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 1983· four 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 07 Jan – 27 Jan (3 weeks), 2°34' Aquarius back to 16°28' Capricorn; shadow from 21 Dec 1982 to 16 Feb. Stations at 02:58 and 13:27 UT.
Retrograde 01 May – 25 May (3 weeks), 25°32' Taurus back to 16°25' Taurus; shadow from 17 Apr to 10 Jun. Stations at 16:42 and 12:45 UT.
Retrograde 02 Sep – 24 Sep (3 weeks), 0°44' Libra back to 16°22' Virgo; shadow from 13 Aug to 09 Oct. Stations at 06:36 and 20:51 UT.
Retrograde 22 Dec – 11 Jan 1984 (3 weeks), 16°39' Capricorn back to 0°22' Capricorn; shadow from 04 Dec to 30 Jan 1984. Stations at 00:50 and 00:40 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1983· once this year
Retrograde 03 Aug – 15 Sep (6 weeks), 9°29' Virgo back to 23°11' Leo; shadow from 01 Jul to 18 Oct. Stations at 19:46 and 17:20 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1983· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 1983; 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 1983· once this year
Retrograde 27 Mar – 29 Jul (18 weeks), 10°55' Sagittarius back to 1°04' Sagittarius; shadow from 31 Dec 1982 to 24 Oct. Stations at 23:57 and 07:04 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1983· once this year
Retrograde 12 Feb – 01 Jul (20 weeks), 4°26' Scorpio back to 27°43' Libra; shadow from 09 Nov 1982 to 07 Oct. Stations at 11:16 and 12:34 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1983· once this year
Retrograde 14 Mar – 14 Aug (22 weeks), 9°06' Sagittarius back to 5°04' Sagittarius; shadow from 30 Nov 1982 to 28 Nov. Stations at 13:02 and 07:15 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1983· once this year
Retrograde 01 Apr – 08 Sep (23 weeks), 29°13' Sagittarius back to 26°27' Sagittarius; shadow from 11 Dec 1982 to 28 Dec. Stations at 04:23 and 10:47 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1983· once this year
Retrograde 01 Feb – 07 Jul (22 weeks), 29°31' Libra back to 26°42' Libra; shadow from 16 Oct 1982 to 25 Oct. Stations at 05:59 and 11:15 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.