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 1967· 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 23 Feb – 17 Mar (3 weeks), 18°48' Pisces back to 4°32' Pisces; shadow from 08 Feb to 06 Apr. Stations at 04:24 and 14:29 UT.
Retrograde 26 Jun – 20 Jul (3 weeks), 21°58' Cancer back to 12°15' Cancer; shadow from 09 Jun to 03 Aug. Stations at 06:54 and 11:53 UT.
Retrograde 21 Oct – 10 Nov (3 weeks), 17°20' Scorpio back to 1°26' Scorpio; shadow from 01 Oct to 27 Nov. Stations at 05:13 and 16:14 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1967· once this year
Retrograde 08 Aug – 20 Sep (6 weeks), 13°54' Virgo back to 27°38' Leo; shadow from 05 Jul to 23 Oct. Stations at 14:26 and 09:36 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1967· once this year
Retrograde 08 Mar – 26 May (11 weeks), 3°11' Scorpio back to 14°59' Libra; shadow from 02 Jan to 26 Jul. Stations at 17:44 and 09:30 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 1967· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Nov 1966 – 21 Mar (17 weeks), 4°28' Leo back to 24°25' Cancer; shadow from 26 Aug 1966 to 17 Jun. Stations at 10:22 and 09:20 UT.
Retrograde 22 Dec – 21 Apr 1968 (17 weeks), 5°50' Virgo back to 25°49' Leo; shadow from 26 Sep to 20 Jul 1968. Stations at 10:02 and 23:21 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1967· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jul – 09 Dec (20 weeks), 12°27' Aries back to 5°38' Aries; shadow from 18 Apr to 12 Mar 1968. Stations at 04:11 and 10:23 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1967· once this year
Retrograde 30 Dec 1966 – 28 May (21 weeks), 24°25' Virgo back to 20°16' Virgo; shadow from 17 Sep 1966 to 12 Sep. Stations at 07:08 and 21:27 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1967· once this year
Retrograde 24 Feb – 03 Aug (23 weeks), 24°20' Scorpio back to 21°34' Scorpio; shadow from 06 Nov 1966 to 24 Nov. Stations at 21:54 and 15:34 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1967· twice this year
Retrograde 23 Dec 1966 – 29 May (22 weeks), 20°38' Virgo back to 17°58' Virgo; shadow from 03 Sep 1966 to 19 Sep. Stations at 16:04 and 20:12 UT.
Retrograde 26 Dec – 31 May 1968 (22 weeks), 22°51' Virgo back to 20°10' Virgo; shadow from 06 Sep to 20 Sep 1968. Stations at 05:01 and 04:07 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.