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 2014· 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 06 Feb – 28 Feb (3 weeks), 3°20' Pisces back to 18°09' Aquarius; shadow from 22 Jan to 20 Mar. Stations at 21:41 and 14:05 UT.
Retrograde 07 Jun – 01 Jul (3 weeks), 3°10' Cancer back to 24°22' Gemini; shadow from 23 May to 16 Jul. Stations at 11:55 and 12:50 UT.
Retrograde 04 Oct – 25 Oct (3 weeks), 2°18' Scorpio back to 16°45' Libra; shadow from 14 Sep to 10 Nov. Stations at 17:01 and 19:19 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2014· once this year
Retrograde 21 Dec 2013 – 31 Jan (6 weeks), 28°58' Capricorn back to 13°33' Capricorn; shadow from 20 Nov 2013 to 04 Mar. Stations at 21:56 and 20:54 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2014· once this year
Retrograde 01 Mar – 20 May (11 weeks), 27°32' Libra back to 9°01' Libra; shadow from 26 Dec 2013 to 21 Jul. Stations at 16:25 and 01:33 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 2014· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Nov 2013 – 06 Mar (17 weeks), 20°30' Cancer back to 10°26' Cancer; shadow from 12 Aug 2013 to 01 Jun. Stations at 05:03 and 10:46 UT.
Retrograde 08 Dec – 08 Apr 2015 (17 weeks), 22°37' Leo back to 12°35' Leo; shadow from 13 Sep to 06 Jul 2015. Stations at 20:48 and 16:53 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2014· once this year
Retrograde 02 Mar – 20 Jul (20 weeks), 23°19' Scorpio back to 16°38' Scorpio; shadow from 26 Nov 2013 to 27 Oct. Stations at 16:16 and 20:42 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2014· once this year
Retrograde 22 Jul – 21 Dec (22 weeks), 16°30' Aries back to 12°34' Aries; shadow from 04 Apr to 07 Apr 2015. Stations at 02:55 and 22:47 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2014· once this year
Retrograde 09 Jun – 16 Nov (23 weeks), 7°36' Pisces back to 4°48' Pisces; shadow from 17 Feb to 06 Mar 2015. Stations at 20:06 and 07:19 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2014· once this year
Retrograde 14 Apr – 23 Sep (23 weeks), 13°34' Capricorn back to 10°59' Capricorn; shadow from 24 Dec 2013 to 12 Jan 2015. Stations at 23:41 and 00:47 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.