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 2032· 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 07 Mar – 30 Mar (3 weeks), 2°23' Aries back to 19°02' Pisces; shadow from 22 Feb to 18 Apr. Stations at 16:25 and 14:31 UT.
Retrograde 10 Jul – 03 Aug (3 weeks), 7°32' Leo back to 26°49' Cancer; shadow from 22 Jun to 17 Aug. Stations at 02:29 and 06:57 UT.
Retrograde 02 Nov – 22 Nov (3 weeks), 0°12' Sagittarius back to 14°07' Scorpio; shadow from 13 Oct to 09 Dec. Stations at 11:53 and 14:03 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2032· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2032; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2032· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2032; 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 2032· once this year
Retrograde 19 May – 17 Sep (17 weeks), 2°08' Aquarius back to 22°18' Capricorn; shadow from 23 Feb to 11 Dec. Stations at 14:47 and 19:56 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2032· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Oct 2031 – 16 Feb (19 weeks), 23°01' Gemini back to 16°03' Gemini; shadow from 01 Jul 2031 to 20 May. Stations at 10:51 and 07:11 UT.
Retrograde 18 Oct – 01 Mar 2033 (19 weeks), 7°10' Cancer back to 0°12' Cancer; shadow from 15 Jul to 04 Jun 2033. Stations at 22:16 and 16:05 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2032· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Oct 2031 – 01 Mar (21 weeks), 27°15' Gemini back to 23°11' Gemini; shadow from 17 Jun 2031 to 15 Jun. Stations at 02:25 and 01:32 UT.
Retrograde 06 Oct – 05 Mar 2033 (21 weeks), 1°39' Cancer back to 27°35' Gemini; shadow from 21 Jun to 20 Jun 2033. Stations at 19:58 and 14:58 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2032· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jul – 25 Dec (23 weeks), 17°52' Aries back to 15°03' Aries; shadow from 29 Mar to 15 Apr 2033. Stations at 20:33 and 21:13 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2032· once this year
Retrograde 15 May – 25 Oct (23 weeks), 15°13' Aquarius back to 12°50' Aquarius; shadow from 21 Jan to 17 Feb 2033. Stations at 16:21 and 20:25 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.