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 1955· 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 03 Feb – 25 Feb (3 weeks), 29°39' Aquarius back to 14°21' Aquarius; shadow from 19 Jan to 17 Mar. Stations at 20:52 and 10:21 UT.
Retrograde 03 Jun – 27 Jun (3 weeks), 28°50' Gemini back to 20°09' Gemini; shadow from 19 May to 12 Jul. Stations at 22:41 and 23:13 UT.
Retrograde 01 Oct – 22 Oct (3 weeks), 28°38' Libra back to 13°09' Libra; shadow from 11 Sep to 07 Nov. Stations at 13:55 and 19:22 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1955· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1955; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1955· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1955; 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 1955· twice this year
Retrograde 17 Nov 1954 – 16 Mar (17 weeks), 29°56' Cancer back to 19°52' Cancer; shadow from 22 Aug 1954 to 12 Jun. Stations at 03:07 and 20:35 UT.
Retrograde 18 Dec – 17 Apr 1956 (17 weeks), 1°30' Virgo back to 21°29' Leo; shadow from 22 Sep to 15 Jul 1956. Stations at 04:35 and 12:58 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1955· once this year
Retrograde 01 Mar – 19 Jul (20 weeks), 21°10' Scorpio back to 14°30' Scorpio; shadow from 25 Nov 1954 to 25 Oct. Stations at 06:09 and 07:31 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1955· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Nov 1954 – 01 Apr (21 weeks), 27°42' Cancer back to 23°35' Cancer; shadow from 20 Jul 1954 to 17 Jul. Stations at 10:55 and 12:35 UT.
Retrograde 08 Nov – 05 Apr 1956 (21 weeks), 2°20' Leo back to 28°12' Cancer; shadow from 25 Jul to 20 Jul 1956. Stations at 09:48 and 11:11 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1955· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jan – 07 Jul (23 weeks), 28°14' Libra back to 25°27' Libra; shadow from 10 Oct 1954 to 29 Oct. Stations at 19:11 and 19:30 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1955· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Nov 1954 – 06 May (23 weeks), 26°48' Leo back to 24°18' Leo; shadow from 06 Aug 1954 to 30 Aug. Stations at 23:56 and 18:38 UT.
Retrograde 01 Dec – 07 May 1956 (23 weeks), 28°36' Leo back to 26°05' Leo; shadow from 08 Aug to 31 Aug 1956. Stations at 04:09 and 20:00 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.