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 2026· 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 26 Feb – 20 Mar (3 weeks), 22°33' Pisces back to 8°29' Pisces; shadow from 11 Feb to 09 Apr. Stations at 06:48 and 19:37 UT.
Retrograde 29 Jun – 23 Jul (3 weeks), 26°15' Cancer back to 16°19' Cancer; shadow from 13 Jun to 07 Aug. Stations at 17:37 and 22:55 UT.
Retrograde 24 Oct – 13 Nov (3 weeks), 20°58' Scorpio back to 5°02' Scorpio; shadow from 04 Oct to 30 Nov. Stations at 07:11 and 15:55 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2026· once this year
Retrograde 03 Oct – 14 Nov (6 weeks), 8°29' Scorpio back to 22°51' Libra; shadow from 31 Aug to 15 Dec. Stations at 07:09 and 00:22 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2026· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2026; 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 2026· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Nov 2025 – 11 Mar (17 weeks), 25°09' Cancer back to 15°05' Cancer; shadow from 17 Aug 2025 to 06 Jun. Stations at 16:45 and 03:27 UT.
Retrograde 13 Dec – 13 Apr 2027 (17 weeks), 27°01' Leo back to 16°59' Leo; shadow from 17 Sep to 11 Jul 2027. Stations at 00:59 and 02:13 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2026· once this year
Retrograde 26 Jul – 10 Dec (20 weeks), 14°44' Aries back to 7°55' Aries; shadow from 20 Apr to 15 Mar 2027. Stations at 19:57 and 23:23 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2026· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Sep 2025 – 04 Feb (22 weeks), 1°27' Gemini back to 27°27' Taurus; shadow from 20 May 2025 to 21 May. Stations at 04:42 and 02:17 UT.
Retrograde 10 Sep – 08 Feb 2027 (22 weeks), 5°41' Gemini back to 1°40' Gemini; shadow from 25 May to 26 May 2027. Stations at 18:41 and 12:23 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2026· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jul – 12 Dec (23 weeks), 4°25' Aries back to 1°36' Aries; shadow from 16 Mar to 02 Apr 2027. Stations at 11:21 and 22:14 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2026· once this year
Retrograde 06 May – 16 Oct (23 weeks), 5°30' Aquarius back to 3°04' Aquarius; shadow from 12 Jan to 07 Feb 2027. Stations at 15:44 and 02:24 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.