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 1947· 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 27 Feb – 22 Mar (3 weeks), 23°08' Pisces back to 9°12' Pisces; shadow from 13 Feb to 10 Apr. Stations at 17:36 and 08:08 UT.
Retrograde 01 Jul – 25 Jul (3 weeks), 27°07' Cancer back to 17°02' Cancer; shadow from 14 Jun to 08 Aug. Stations at 09:14 and 14:35 UT.
Retrograde 25 Oct – 15 Nov (3 weeks), 21°26' Scorpio back to 5°28' Scorpio; shadow from 05 Oct to 01 Dec. Stations at 17:24 and 00:41 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1947· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1947; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1947· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1947; 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 1947· once this year
Retrograde 14 Mar – 15 Jul (18 weeks), 27°33' Scorpio back to 17°41' Scorpio; shadow from 17 Dec 1946 to 12 Oct. Stations at 11:38 and 22:57 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1947· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Nov 1946 – 03 Apr (19 weeks), 8°53' Leo back to 1°56' Leo; shadow from 18 Aug 1946 to 08 Jul. Stations at 15:24 and 19:35 UT.
Retrograde 04 Dec – 17 Apr 1948 (19 weeks), 22°40' Leo back to 15°45' Leo; shadow from 31 Aug to 22 Jul 1948. Stations at 11:35 and 03:31 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1947· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Sep 1946 – 25 Feb (21 weeks), 21°48' Gemini back to 17°44' Gemini; shadow from 12 Jun 1946 to 11 Jun. Stations at 22:04 and 00:15 UT.
Retrograde 02 Oct – 29 Feb 1948 (21 weeks), 26°10' Gemini back to 22°06' Gemini; shadow from 16 Jun to 15 Jun 1948. Stations at 16:19 and 14:31 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1947· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jan – 19 Jun (23 weeks), 10°48' Libra back to 8°01' Libra; shadow from 23 Sep 1946 to 11 Oct. Stations at 12:30 and 19:37 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1947· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Nov 1946 – 23 Apr (23 weeks), 13°22' Leo back to 10°58' Leo; shadow from 20 Jul 1946 to 19 Aug. Stations at 00:36 and 21:09 UT.
Retrograde 16 Nov – 24 Apr 1948 (23 weeks), 14°57' Leo back to 12°33' Leo; shadow from 23 Jul to 20 Aug 1948. Stations at 21:55 and 17:15 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.