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 2039· 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 01 Mar – 23 Mar (3 weeks), 25°15' Pisces back to 11°21' Pisces; shadow from 14 Feb to 12 Apr. Stations at 04:12 and 19:23 UT.
Retrograde 02 Jul – 27 Jul (3 weeks), 29°22' Cancer back to 19°14' Cancer; shadow from 16 Jun to 10 Aug. Stations at 21:47 and 03:07 UT.
Retrograde 27 Oct – 16 Nov (3 weeks), 23°32' Scorpio back to 7°33' Scorpio; shadow from 07 Oct to 03 Dec. Stations at 03:51 and 10:39 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2039· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jul – 30 Aug (6 weeks), 24°14' Leo back to 7°50' Leo; shadow from 14 Jun to 02 Oct. Stations at 08:35 and 10:12 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2039· once this year
Retrograde 23 Nov – 09 Feb 2040 (11 weeks), 21°45' Cancer back to 3°01' Cancer; shadow from 24 Sep to 15 Apr 2040. Stations at 20:45 and 11:48 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 2039· once this year
Retrograde 17 Dec 2038 – 17 Apr (17 weeks), 1°27' Virgo back to 21°25' Leo; shadow from 21 Sep 2038 to 15 Jul. Stations at 08:35 and 14:50 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2039· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jan – 25 May (20 weeks), 29°17' Virgo back to 22°28' Virgo; shadow from 05 Oct 2038 to 30 Aug. Stations at 11:59 and 03:03 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2039· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Nov 2038 – 01 Apr (21 weeks), 28°47' Cancer back to 24°40' Cancer; shadow from 20 Jul 2038 to 17 Jul. Stations at 22:07 and 23:27 UT.
Retrograde 08 Nov – 05 Apr 2040 (21 weeks), 3°25' Leo back to 29°17' Cancer; shadow from 25 Jul to 21 Jul 2040. Stations at 20:57 and 21:54 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2039· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Aug 2038 – 08 Jan (23 weeks), 1°22' Taurus back to 28°33' Aries; shadow from 12 Apr 2038 to 30 Apr. Stations at 01:54 and 16:47 UT.
Retrograde 06 Aug – 11 Jan 2040 (23 weeks), 3°37' Taurus back to 0°48' Taurus; shadow from 15 Apr to 01 May 2040. Stations at 16:04 and 05:25 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2039· once this year
Retrograde 26 May – 06 Nov (23 weeks), 25°41' Aquarius back to 23°23' Aquarius; shadow from 29 Jan to 01 Mar 2040. Stations at 19:20 and 13:43 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.