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 2036· 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 01 Jan – 21 Jan (3 weeks), 26°55' Capricorn back to 10°44' Capricorn; shadow from 15 Dec 2035 to 10 Feb. Stations at 04:23 and 09:43 UT.
Retrograde 23 Apr – 17 May (3 weeks), 18°37' Taurus back to 9°02' Taurus; shadow from 09 Apr to 02 Jun. Stations at 13:18 and 08:29 UT.
Retrograde 25 Aug – 17 Sep (3 weeks), 24°38' Virgo back to 10°38' Virgo; shadow from 05 Aug to 02 Oct. Stations at 19:46 and 17:19 UT.
Retrograde 15 Dec – 03 Jan 2037 (3 weeks), 11°02' Capricorn back to 24°44' Sagittarius; shadow from 27 Nov to 23 Jan 2037. Stations at 02:02 and 23:02 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2036· once this year
Retrograde 08 May – 20 Jun (6 weeks), 17°31' Gemini back to 1°01' Gemini; shadow from 05 Apr to 24 Jul. Stations at 15:56 and 14:10 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2036· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2036; 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 2036· twice this year
Retrograde 09 Sep 2035 – 05 Jan (17 weeks), 20°43' Taurus back to 10°42' Taurus; shadow from 16 Jun 2035 to 28 Mar. Stations at 14:18 and 04:01 UT.
Retrograde 14 Oct – 09 Feb 2037 (17 weeks), 26°14' Gemini back to 16°10' Gemini; shadow from 20 Jul to 06 May 2037. Stations at 01:34 and 07:42 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2036· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Nov 2035 – 12 Apr (19 weeks), 19°14' Leo back to 12°19' Leo; shadow from 28 Aug 2035 to 18 Jul. Stations at 11:16 and 22:36 UT.
Retrograde 13 Dec – 27 Apr 2037 (19 weeks), 2°53' Virgo back to 25°59' Leo; shadow from 09 Sep to 01 Aug 2037. Stations at 03:02 and 05:01 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2036· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Oct 2035 – 18 Mar (21 weeks), 15°04' Cancer back to 10°59' Cancer; shadow from 06 Jul 2035 to 03 Jul. Stations at 07:55 and 15:17 UT.
Retrograde 25 Oct – 23 Mar 2037 (21 weeks), 19°36' Cancer back to 15°31' Cancer; shadow from 10 Jul to 07 Jul 2037. Stations at 03:32 and 08:10 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2036· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Jul 2035 – 02 Jan (23 weeks), 24°37' Aries back to 21°48' Aries; shadow from 06 Apr 2035 to 22 Apr. Stations at 12:43 and 06:49 UT.
Retrograde 30 Jul – 03 Jan 2037 (23 weeks), 26°52' Aries back to 24°03' Aries; shadow from 07 Apr to 25 Apr 2037. Stations at 00:06 and 18:16 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2036· once this year
Retrograde 21 May – 01 Nov (23 weeks), 21°18' Aquarius back to 18°58' Aquarius; shadow from 26 Jan to 24 Feb 2037. Stations at 15:35 and 07:52 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.