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 2041· 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 26 Jan – 16 Feb (3 weeks), 22°18' Aquarius back to 6°40' Aquarius; shadow from 10 Jan to 08 Mar. Stations at 06:13 and 10:31 UT.
Retrograde 24 May – 17 Jun (3 weeks), 19°28' Gemini back to 10°55' Gemini; shadow from 09 May to 02 Jul. Stations at 15:32 and 13:43 UT.
Retrograde 22 Sep – 14 Oct (3 weeks), 21°14' Libra back to 6°02' Libra; shadow from 02 Sep to 29 Oct. Stations at 14:39 and 05:55 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2041· once this year
Retrograde 25 Feb – 08 Apr (6 weeks), 6°11' Aries back to 20°02' Pisces; shadow from 23 Jan to 11 May. Stations at 06:10 and 05:09 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2041· once this year
Retrograde 28 Dec – 18 Mar 2042 (12 weeks), 27°39' Leo back to 8°10' Leo; shadow from 24 Oct to 25 May 2042. Stations at 05:40 and 19:54 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 2041· once this year
Retrograde 14 Feb – 18 Jun (18 weeks), 1°45' Scorpio back to 21°51' Libra; shadow from 19 Nov 2040 to 15 Sep. Stations at 20:21 and 06:18 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2041· once this year
Retrograde 01 Feb – 20 Jun (20 weeks), 24°26' Libra back to 17°42' Libra; shadow from 29 Oct 2040 to 26 Sep. Stations at 15:58 and 01:08 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2041· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Nov 2040 – 10 Apr (21 weeks), 8°04' Leo back to 3°56' Leo; shadow from 30 Jul 2040 to 26 Jul. Stations at 17:59 and 19:00 UT.
Retrograde 17 Nov – 15 Apr 2042 (21 weeks), 12°45' Leo back to 8°37' Leo; shadow from 04 Aug to 31 Jul 2042. Stations at 17:24 and 19:12 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2041· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Aug 2040 – 12 Jan (22 weeks), 5°52' Taurus back to 3°03' Taurus; shadow from 16 Apr 2040 to 04 May. Stations at 05:19 and 16:42 UT.
Retrograde 10 Aug – 15 Jan 2042 (22 weeks), 8°07' Taurus back to 5°17' Taurus; shadow from 19 Apr to 06 May 2042. Stations at 19:05 and 05:56 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2041· once this year
Retrograde 29 May – 09 Nov (23 weeks), 28°32' Aquarius back to 26°14' Aquarius; shadow from 31 Jan to 05 Mar 2042. Stations at 03:16 and 00:35 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.