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 2000· 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 21 Feb – 14 Mar (3 weeks), 17°10' Pisces back to 2°46' Pisces; shadow from 07 Feb to 03 Apr. Stations at 12:45 and 20:43 UT.
Retrograde 23 Jun – 17 Jul (3 weeks), 19°57' Cancer back to 10°23' Cancer; shadow from 07 Jun to 31 Jul. Stations at 08:39 and 13:13 UT.
Retrograde 18 Oct – 08 Nov (3 weeks), 15°47' Scorpio back to 29°56' Libra; shadow from 28 Sep to 24 Nov. Stations at 13:38 and 02:27 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2000· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2000; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2000· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2000; 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 2000· once this year
Retrograde 29 Sep – 25 Jan 2001 (17 weeks), 11°14' Gemini back to 1°11' Gemini; shadow from 06 Jul to 20 Apr 2001. Stations at 12:50 and 08:38 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2000· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Aug 1999 – 12 Jan (19 weeks), 17°10' Taurus back to 10°17' Taurus; shadow from 25 May 1999 to 15 Apr. Stations at 01:25 and 04:58 UT.
Retrograde 12 Sep – 25 Jan 2001 (19 weeks), 0°58' Gemini back to 24°03' Taurus; shadow from 08 Jun to 28 Apr 2001. Stations at 11:37 and 00:25 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2000· once this year
Retrograde 25 May – 26 Oct (22 weeks), 20°49' Aquarius back to 16°53' Aquarius; shadow from 07 Feb to 09 Feb 2001. Stations at 08:05 and 15:17 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2000· once this year
Retrograde 08 May – 15 Oct (23 weeks), 6°34' Aquarius back to 3°47' Aquarius; shadow from 17 Jan to 03 Feb 2001. Stations at 12:15 and 13:54 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2000· once this year
Retrograde 15 Mar – 20 Aug (23 weeks), 12°54' Sagittarius back to 10°09' Sagittarius; shadow from 28 Nov 1999 to 08 Dec. Stations at 11:35 and 22:19 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.