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 2001· 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 04 Feb – 25 Feb (3 weeks), 0°41' Pisces back to 15°24' Aquarius; shadow from 19 Jan to 17 Mar. Stations at 01:55 and 15:46 UT.
Retrograde 04 Jun – 28 Jun (3 weeks), 29°57' Gemini back to 21°15' Gemini; shadow from 20 May to 12 Jul. Stations at 05:18 and 05:51 UT.
Retrograde 01 Oct – 23 Oct (3 weeks), 29°41' Libra back to 14°12' Libra; shadow from 11 Sep to 07 Nov. Stations at 19:20 and 00:23 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2001· once this year
Retrograde 09 Mar – 20 Apr (6 weeks), 17°43' Aries back to 1°27' Aries; shadow from 04 Feb to 23 May. Stations at 01:06 and 04:31 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2001· once this year
Retrograde 11 May – 19 Jul (10 weeks), 29°03' Sagittarius back to 15°06' Sagittarius; shadow from 18 Mar to 06 Sep. Stations at 16:16 and 22:48 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 2001· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Sep 2000 – 25 Jan (17 weeks), 11°14' Gemini back to 1°11' Gemini; shadow from 06 Jul 2000 to 20 Apr. Stations at 12:50 and 08:38 UT.
Retrograde 02 Nov – 01 Mar 2002 (17 weeks), 15°41' Cancer back to 5°37' Cancer; shadow from 08 Aug to 27 May 2002. Stations at 15:41 and 15:13 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2001· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Sep 2000 – 25 Jan (19 weeks), 0°58' Gemini back to 24°03' Taurus; shadow from 08 Jun 2000 to 28 Apr. Stations at 11:37 and 00:25 UT.
Retrograde 27 Sep – 08 Feb 2002 (19 weeks), 14°58' Gemini back to 8°02' Gemini; shadow from 23 Jun to 13 May 2002. Stations at 00:11 and 01:37 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2001· once this year
Retrograde 29 May – 30 Oct (22 weeks), 24°50' Aquarius back to 20°54' Aquarius; shadow from 11 Feb to 14 Feb 2002. Stations at 15:04 and 22:34 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2001· once this year
Retrograde 11 May – 18 Oct (23 weeks), 8°46' Aquarius back to 5°59' Aquarius; shadow from 19 Jan to 05 Feb 2002. Stations at 01:32 and 01:55 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2001· once this year
Retrograde 18 Mar – 23 Aug (23 weeks), 15°16' Sagittarius back to 12°32' Sagittarius; shadow from 29 Nov 2000 to 11 Dec. Stations at 02:57 and 16:16 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.