 and 00:24 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1942· once this year
Retrograde 13 Jan – 23 Feb (6 weeks), 21°11' Aquarius back to 5°31' Aquarius; shadow from 12 Dec 1941 to 27 Mar. Stations at 00:44 and 06:05 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1942· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1942; 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 1942· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Oct 1941 – 05 Feb (17 weeks), 21°26' Gemini back to 11°23' Gemini; shadow from 16 Jul 1941 to 01 May. Stations at 08:07 and 10:01 UT.
Retrograde 12 Nov – 12 Mar 1943 (17 weeks), 25°14' Cancer back to 15°10' Cancer; shadow from 18 Aug to 07 Jun 1943. Stations at 14:27 and 02:12 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1942· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Sep 1941 – 23 Jan (19 weeks), 28°33' Taurus back to 21°38' Taurus; shadow from 06 Jun 1941 to 27 Apr. Stations at 17:45 and 07:07 UT.
Retrograde 25 Sep – 06 Feb 1943 (19 weeks), 12°31' Gemini back to 5°35' Gemini; shadow from 21 Jun to 11 May 1943. Stations at 05:31 and 07:57 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1942· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Sep 1941 – 03 Feb (22 weeks), 0°21' Gemini back to 26°20' Taurus; shadow from 20 May 1941 to 21 May. Stations at 17:33 and 15:02 UT.
Retrograde 10 Sep – 08 Feb 1943 (22 weeks), 4°35' Gemini back to 0°34' Gemini; shadow from 25 May to 25 May 1943. Stations at 07:30 and 00:56 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1942· once this year
Retrograde 01 Jan – 08 Jun (23 weeks), 29°52' Virgo back to 27°05' Virgo; shadow from 11 Sep 1941 to 30 Sep. Stations at 10:58 and 11:59 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1942· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Nov 1941 – 16 Apr (23 weeks), 5°47' Leo back to 3°27' Leo; shadow from 11 Jul 1941 to 12 Aug. Stations at 21:29 and 11:08 UT.
Retrograde 08 Nov – 18 Apr 1943 (23 weeks), 7°15' Leo back to 4°55' Leo; shadow from 13 Jul to 14 Aug 1943. Stations at 14:55 and 03:18 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.