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 1982· 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 Jan – 13 Feb (3 weeks), 18°38' Aquarius back to 2°55' Aquarius; shadow from 07 Jan to 05 Mar. Stations at 06:03 and 07:22 UT.
Retrograde 21 May – 13 Jun (3 weeks), 15°10' Gemini back to 6°37' Gemini; shadow from 06 May to 29 Jun. Stations at 02:04 and 23:20 UT.
Retrograde 19 Sep – 11 Oct (3 weeks), 17°31' Libra back to 2°25' Libra; shadow from 30 Aug to 26 Oct. Stations at 10:58 and 05:26 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1982· once this year
Retrograde 31 Dec 1981 – 10 Feb (6 weeks), 8°54' Aquarius back to 23°21' Capricorn; shadow from 30 Nov 1981 to 14 Mar. Stations at 19:45 and 20:40 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1982· once this year
Retrograde 20 Feb – 11 May (11 weeks), 19°10' Libra back to 0°22' Libra; shadow from 16 Dec 1981 to 14 Jul. Stations at 19:10 and 18:35 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 1982· once this year
Retrograde 24 Feb – 27 Jun (18 weeks), 10°19' Scorpio back to 0°26' Scorpio; shadow from 29 Nov 1981 to 24 Sep. Stations at 05:37 and 18:15 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1982· once this year
Retrograde 31 Jan – 18 Jun (20 weeks), 22°14' Libra back to 15°29' Libra; shadow from 28 Oct 1981 to 24 Sep. Stations at 03:54 and 10:58 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1982· once this year
Retrograde 09 Mar – 09 Aug (22 weeks), 4°37' Sagittarius back to 0°34' Sagittarius; shadow from 25 Nov 1981 to 23 Nov. Stations at 19:41 and 10:12 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1982· once this year
Retrograde 29 Mar – 05 Sep (23 weeks), 27°02' Sagittarius back to 24°16' Sagittarius; shadow from 08 Dec 1981 to 26 Dec. Stations at 16:32 and 23:17 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1982· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jan – 04 Jul (22 weeks), 26°55' Libra back to 24°06' Libra; shadow from 13 Oct 1981 to 22 Oct. Stations at 08:17 and 12:46 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.