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 1946· 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 16 Mar – 09 Apr (3 weeks), 10°13' Aries back to 27°37' Pisces; shadow from 02 Mar to 27 Apr. Stations at 19:01 and 00:37 UT.
Retrograde 19 Jul – 12 Aug (3 weeks), 16°21' Leo back to 4°52' Leo; shadow from 01 Jul to 26 Aug. Stations at 18:51 and 21:05 UT.
Retrograde 11 Nov – 01 Dec (3 weeks), 7°19' Sagittarius back to 21°09' Scorpio; shadow from 22 Oct to 18 Dec. Stations at 04:39 and 02:37 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1946· once this year
Retrograde 28 Oct – 08 Dec (6 weeks), 2°29' Sagittarius back to 17°07' Scorpio; shadow from 26 Sep to 08 Jan 1947. Stations at 04:55 and 09:30 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1946· once this year
Retrograde 04 Dec 1945 – 21 Feb (11 weeks), 3°13' Leo back to 14°06' Cancer; shadow from 03 Oct 1945 to 29 Apr. Stations at 22:48 and 21:12 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 1946· once this year
Retrograde 11 Feb – 14 Jun (18 weeks), 27°21' Libra back to 17°27' Libra; shadow from 16 Nov 1945 to 12 Sep. Stations at 08:20 and 17:59 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1946· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Nov 1945 – 20 Mar (19 weeks), 24°54' Cancer back to 17°56' Cancer; shadow from 03 Aug 1945 to 23 Jun. Stations at 13:10 and 09:22 UT.
Retrograde 20 Nov – 03 Apr 1947 (19 weeks), 8°53' Leo back to 1°56' Leo; shadow from 18 Aug to 08 Jul 1947. Stations at 15:24 and 19:35 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1946· twice this year
Retrograde 23 Sep 1945 – 20 Feb (21 weeks), 17°27' Gemini back to 13°24' Gemini; shadow from 07 Jun 1945 to 07 Jun. Stations at 06:01 and 12:10 UT.
Retrograde 27 Sep – 25 Feb 1947 (21 weeks), 21°48' Gemini back to 17°44' Gemini; shadow from 12 Jun to 11 Jun 1947. Stations at 22:04 and 00:15 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1946· once this year
Retrograde 10 Jan – 17 Jun (23 weeks), 8°37' Libra back to 5°50' Libra; shadow from 20 Sep 1945 to 09 Oct. Stations at 01:25 and 08:25 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1946· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Nov 1945 – 22 Apr (23 weeks), 11°48' Leo back to 9°26' Leo; shadow from 18 Jul 1945 to 17 Aug. Stations at 01:18 and 03:40 UT.
Retrograde 15 Nov – 23 Apr 1947 (23 weeks), 13°22' Leo back to 10°58' Leo; shadow from 20 Jul to 19 Aug 1947. Stations at 00:36 and 21:09 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.