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 1975· 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 30 Jan – 20 Feb (3 weeks), 25°26' Aquarius back to 9°57' Aquarius; shadow from 15 Jan to 12 Mar. Stations at 10:46 and 19:33 UT.
Retrograde 29 May – 22 Jun (3 weeks), 23°35' Gemini back to 15°00' Gemini; shadow from 14 May to 07 Jul. Stations at 15:54 and 15:24 UT.
Retrograde 26 Sep – 18 Oct (3 weeks), 24°25' Libra back to 9°05' Libra; shadow from 06 Sep to 02 Nov. Stations at 23:43 and 10:19 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1975· once this year
Retrograde 06 Aug – 18 Sep (6 weeks), 11°42' Virgo back to 25°25' Leo; shadow from 03 Jul to 21 Oct. Stations at 05:18 and 01:47 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1975· once this year
Retrograde 06 Nov – 20 Jan 1976 (11 weeks), 2°39' Cancer back to 14°43' Gemini; shadow from 09 Sep to 24 Mar 1976. Stations at 12:01 and 21:28 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 1975· once this year
Retrograde 14 Aug – 10 Dec (17 weeks), 24°42' Aries back to 14°44' Aries; shadow from 21 May to 02 Mar 1976. Stations at 19:24 and 12:41 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1975· twice this year
Retrograde 31 Oct 1974 – 14 Mar (19 weeks), 18°54' Cancer back to 11°56' Cancer; shadow from 28 Jul 1974 to 17 Jun. Stations at 14:50 and 08:29 UT.
Retrograde 14 Nov – 27 Mar 1976 (19 weeks), 2°58' Leo back to 26°01' Cancer; shadow from 12 Aug to 01 Jul 1976. Stations at 19:19 and 19:49 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1975· once this year
Retrograde 06 Feb – 07 Jul (22 weeks), 2°28' Scorpio back to 28°21' Libra; shadow from 25 Oct 1974 to 21 Oct. Stations at 01:51 and 03:56 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1975· once this year
Retrograde 14 Mar – 21 Aug (23 weeks), 11°47' Sagittarius back to 9°01' Sagittarius; shadow from 23 Nov 1974 to 11 Dec. Stations at 09:55 and 14:26 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1975· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jan – 17 Jun (22 weeks), 9°15' Libra back to 6°28' Libra; shadow from 24 Sep 1974 to 06 Oct. Stations at 18:04 and 04:08 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.