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 1963· four 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 Jan – 01 Feb (3 weeks), 6°42' Aquarius back to 20°41' Capricorn; shadow from 26 Dec 1962 to 21 Feb. Stations at 11:44 and 01:59 UT.
Retrograde 06 May – 30 May (3 weeks), 0°37' Gemini back to 21°43' Taurus; shadow from 22 Apr to 15 Jun. Stations at 22:37 and 18:44 UT.
Retrograde 06 Sep – 29 Sep (3 weeks), 5°08' Libra back to 20°32' Virgo; shadow from 17 Aug to 14 Oct. Stations at 23:04 and 08:08 UT.
Retrograde 26 Dec – 15 Jan 1964 (3 weeks), 20°44' Capricorn back to 4°29' Capricorn; shadow from 09 Dec to 04 Feb 1964. Stations at 09:38 and 11:46 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1963· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1963; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1963· once this year
Retrograde 26 Dec 1962 – 16 Mar (11 weeks), 24°47' Leo back to 5°20' Leo; shadow from 22 Oct 1962 to 23 May. 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 1963· once this year
Retrograde 09 Aug – 05 Dec (17 weeks), 19°28' Aries back to 9°32' Aries; shadow from 16 May to 26 Feb 1964. Stations at 15:23 and 10:07 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1963· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jun – 21 Oct (20 weeks), 23°06' Aquarius back to 16°26' Aquarius; shadow from 25 Feb to 25 Jan 1964. Stations at 09:42 and 16:12 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1963· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Dec 1962 – 09 May (21 weeks), 5°18' Virgo back to 1°08' Virgo; shadow from 28 Aug 1962 to 23 Aug. Stations at 05:05 and 09:59 UT.
Retrograde 16 Dec – 13 May 1964 (21 weeks), 10°04' Virgo back to 5°54' Virgo; shadow from 02 Sep to 27 Aug 1964. Stations at 05:23 and 11:46 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1963· once this year
Retrograde 16 Feb – 25 Jul (23 weeks), 15°39' Scorpio back to 12°53' Scorpio; shadow from 28 Oct 1962 to 15 Nov. Stations at 06:32 and 19:10 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1963· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Dec 1962 – 21 May (23 weeks), 12°09' Virgo back to 9°32' Virgo; shadow from 24 Aug 1962 to 12 Sep. Stations at 21:52 and 15:35 UT.
Retrograde 17 Dec – 22 May 1964 (23 weeks), 14°13' Virgo back to 11°35' Virgo; shadow from 27 Aug to 13 Sep 1964. Stations at 07:18 and 21:27 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.