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 2022· 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 14 Jan – 04 Feb (3 weeks), 10°20' Aquarius back to 24°22' Capricorn; shadow from 29 Dec 2021 to 24 Feb. Stations at 11:41 and 04:15 UT.
Retrograde 10 May – 03 Jun (3 weeks), 4°51' Gemini back to 26°05' Taurus; shadow from 26 Apr to 18 Jun. Stations at 11:55 and 07:53 UT.
Retrograde 10 Sep – 02 Oct (3 weeks), 8°55' Libra back to 24°12' Virgo; shadow from 20 Aug to 17 Oct. Stations at 03:33 and 09:12 UT.
Retrograde 29 Dec – 18 Jan 2023 (3 weeks), 24°21' Capricorn back to 8°08' Capricorn; shadow from 12 Dec to 07 Feb 2023. Stations at 09:29 and 13:13 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2022· once this year
Retrograde 19 Dec 2021 – 29 Jan (6 weeks), 26°29' Capricorn back to 11°04' Capricorn; shadow from 17 Nov 2021 to 02 Mar. Stations at 10:35 and 08:49 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2022· once this year
Retrograde 30 Oct – 12 Jan 2023 (11 weeks), 25°36' Gemini back to 8°07' Gemini; shadow from 03 Sep to 16 Mar 2023. Stations at 13:25 and 20:59 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 2022· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jul – 23 Nov (17 weeks), 8°42' Aries back to 28°47' Pisces; shadow from 04 May to 14 Feb 2023. Stations at 20:34 and 23:02 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2022· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jun – 23 Oct (20 weeks), 25°15' Aquarius back to 18°35' Aquarius; shadow from 27 Feb to 26 Jan 2023. Stations at 21:42 and 04:04 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2022· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Aug 2021 – 18 Jan (22 weeks), 14°47' Taurus back to 10°49' Taurus; shadow from 03 May 2021 to 05 May. Stations at 01:26 and 15:36 UT.
Retrograde 24 Aug – 22 Jan 2023 (22 weeks), 18°55' Taurus back to 14°56' Taurus; shadow from 07 May to 09 May 2023. Stations at 13:54 and 23:14 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2022· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jun – 04 Dec (23 weeks), 25°26' Pisces back to 22°38' Pisces; shadow from 07 Mar to 24 Mar 2023. Stations at 08:16 and 00:20 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2022· once this year
Retrograde 29 Apr – 08 Oct (23 weeks), 28°35' Capricorn back to 26°06' Capricorn; shadow from 06 Jan to 29 Jan 2023. Stations at 18:39 and 21:40 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.