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.

2028

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retrograde shadow⟲ station retrograde · ⟳ station directThe is the stretch of zodiac a retrograde crosses three times — walking in, backing up, clearing it for good; the stations, when the planet stands still to turn, are the days that carry the weight.

Times use your device timezone when available; UTC otherwise. Timeline ticks mark UTC month boundaries; station labels show local dates.

☿︎Mercury retrograde 2028· 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 24 Jan 2028 (UTC) – 14 Feb 2028 (UTC) (3 weeks), 19°41' Aquarius back to 3°59' Aquarius; shadow from 8 Jan 2028 (UTC) to 5 Mar 2028 (UTC). Stations at 24 Jan 2028, 11:01 UTC and 14 Feb 2028, 12:41 UTC.

Retrograde 21 May 2028 (UTC) – 14 Jun 2028 (UTC) (3 weeks), 16°18' Gemini back to 7°45' Gemini; shadow from 6 May 2028 (UTC) to 29 Jun 2028 (UTC). Stations at 21 May 2028, 08:45 UTC and 14 Jun 2028, 06:05 UTC.

Retrograde 19 Sept 2028 (UTC) – 11 Oct 2028 (UTC) (3 weeks), 18°35' Libra back to 3°28' Libra; shadow from 30 Aug 2028 (UTC) to 26 Oct 2028 (UTC). Stations at 19 Sept 2028, 16:31 UTC and 11 Oct 2028, 10:28 UTC.

♀︎Venus retrograde 2028· once this year

Retrograde 10 May 2028 (UTC) – 22 Jun 2028 (UTC) (6 weeks), 19°41' Gemini back to 3°10' Gemini; shadow from 7 Apr 2028 (UTC) to 26 Jul 2028 (UTC). Stations at 10 May 2028, 23:02 UTC and 22 Jun 2028, 22:14 UTC.

♂︎Mars retrograde 2028· not retrograde this year

Mars holds a straight course through 2028; 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 2028· once this year

Retrograde 12 Jan 2028 (UTC) – 13 May 2028 (UTC) (17 weeks), 27°30' Virgo back to 17°32' Virgo; shadow from 17 Oct 2027 (UTC) to 11 Aug 2028 (UTC). Stations at 12 Jan 2028, 08:53 UTC and 13 May 2028, 20:00 UTC.

♄︎Saturn retrograde 2028· once this year

Retrograde 22 Aug 2028 (UTC) – 5 Jan 2029 (UTC) (19 weeks), 11°18' Taurus back to 4°24' Taurus; shadow from 18 May 2028 (UTC) to 9 Apr 2029 (UTC). Stations at 22 Aug 2028, 22:18 UTC and 5 Jan 2029, 12:39 UTC.

♅︎Uranus retrograde 2028· twice this year

Retrograde 15 Sept 2027 (UTC) – 12 Feb 2028 (UTC) (22 weeks), 9°57' Gemini back to 5°55' Gemini; shadow from 30 May 2027 (UTC) to 29 May 2028 (UTC). Stations at 15 Sept 2027, 09:09 UTC and 12 Feb 2028, 23:49 UTC.

Retrograde 19 Sept 2028 (UTC) – 16 Feb 2029 (UTC) (21 weeks), 14°14' Gemini back to 10°12' Gemini; shadow from 2 Jun 2028 (UTC) to 3 Jun 2029 (UTC). Stations at 19 Sept 2028, 00:02 UTC and 16 Feb 2029, 10:51 UTC.

♆︎Neptune retrograde 2028· once this year

Retrograde 11 Jul 2028 (UTC) – 16 Dec 2028 (UTC) (23 weeks), 8°54' Aries back to 6°05' Aries; shadow from 20 Mar 2028 (UTC) to 6 Apr 2029 (UTC). Stations at 11 Jul 2028, 13:04 UTC and 16 Dec 2028, 20:44 UTC.

♇︎Pluto retrograde 2028· once this year

Retrograde 9 May 2028 (UTC) – 19 Oct 2028 (UTC) (23 weeks), 8°49' Aquarius back to 6°24' Aquarius; shadow from 15 Jan 2028 (UTC) to 10 Feb 2029 (UTC). Stations at 9 May 2028, 09:32 UTC and 19 Oct 2028, 03:43 UTC.

Event times use your device timezone, 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.