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 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 – 14 Feb (3 weeks), 19°41' Aquarius back to 3°59' Aquarius; shadow from 08 Jan to 05 Mar. Stations at 11:02 and 12:42 UT.
Retrograde 21 May – 14 Jun (3 weeks), 16°18' Gemini back to 7°45' Gemini; shadow from 06 May to 29 Jun. Stations at 08:41 and 06:06 UT.
Retrograde 19 Sep – 11 Oct (3 weeks), 18°35' Libra back to 3°28' Libra; shadow from 30 Aug to 26 Oct. Stations at 16:28 and 10:30 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2028· once this year
Retrograde 10 May – 22 Jun (6 weeks), 19°41' Gemini back to 3°10' Gemini; shadow from 07 Apr to 26 Jul. Stations at 23:01 and 22:14 UT.
♂︎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 – 13 May (17 weeks), 27°30' Virgo back to 17°32' Virgo; shadow from 17 Oct 2027 to 11 Aug. Stations at 08:49 and 19:58 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2028· once this year
Retrograde 22 Aug – 05 Jan 2029 (19 weeks), 11°18' Taurus back to 4°24' Taurus; shadow from 18 May to 09 Apr 2029. Stations at 22:17 and 12:32 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2028· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Sep 2027 – 12 Feb (22 weeks), 9°57' Gemini back to 5°55' Gemini; shadow from 30 May 2027 to 29 May. Stations at 09:15 and 23:40 UT.
Retrograde 19 Sep – 16 Feb 2029 (21 weeks), 14°14' Gemini back to 10°12' Gemini; shadow from 02 Jun to 03 Jun 2029. Stations at 00:06 and 10:49 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2028· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jul – 16 Dec (23 weeks), 8°54' Aries back to 6°05' Aries; shadow from 20 Mar to 06 Apr 2029. Stations at 13:18 and 20:56 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2028· once this year
Retrograde 09 May – 19 Oct (23 weeks), 8°49' Aquarius back to 6°24' Aquarius; shadow from 15 Jan to 10 Feb 2029. Stations at 08:48 and 04:19 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.