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 1966· 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 12 Mar – 04 Apr (3 weeks), 5°44' Aries back to 22°44' Pisces; shadow from 26 Feb to 23 Apr. Stations at 02:22 and 04:24 UT.
Retrograde 14 Jul – 07 Aug (3 weeks), 11°25' Leo back to 0°20' Leo; shadow from 27 Jun to 22 Aug. Stations at 20:08 and 23:45 UT.
Retrograde 06 Nov – 26 Nov (3 weeks), 3°14' Sagittarius back to 17°07' Scorpio; shadow from 18 Oct to 14 Dec. Stations at 17:50 and 17:51 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1966· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jan – 15 Feb (6 weeks), 13°49' Aquarius back to 28°14' Capricorn; shadow from 05 Dec 1965 to 19 Mar. Stations at 16:23 and 18:42 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1966· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1966; 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 1966· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Oct 1965 – 15 Feb (17 weeks), 1°18' Cancer back to 21°14' Gemini; shadow from 25 Jul 1965 to 12 May. Stations at 19:30 and 06:54 UT.
Retrograde 21 Nov – 21 Mar 1967 (17 weeks), 4°28' Leo back to 24°25' Cancer; shadow from 26 Aug to 17 Jun 1967. Stations at 10:22 and 09:20 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1966· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jul – 26 Nov (20 weeks), 29°41' Pisces back to 22°54' Pisces; shadow from 04 Apr to 01 Mar 1967. Stations at 13:10 and 15:26 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1966· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Dec 1965 – 23 May (21 weeks), 19°37' Virgo back to 15°28' Virgo; shadow from 12 Sep 1965 to 07 Sep. Stations at 06:04 and 16:58 UT.
Retrograde 30 Dec – 28 May 1967 (21 weeks), 24°25' Virgo back to 20°16' Virgo; shadow from 17 Sep to 12 Sep 1967. Stations at 07:08 and 21:27 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1966· once this year
Retrograde 22 Feb – 01 Aug (23 weeks), 22°10' Scorpio back to 19°24' Scorpio; shadow from 03 Nov 1965 to 22 Nov. Stations at 10:40 and 04:14 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1966· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Dec 1965 – 27 May (22 weeks), 18°28' Virgo back to 15°48' Virgo; shadow from 31 Aug 1965 to 17 Sep. Stations at 05:06 and 11:16 UT.
Retrograde 23 Dec – 29 May 1967 (22 weeks), 20°38' Virgo back to 17°58' Virgo; shadow from 03 Sep to 19 Sep 1967. Stations at 16:04 and 20:12 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.