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 2005· 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 20 Mar – 12 Apr (3 weeks), 14°06' Aries back to 1°44' Aries; shadow from 06 Mar to 30 Apr. Stations at 00:19 and 07:44 UT.
Retrograde 23 Jul – 16 Aug (3 weeks), 20°28' Leo back to 8°45' Leo; shadow from 04 Jul to 30 Aug. Stations at 02:57 and 03:50 UT.
Retrograde 14 Nov – 04 Dec (3 weeks), 10°56' Sagittarius back to 24°44' Scorpio; shadow from 26 Oct to 21 Dec. Stations at 05:37 and 02:29 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2005· once this year
Retrograde 24 Dec – 03 Feb 2006 (6 weeks), 1°28' Aquarius back to 16°01' Capricorn; shadow from 22 Nov to 07 Mar 2006. Stations at 09:41 and 09:20 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2005· once this year
Retrograde 01 Oct – 10 Dec (10 weeks), 23°22' Taurus back to 8°14' Taurus; shadow from 12 Aug to 03 Feb 2006. Stations at 22:02 and 04:06 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 2005· once this year
Retrograde 02 Feb – 05 Jun (18 weeks), 18°51' Libra back to 8°55' Libra; shadow from 06 Nov 2004 to 02 Sep. Stations at 02:26 and 07:23 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2005· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Nov 2004 – 22 Mar (19 weeks), 27°20' Cancer back to 20°23' Cancer; shadow from 05 Aug 2004 to 25 Jun. Stations at 06:57 and 02:51 UT.
Retrograde 22 Nov – 05 Apr 2006 (19 weeks), 11°18' Leo back to 4°22' Leo; shadow from 19 Aug to 10 Jul 2006. Stations at 09:08 and 12:52 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2005· once this year
Retrograde 14 Jun – 16 Nov (22 weeks), 10°45' Pisces back to 6°50' Pisces; shadow from 26 Feb to 02 Mar 2006. Stations at 22:45 and 00:16 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2005· once this year
Retrograde 20 May – 26 Oct (23 weeks), 17°36' Aquarius back to 14°49' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 14 Feb 2006. Stations at 00:04 and 23:16 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2005· once this year
Retrograde 27 Mar – 02 Sep (23 weeks), 24°30' Sagittarius back to 21°49' Sagittarius; shadow from 07 Dec 2004 to 21 Dec. Stations at 02:52 and 10:45 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.