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 2035· 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 17 Jan – 07 Feb (3 weeks), 12°56' Aquarius back to 27°01' Capricorn; shadow from 01 Jan to 27 Feb. Stations at 06:42 and 01:26 UT.
Retrograde 13 May – 06 Jun (3 weeks), 7°59' Gemini back to 29°18' Taurus; shadow from 29 Apr to 22 Jun. Stations at 18:46 and 14:45 UT.
Retrograde 13 Sep – 05 Oct (3 weeks), 11°37' Libra back to 26°47' Virgo; shadow from 23 Aug to 20 Oct. Stations at 02:22 and 04:56 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2035· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2035; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2035· once this year
Retrograde 15 Aug – 15 Oct (9 weeks), 28°26' Pisces back to 17°45' Pisces; shadow from 03 Jul to 28 Nov. Stations at 10:08 and 08:34 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 2035· once this year
Retrograde 09 Sep – 05 Jan 2036 (17 weeks), 20°43' Taurus back to 10°42' Taurus; shadow from 16 Jun to 28 Mar 2036. Stations at 14:18 and 04:01 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2035· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Nov 2034 – 30 Mar (19 weeks), 5°22' Leo back to 28°25' Cancer; shadow from 13 Aug 2034 to 04 Jul. Stations at 12:01 and 13:00 UT.
Retrograde 30 Nov – 12 Apr 2036 (19 weeks), 19°14' Leo back to 12°19' Leo; shadow from 28 Aug to 18 Jul 2036. Stations at 11:16 and 22:36 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2035· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Oct 2034 – 14 Mar (21 weeks), 10°34' Cancer back to 6°29' Cancer; shadow from 01 Jul 2034 to 29 Jun. Stations at 10:31 and 21:29 UT.
Retrograde 21 Oct – 18 Mar 2036 (21 weeks), 15°04' Cancer back to 10°59' Cancer; shadow from 06 Jul to 03 Jul 2036. Stations at 07:55 and 15:17 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2035· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jul – 02 Jan 2036 (23 weeks), 24°37' Aries back to 21°48' Aries; shadow from 06 Apr to 22 Apr 2036. Stations at 12:43 and 06:49 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2035· once this year
Retrograde 20 May – 31 Oct (23 weeks), 19°49' Aquarius back to 17°28' Aquarius; shadow from 24 Jan to 23 Feb 2036. Stations at 23:03 and 11:34 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.