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 2010· four 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 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan (3 weeks), 21°47' Capricorn back to 5°33' Capricorn; shadow from 09 Dec 2009 to 04 Feb. Stations at 14:36 and 16:54 UT.
Retrograde 18 Apr – 11 May (3 weeks), 12°37' Taurus back to 2°39' Taurus; shadow from 04 Apr to 28 May. Stations at 04:03 and 22:31 UT.
Retrograde 20 Aug – 12 Sep (3 weeks), 19°03' Virgo back to 5°22' Virgo; shadow from 01 Aug to 27 Sep. Stations at 20:01 and 23:06 UT.
Retrograde 10 Dec – 30 Dec (3 weeks), 5°56' Capricorn back to 19°37' Sagittarius; shadow from 22 Nov to 18 Jan 2011. Stations at 12:00 and 07:27 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2010· once this year
Retrograde 08 Oct – 18 Nov (6 weeks), 13°13' Scorpio back to 27°39' Libra; shadow from 05 Sep to 20 Dec. Stations at 07:02 and 21:18 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2010· once this year
Retrograde 20 Dec 2009 – 10 Mar (11 weeks), 19°41' Leo back to 0°17' Leo; shadow from 17 Oct 2009 to 17 May. Stations at 13:28 and 17:14 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 2010· once this year
Retrograde 23 Jul – 18 Nov (17 weeks), 3°24' Aries back to 23°29' Pisces; shadow from 29 Apr to 09 Feb 2011. Stations at 12:05 and 16:53 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2010· once this year
Retrograde 13 Jan – 30 May (20 weeks), 4°39' Libra back to 27°49' Virgo; shadow from 10 Oct 2009 to 05 Sep. Stations at 15:59 and 18:01 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2010· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jul – 06 Dec (22 weeks), 0°35' Aries back to 26°40' Pisces; shadow from 19 Mar to 22 Mar 2011. Stations at 16:54 and 02:03 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2010· once this year
Retrograde 31 May – 07 Nov (23 weeks), 28°42' Aquarius back to 25°55' Aquarius; shadow from 08 Feb to 25 Feb 2011. Stations at 19:21 and 06:45 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2010· once this year
Retrograde 07 Apr – 14 Sep (23 weeks), 5°25' Capricorn back to 2°47' Capricorn; shadow from 17 Dec 2009 to 03 Jan 2011. Stations at 03:02 and 05:07 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.