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 2038· 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 18 Mar – 10 Apr (3 weeks), 12°22' Aries back to 29°49' Pisces; shadow from 04 Mar to 29 Apr. Stations at 06:13 and 12:14 UT.
Retrograde 21 Jul – 14 Aug (3 weeks), 18°35' Leo back to 7°02' Leo; shadow from 03 Jul to 28 Aug. Stations at 06:54 and 08:50 UT.
Retrograde 12 Nov – 02 Dec (3 weeks), 9°24' Sagittarius back to 23°14' Scorpio; shadow from 24 Oct to 20 Dec. Stations at 14:50 and 12:34 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2038· once this year
Retrograde 14 Dec 2037 – 24 Jan (6 weeks), 21°31' Capricorn back to 6°08' Capricorn; shadow from 12 Nov 2037 to 25 Feb. Stations at 12:47 and 10:18 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2038· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2038; 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 2038· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Nov 2037 – 15 Mar (17 weeks), 29°47' Cancer back to 19°43' Cancer; shadow from 21 Aug 2037 to 11 Jun. Stations at 02:13 and 17:53 UT.
Retrograde 17 Dec – 17 Apr 2039 (17 weeks), 1°27' Virgo back to 21°25' Leo; shadow from 21 Sep to 15 Jul 2039. Stations at 08:35 and 14:50 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2038· once this year
Retrograde 26 Dec 2037 – 11 May (19 weeks), 16°14' Virgo back to 9°23' Virgo; shadow from 22 Sep 2037 to 16 Aug. Stations at 11:28 and 06:36 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2038· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Oct 2037 – 28 Mar (21 weeks), 24°11' Cancer back to 20°04' Cancer; shadow from 15 Jul 2037 to 12 Jul. Stations at 01:51 and 04:20 UT.
Retrograde 03 Nov – 01 Apr 2039 (21 weeks), 28°47' Cancer back to 24°40' Cancer; shadow from 20 Jul to 17 Jul 2039. Stations at 22:07 and 23:27 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2038· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Aug 2037 – 06 Jan (23 weeks), 29°07' Aries back to 26°18' Aries; shadow from 10 Apr 2037 to 27 Apr. Stations at 14:00 and 05:31 UT.
Retrograde 04 Aug – 08 Jan 2039 (23 weeks), 1°22' Taurus back to 28°33' Aries; shadow from 12 Apr to 30 Apr 2039. Stations at 01:54 and 16:47 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2038· once this year
Retrograde 25 May – 04 Nov (23 weeks), 24°15' Aquarius back to 21°55' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 28 Feb 2039. Stations at 02:29 and 20:03 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.