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 1948· 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 11 Feb – 04 Mar (3 weeks), 6°31' Pisces back to 21°33' Aquarius; shadow from 27 Jan to 24 Mar. Stations at 03:23 and 00:24 UT.
Retrograde 11 Jun – 05 Jul (3 weeks), 7°16' Cancer back to 28°17' Gemini; shadow from 26 May to 20 Jul. Stations at 11:21 and 13:00 UT.
Retrograde 08 Oct – 28 Oct (3 weeks), 5°25' Scorpio back to 19°45' Libra; shadow from 17 Sep to 13 Nov. Stations at 01:21 and 23:05 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1948· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jun – 16 Jul (6 weeks), 11°09' Cancer back to 24°38' Gemini; shadow from 30 Apr to 19 Aug. Stations at 02:04 and 05:26 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1948· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jan – 29 Mar (12 weeks), 7°36' Virgo back to 18°06' Leo; shadow from 03 Nov 1947 to 05 Jun. Stations at 13:49 and 12:34 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 1948· once this year
Retrograde 15 Apr – 16 Aug (18 weeks), 28°56' Sagittarius back to 19°05' Sagittarius; shadow from 20 Jan to 10 Nov. Stations at 08:27 and 00:39 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1948· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Dec 1947 – 17 Apr (19 weeks), 22°40' Leo back to 15°45' Leo; shadow from 31 Aug 1947 to 22 Jul. Stations at 11:35 and 03:31 UT.
Retrograde 17 Dec – 01 May 1949 (19 weeks), 6°12' Virgo back to 29°18' Leo; shadow from 13 Sep to 06 Aug 1949. Stations at 00:09 and 08:32 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1948· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Oct 1947 – 29 Feb (21 weeks), 26°10' Gemini back to 22°06' Gemini; shadow from 16 Jun 1947 to 15 Jun. Stations at 16:19 and 14:31 UT.
Retrograde 06 Oct – 05 Mar 1949 (21 weeks), 0°34' Cancer back to 26°30' Gemini; shadow from 20 Jun to 19 Jun 1949. Stations at 09:35 and 03:49 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1948· once this year
Retrograde 14 Jan – 21 Jun (23 weeks), 12°59' Libra back to 10°12' Libra; shadow from 25 Sep 1947 to 13 Oct. Stations at 21:55 and 07:28 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1948· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Nov 1947 – 24 Apr (23 weeks), 14°57' Leo back to 12°33' Leo; shadow from 23 Jul 1947 to 20 Aug. Stations at 21:55 and 17:15 UT.
Retrograde 17 Nov – 26 Apr 1949 (23 weeks), 16°33' Leo back to 14°08' Leo; shadow from 24 Jul to 21 Aug 1949. Stations at 20:24 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.