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 2034· 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 02 Feb – 23 Feb (3 weeks), 29°06' Aquarius back to 13°44' Aquarius; shadow from 18 Jan to 16 Mar. Stations at 11:20 and 22:58 UT.
Retrograde 02 Jun – 26 Jun (3 weeks), 27°55' Gemini back to 19°16' Gemini; shadow from 18 May to 10 Jul. Stations at 05:18 and 05:28 UT.
Retrograde 30 Sep – 21 Oct (3 weeks), 28°06' Libra back to 12°41' Libra; shadow from 09 Sep to 05 Nov. Stations at 02:57 and 10:25 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2034· once this year
Retrograde 30 Sep – 11 Nov (6 weeks), 6°07' Scorpio back to 20°27' Libra; shadow from 29 Aug to 13 Dec. Stations at 19:36 and 13:58 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2034· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2034; 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 2034· once this year
Retrograde 03 Aug – 29 Nov (17 weeks), 13°57' Aries back to 4°01' Aries; shadow from 10 May to 19 Feb 2035. Stations at 03:39 and 02:26 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2034· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Nov 2033 – 16 Mar (19 weeks), 21°19' Cancer back to 14°21' Cancer; shadow from 30 Jul 2033 to 19 Jun. Stations at 06:55 and 02:32 UT.
Retrograde 16 Nov – 30 Mar 2035 (19 weeks), 5°22' Leo back to 28°25' Cancer; shadow from 13 Aug to 04 Jul 2035. Stations at 12:01 and 13:00 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2034· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Oct 2033 – 10 Mar (21 weeks), 6°06' Cancer back to 2°01' Cancer; shadow from 26 Jun 2033 to 24 Jun. Stations at 15:46 and 06:38 UT.
Retrograde 16 Oct – 14 Mar 2035 (21 weeks), 10°34' Cancer back to 6°29' Cancer; shadow from 01 Jul to 29 Jun 2035. Stations at 10:31 and 21:29 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2034· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jul – 30 Dec (23 weeks), 22°22' Aries back to 19°33' Aries; shadow from 03 Apr to 20 Apr 2035. Stations at 22:54 and 20:18 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2034· once this year
Retrograde 19 May – 29 Oct (23 weeks), 18°18' Aquarius back to 15°57' Aquarius; shadow from 23 Jan to 21 Feb 2035. Stations at 06:35 and 13:58 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.