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 2025· 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 15 Mar – 07 Apr (3 weeks), 9°35' Aries back to 26°49' Pisces; shadow from 01 Mar to 26 Apr. Stations at 06:49 and 11:07 UT.
Retrograde 18 Jul – 11 Aug (3 weeks), 15°34' Leo back to 4°14' Leo; shadow from 30 Jun to 25 Aug. Stations at 04:38 and 07:31 UT.
Retrograde 09 Nov – 29 Nov (3 weeks), 6°51' Sagittarius back to 20°42' Scorpio; shadow from 21 Oct to 17 Dec. Stations at 18:56 and 17:43 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2025· once this year
Retrograde 02 Mar – 13 Apr (6 weeks), 10°50' Aries back to 24°37' Pisces; shadow from 28 Jan to 16 May. Stations at 00:32 and 01:04 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2025· once this year
Retrograde 06 Dec 2024 – 24 Feb (11 weeks), 6°10' Leo back to 17°00' Cancer; shadow from 05 Oct 2024 to 02 May. Stations at 23:34 and 02:01 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 2025· twice this year
Retrograde 09 Oct 2024 – 04 Feb (17 weeks), 21°20' Gemini back to 11°16' Gemini; shadow from 15 Jul 2024 to 30 Apr. Stations at 07:04 and 09:39 UT.
Retrograde 11 Nov – 11 Mar 2026 (17 weeks), 25°09' Cancer back to 15°05' Cancer; shadow from 17 Aug to 06 Jun 2026. Stations at 16:45 and 03:27 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2025· once this year
Retrograde 13 Jul – 28 Nov (20 weeks), 1°55' Aries back to 25°09' Pisces; shadow from 06 Apr to 02 Mar 2026. Stations at 04:00 and 03:49 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2025· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Sep 2024 – 30 Jan (22 weeks), 27°15' Taurus back to 23°15' Taurus; shadow from 16 May 2024 to 17 May. Stations at 15:27 and 16:28 UT.
Retrograde 06 Sep – 04 Feb 2026 (22 weeks), 1°27' Gemini back to 27°27' Taurus; shadow from 20 May to 21 May 2026. Stations at 04:42 and 02:17 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2025· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jul – 10 Dec (23 weeks), 2°10' Aries back to 29°22' Pisces; shadow from 13 Mar to 31 Mar 2026. Stations at 21:50 and 12:00 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2025· once this year
Retrograde 04 May – 14 Oct (23 weeks), 3°49' Aquarius back to 1°21' Aquarius; shadow from 10 Jan to 04 Feb 2026. Stations at 15:51 and 02:49 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.