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 1992· 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 17 Mar – 09 Apr (3 weeks), 11°18' Aries back to 28°44' Pisces; shadow from 03 Mar to 28 Apr. Stations at 00:38 and 06:26 UT.
Retrograde 20 Jul – 13 Aug (3 weeks), 17°28' Leo back to 5°58' Leo; shadow from 01 Jul to 27 Aug. Stations at 00:50 and 02:56 UT.
Retrograde 11 Nov – 01 Dec (3 weeks), 8°22' Sagittarius back to 22°12' Scorpio; shadow from 23 Oct to 18 Dec. Stations at 09:45 and 07:35 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1992· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1992; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1992· once this year
Retrograde 28 Nov – 15 Feb 1993 (11 weeks), 27°37' Cancer back to 8°40' Cancer; shadow from 28 Sep to 22 Apr 1993. Stations at 23:29 and 07:42 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 1992· once this year
Retrograde 30 Dec 1991 – 30 Apr (17 weeks), 14°37' Virgo back to 4°37' Virgo; shadow from 04 Oct 1991 to 29 Jul. Stations at 21:30 and 19:40 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1992· once this year
Retrograde 28 May – 16 Oct (20 weeks), 18°29' Aquarius back to 11°49' Aquarius; shadow from 20 Feb to 20 Jan 1993. Stations at 13:36 and 02:08 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1992· once this year
Retrograde 21 Apr – 22 Sep (22 weeks), 18°00' Capricorn back to 14°02' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Jan to 06 Jan 1993. Stations at 23:21 and 23:48 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1992· once this year
Retrograde 20 Apr – 27 Sep (23 weeks), 18°57' Capricorn back to 16°10' Capricorn; shadow from 31 Dec 1991 to 16 Jan 1993. Stations at 12:02 and 18:55 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1992· once this year
Retrograde 24 Feb – 30 Jul (22 weeks), 22°57' Scorpio back to 20°08' Scorpio; shadow from 09 Nov 1991 to 17 Nov. Stations at 21:16 and 21:29 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.