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 2042· 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 10 Jan – 30 Jan (3 weeks), 6°12' Aquarius back to 20°09' Capricorn; shadow from 24 Dec 2041 to 19 Feb. Stations at 02:46 and 15:32 UT.
Retrograde 05 May – 29 May (3 weeks), 29°45' Taurus back to 20°46' Taurus; shadow from 21 Apr to 13 Jun. Stations at 05:22 and 01:26 UT.
Retrograde 05 Sep – 27 Sep (3 weeks), 4°33' Libra back to 20°03' Virgo; shadow from 16 Aug to 12 Oct. Stations at 11:16 and 22:21 UT.
Retrograde 25 Dec – 14 Jan 2043 (3 weeks), 20°16' Capricorn back to 4°00' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Dec to 02 Feb 2043. Stations at 00:42 and 01:52 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2042· once this year
Retrograde 28 Sep – 09 Nov (6 weeks), 3°46' Scorpio back to 18°04' Libra; shadow from 26 Aug to 11 Dec. Stations at 08:42 and 04:02 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2042· once this year
Retrograde 28 Dec 2041 – 18 Mar (12 weeks), 27°39' Leo back to 8°10' Leo; shadow from 24 Oct 2041 to 25 May. 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 2042· once this year
Retrograde 18 Mar – 19 Jul (18 weeks), 2°04' Sagittarius back to 22°12' Scorpio; shadow from 21 Dec 2041 to 15 Oct. Stations at 02:39 and 12:45 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2042· once this year
Retrograde 13 Feb – 02 Jul (20 weeks), 6°36' Scorpio back to 29°53' Libra; shadow from 10 Nov 2041 to 09 Oct. Stations at 22:58 and 23:57 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2042· twice this year
Retrograde 17 Nov 2041 – 15 Apr (21 weeks), 12°45' Leo back to 8°37' Leo; shadow from 04 Aug 2041 to 31 Jul. Stations at 17:24 and 19:12 UT.
Retrograde 22 Nov – 20 Apr 2043 (21 weeks), 17°26' Leo back to 13°18' Leo; shadow from 09 Aug to 05 Aug 2043. Stations at 15:26 and 17:40 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2042· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Aug 2041 – 15 Jan (22 weeks), 8°07' Taurus back to 5°17' Taurus; shadow from 19 Apr 2041 to 06 May. Stations at 19:05 and 05:56 UT.
Retrograde 13 Aug – 17 Jan 2043 (22 weeks), 10°21' Taurus back to 7°32' Taurus; shadow from 21 Apr to 09 May 2043. Stations at 09:11 and 16:51 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2042· once this year
Retrograde 30 May – 10 Nov (23 weeks), 29°56' Aquarius back to 27°39' Aquarius; shadow from 02 Feb to 06 Mar 2043. Stations at 16:58 and 19:01 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.