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 1954· 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 20 Feb – 14 Mar (3 weeks), 16°07' Pisces back to 1°42' Pisces; shadow from 05 Feb to 03 Apr. Stations at 07:32 and 15:09 UT.
Retrograde 23 Jun – 17 Jul (3 weeks), 18°50' Cancer back to 9°17' Cancer; shadow from 06 Jun to 31 Jul. Stations at 02:17 and 06:42 UT.
Retrograde 18 Oct – 07 Nov (3 weeks), 14°45' Scorpio back to 28°54' Libra; shadow from 28 Sep to 24 Nov. Stations at 08:24 and 21:30 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1954· once this year
Retrograde 25 Oct – 05 Dec (6 weeks), 0°03' Sagittarius back to 14°40' Scorpio; shadow from 23 Sep to 06 Jan 1955. Stations at 16:34 and 22:34 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1954· once this year
Retrograde 23 May – 29 Jul (10 weeks), 8°32' Capricorn back to 25°35' Sagittarius; shadow from 01 Apr to 14 Sep. Stations at 12:48 and 15:22 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 1954· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Oct 1953 – 10 Feb (17 weeks), 26°28' Gemini back to 16°24' Gemini; shadow from 21 Jul 1953 to 07 May. Stations at 02:54 and 09:33 UT.
Retrograde 17 Nov – 16 Mar 1955 (17 weeks), 29°56' Cancer back to 19°52' Cancer; shadow from 22 Aug to 12 Jun 1955. Stations at 03:07 and 20:35 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1954· once this year
Retrograde 17 Feb – 06 Jul (20 weeks), 9°21' Scorpio back to 2°38' Scorpio; shadow from 13 Nov 1953 to 13 Oct. Stations at 06:25 and 15:54 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1954· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Oct 1953 – 27 Mar (21 weeks), 23°06' Cancer back to 18°59' Cancer; shadow from 15 Jul 1953 to 12 Jul. Stations at 14:38 and 17:34 UT.
Retrograde 03 Nov – 01 Apr 1955 (21 weeks), 27°42' Cancer back to 23°35' Cancer; shadow from 20 Jul to 17 Jul 1955. Stations at 10:55 and 12:35 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1954· once this year
Retrograde 27 Jan – 05 Jul (23 weeks), 26°03' Libra back to 23°16' Libra; shadow from 08 Oct 1953 to 26 Oct. Stations at 10:52 and 08:10 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1954· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Nov 1953 – 04 May (23 weeks), 25°01' Leo back to 22°32' Leo; shadow from 03 Aug 1953 to 28 Aug. Stations at 21:20 and 18:41 UT.
Retrograde 28 Nov – 06 May 1955 (23 weeks), 26°48' Leo back to 24°18' Leo; shadow from 06 Aug to 30 Aug 1955. Stations at 23:56 and 18:38 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.