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 2023· 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 29 Dec 2022 – 18 Jan (3 weeks), 24°21' Capricorn back to 8°08' Capricorn; shadow from 12 Dec 2022 to 07 Feb. Stations at 09:29 and 13:13 UT.
Retrograde 21 Apr – 15 May (3 weeks), 15°37' Taurus back to 5°50' Taurus; shadow from 07 Apr to 31 May. Stations at 08:32 and 03:19 UT.
Retrograde 23 Aug – 15 Sep (3 weeks), 21°51' Virgo back to 8°00' Virgo; shadow from 04 Aug to 30 Sep. Stations at 19:59 and 20:19 UT.
Retrograde 13 Dec – 02 Jan 2024 (3 weeks), 8°29' Capricorn back to 22°10' Sagittarius; shadow from 25 Nov to 21 Jan 2024. Stations at 07:04 and 03:12 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2023· once this year
Retrograde 23 Jul – 04 Sep (6 weeks), 28°36' Leo back to 12°12' Leo; shadow from 19 Jun to 07 Oct. Stations at 01:31 and 01:22 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2023· once this year
Retrograde 30 Oct 2022 – 12 Jan (11 weeks), 25°36' Gemini back to 8°07' Gemini; shadow from 03 Sep 2022 to 16 Mar. 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 2023· once this year
Retrograde 04 Sep – 31 Dec (17 weeks), 15°34' Taurus back to 5°34' Taurus; shadow from 11 Jun to 23 Mar 2024. Stations at 14:06 and 02:35 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2023· once this year
Retrograde 17 Jun – 04 Nov (20 weeks), 7°12' Pisces back to 0°30' Pisces; shadow from 11 Mar to 07 Feb 2024. Stations at 17:24 and 06:56 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2023· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Aug 2022 – 22 Jan (22 weeks), 18°55' Taurus back to 14°56' Taurus; shadow from 07 May 2022 to 09 May. Stations at 13:54 and 23:14 UT.
Retrograde 29 Aug – 27 Jan 2024 (22 weeks), 23°04' Taurus back to 19°05' Taurus; shadow from 12 May to 12 May 2024. Stations at 02:09 and 07:30 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2023· once this year
Retrograde 30 Jun – 06 Dec (23 weeks), 27°41' Pisces back to 24°53' Pisces; shadow from 09 Mar to 26 Mar 2024. Stations at 21:10 and 13:17 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2023· once this year
Retrograde 01 May – 11 Oct (23 weeks), 0°21' Aquarius back to 27°53' Capricorn; shadow from 08 Jan to 01 Feb 2024. Stations at 17:15 and 00:58 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.