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 1962· 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 Jan – 17 Feb (3 weeks), 22°49' Aquarius back to 7°14' Aquarius; shadow from 12 Jan to 10 Mar. Stations at 15:27 and 21:38 UT.
Retrograde 26 May – 19 Jun (3 weeks), 20°23' Gemini back to 11°50' Gemini; shadow from 11 May to 04 Jul. Stations at 09:03 and 07:50 UT.
Retrograde 24 Sep – 15 Oct (3 weeks), 21°46' Libra back to 6°30' Libra; shadow from 03 Sep to 30 Oct. Stations at 01:48 and 15:06 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1962· once this year
Retrograde 23 Oct – 03 Dec (6 weeks), 27°37' Scorpio back to 12°12' Scorpio; shadow from 20 Sep to 03 Jan 1963. Stations at 04:10 and 11:26 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1962· once this year
Retrograde 26 Dec – 16 Mar 1963 (11 weeks), 24°47' Leo back to 5°20' Leo; shadow from 22 Oct to 23 May 1963. Stations at 06:14 and 17:26 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 1962· once this year
Retrograde 02 Jul – 29 Oct (17 weeks), 12°41' Pisces back to 2°48' Pisces; shadow from 08 Apr to 20 Jan 1963. Stations at 08:58 and 10:26 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1962· once this year
Retrograde 21 May – 09 Oct (20 weeks), 11°23' Aquarius back to 4°45' Aquarius; shadow from 13 Feb to 13 Jan 1963. Stations at 23:26 and 16:37 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1962· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Dec 1961 – 04 May (21 weeks), 0°32' Virgo back to 26°23' Leo; shadow from 23 Aug 1961 to 18 Aug. Stations at 04:41 and 09:04 UT.
Retrograde 11 Dec – 09 May 1963 (21 weeks), 5°18' Virgo back to 1°08' Virgo; shadow from 28 Aug to 23 Aug 1963. Stations at 05:05 and 09:59 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1962· once this year
Retrograde 13 Feb – 23 Jul (23 weeks), 13°29' Scorpio back to 10°42' Scorpio; shadow from 25 Oct 1961 to 13 Nov. Stations at 20:11 and 08:11 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1962· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Dec 1961 – 19 May (23 weeks), 10°07' Virgo back to 7°31' Virgo; shadow from 21 Aug 1961 to 10 Sep. Stations at 11:35 and 09:10 UT.
Retrograde 14 Dec – 21 May 1963 (23 weeks), 12°09' Virgo back to 9°32' Virgo; shadow from 24 Aug to 12 Sep 1963. Stations at 21:52 and 15:35 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.