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 1995· 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 26 Jan – 16 Feb (3 weeks), 21°15' Aquarius back to 5°37' Aquarius; shadow from 10 Jan to 08 Mar. Stations at 01:14 and 05:10 UT.
Retrograde 24 May – 17 Jun (3 weeks), 18°21' Gemini back to 9°48' Gemini; shadow from 09 May to 02 Jul. Stations at 08:56 and 07:01 UT.
Retrograde 22 Sep – 14 Oct (3 weeks), 20°11' Libra back to 4°59' Libra; shadow from 01 Sep to 29 Oct. Stations at 09:09 and 00:49 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 1995· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 1995; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 1995· once this year
Retrograde 02 Jan – 24 Mar (12 weeks), 2°40' Virgo back to 13°09' Leo; shadow from 29 Oct 1994 to 31 May. Stations at 21:29 and 17:20 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 1995· once this year
Retrograde 01 Apr – 02 Aug (18 weeks), 15°23' Sagittarius back to 5°31' Sagittarius; shadow from 05 Jan to 28 Oct. Stations at 12:03 and 16:46 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 1995· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jul – 21 Nov (20 weeks), 24°45' Pisces back to 17°59' Pisces; shadow from 30 Mar to 24 Feb 1996. Stations at 07:46 and 19:48 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 1995· once this year
Retrograde 05 May – 06 Oct (22 weeks), 0°28' Aquarius back to 26°31' Capricorn; shadow from 18 Jan to 20 Jan 1996. Stations at 07:58 and 12:55 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 1995· once this year
Retrograde 27 Apr – 05 Oct (23 weeks), 25°33' Capricorn back to 22°46' Capricorn; shadow from 06 Jan to 24 Jan 1996. Stations at 21:59 and 03:44 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 1995· once this year
Retrograde 04 Mar – 08 Aug (22 weeks), 0°36' Sagittarius back to 27°49' Scorpio; shadow from 16 Nov 1994 to 26 Nov. Stations at 02:20 and 13:46 UT.
All times Universal Time (UT), from the same engine as the sky. 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.