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 2015· 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 Jan – 11 Feb (3 weeks), 17°05' Aquarius back to 1°18' Aquarius; shadow from 05 Jan to 03 Mar. Stations at 15:53 and 15:00 UT.
Retrograde 19 May – 11 Jun (3 weeks), 13°08' Gemini back to 4°33' Gemini; shadow from 04 May to 27 Jun. Stations at 01:50 and 22:32 UT.
Retrograde 17 Sep – 09 Oct (3 weeks), 15°55' Libra back to 0°53' Libra; shadow from 28 Aug to 24 Oct. Stations at 18:05 and 15:02 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2015· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jul – 06 Sep (6 weeks), 0°46' Virgo back to 14°23' Leo; shadow from 21 Jun to 09 Oct. Stations at 09:25 and 08:32 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2015· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2015; 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 2015· once this year
Retrograde 08 Dec 2014 – 08 Apr (17 weeks), 22°37' Leo back to 12°35' Leo; shadow from 13 Sep 2014 to 06 Jul. Stations at 20:48 and 16:53 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2015· once this year
Retrograde 14 Mar – 02 Aug (20 weeks), 4°55' Sagittarius back to 28°16' Scorpio; shadow from 08 Dec 2014 to 08 Nov. Stations at 15:02 and 05:56 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2015· once this year
Retrograde 26 Jul – 26 Dec (22 weeks), 20°30' Aries back to 16°33' Aries; shadow from 08 Apr to 10 Apr 2016. Stations at 10:56 and 03:48 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2015· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jun – 18 Nov (23 weeks), 9°49' Pisces back to 7°01' Pisces; shadow from 19 Feb to 08 Mar 2016. Stations at 08:59 and 16:56 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2015· once this year
Retrograde 17 Apr – 25 Sep (23 weeks), 15°32' Capricorn back to 12°58' Capricorn; shadow from 26 Dec 2014 to 15 Jan 2016. Stations at 03:39 and 07:24 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.