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 1965· 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 29 Mar – 22 Apr (3 weeks), 23°15' Aries back to 11°45' Aries; shadow from 15 Mar to 10 May. Stations at 14:57 and 04:00 UT.
Retrograde 01 Aug – 25 Aug (3 weeks), 0°05' Virgo back to 17°36' Leo; shadow from 14 Jul to 08 Sep. Stations at 21:58 and 16:20 UT.
Retrograde 23 Nov – 12 Dec (3 weeks), 19°04' Sagittarius back to 2°48' Sagittarius; shadow from 04 Nov to 30 Dec. Stations at 02:10 and 20:47 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1965· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1965; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1965· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jan – 19 Apr (12 weeks), 28°02' Virgo back to 8°43' Virgo; shadow from 23 Nov 1964 to 25 Jun. Stations at 22:39 and 21:58 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 1965· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Sep 1964 – 10 Jan (17 weeks), 26°07' Taurus back to 16°06' Taurus; shadow from 21 Jun 1964 to 04 Apr. Stations at 19:02 and 09:25 UT.
Retrograde 19 Oct – 15 Feb 1966 (17 weeks), 1°18' Cancer back to 21°14' Gemini; shadow from 25 Jul to 12 May 1966. Stations at 19:30 and 06:54 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1965· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jun – 14 Nov (20 weeks), 17°13' Pisces back to 10°29' Pisces; shadow from 22 Mar to 17 Feb 1966. Stations at 05:23 and 03:27 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1965· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Dec 1964 – 18 May (21 weeks), 14°50' Virgo back to 10°41' Virgo; shadow from 06 Sep 1964 to 02 Sep. Stations at 06:14 and 14:27 UT.
Retrograde 25 Dec – 23 May 1966 (21 weeks), 19°37' Virgo back to 15°28' Virgo; shadow from 12 Sep to 07 Sep 1966. Stations at 06:04 and 16:58 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1965· once this year
Retrograde 20 Feb – 29 Jul (23 weeks), 20°00' Scorpio back to 17°13' Scorpio; shadow from 01 Nov 1964 to 19 Nov. Stations at 01:19 and 17:52 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1965· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Dec 1964 – 25 May (22 weeks), 16°19' Virgo back to 13°40' Virgo; shadow from 28 Aug 1964 to 15 Sep. Stations at 18:01 and 05:24 UT.
Retrograde 21 Dec – 27 May 1966 (22 weeks), 18°28' Virgo back to 15°48' Virgo; shadow from 31 Aug to 17 Sep 1966. Stations at 05:06 and 11:16 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.