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 2029· 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 07 Jan – 27 Jan (3 weeks), 3°38' Aquarius back to 17°32' Capricorn; shadow from 21 Dec 2028 to 16 Feb. Stations at 07:55 and 18:41 UT.
Retrograde 01 May – 25 May (3 weeks), 26°40' Taurus back to 17°33' Taurus; shadow from 17 Apr to 10 Jun. Stations at 23:12 and 19:15 UT.
Retrograde 02 Sep – 25 Sep (3 weeks), 1°49' Libra back to 17°26' Virgo; shadow from 13 Aug to 09 Oct. Stations at 12:13 and 02:03 UT.
Retrograde 22 Dec – 11 Jan 2030 (3 weeks), 17°42' Capricorn back to 1°26' Capricorn; shadow from 04 Dec to 30 Jan 2030. Stations at 05:47 and 05:48 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2029· once this year
Retrograde 16 Dec – 26 Jan 2030 (6 weeks), 24°01' Capricorn back to 8°37' Capricorn; shadow from 15 Nov to 27 Feb 2030. Stations at 23:49 and 21:34 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2029· once this year
Retrograde 14 Feb – 05 May (11 weeks), 13°55' Libra back to 24°55' Virgo; shadow from 10 Dec 2028 to 09 Jul. Stations at 08:13 and 18:58 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 2029· once this year
Retrograde 10 Feb – 13 Jun (18 weeks), 27°25' Libra back to 17°30' Libra; shadow from 15 Nov 2028 to 11 Sep. Stations at 13:09 and 21:08 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2029· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Aug 2028 – 05 Jan (19 weeks), 11°18' Taurus back to 4°24' Taurus; shadow from 18 May 2028 to 09 Apr. Stations at 22:17 and 12:32 UT.
Retrograde 06 Sep – 19 Jan 2030 (19 weeks), 25°01' Taurus back to 18°05' Taurus; shadow from 02 Jun to 23 Apr 2030. Stations at 08:32 and 03:50 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2029· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Sep 2028 – 16 Feb (21 weeks), 14°14' Gemini back to 10°12' Gemini; shadow from 02 Jun 2028 to 03 Jun. Stations at 00:06 and 10:49 UT.
Retrograde 23 Sep – 20 Feb 2030 (21 weeks), 18°33' Gemini back to 14°30' Gemini; shadow from 07 Jun to 07 Jun 2030. Stations at 16:17 and 23:23 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2029· once this year
Retrograde 14 Jul – 19 Dec (23 weeks), 11°08' Aries back to 8°20' Aries; shadow from 22 Mar to 09 Apr 2030. Stations at 02:13 and 08:18 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2029· once this year
Retrograde 11 May – 21 Oct (23 weeks), 10°27' Aquarius back to 8°02' Aquarius; shadow from 16 Jan to 12 Feb 2030. Stations at 04:12 and 03:58 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.