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 2043· 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 25 Dec 2042 – 14 Jan (3 weeks), 20°16' Capricorn back to 4°00' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Dec 2042 to 02 Feb. Stations at 00:42 and 01:52 UT.
Retrograde 16 Apr – 10 May (3 weeks), 10°45' Taurus back to 0°36' Taurus; shadow from 02 Apr to 27 May. Stations at 06:15 and 00:25 UT.
Retrograde 19 Aug – 11 Sep (3 weeks), 17°19' Virgo back to 3°45' Virgo; shadow from 30 Jul to 25 Sep. Stations at 01:35 and 07:00 UT.
Retrograde 08 Dec – 28 Dec (3 weeks), 4°24' Capricorn back to 18°06' Sagittarius; shadow from 20 Nov to 16 Jan 2044. Stations at 21:53 and 16:51 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2043· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2043; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2043· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2043; 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 2043· once this year
Retrograde 20 Apr – 20 Aug (18 weeks), 3°35' Capricorn back to 23°45' Sagittarius; shadow from 24 Jan to 14 Nov. Stations at 04:05 and 18:38 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2043· once this year
Retrograde 25 Feb – 15 Jul (20 weeks), 18°30' Scorpio back to 11°50' Scorpio; shadow from 22 Nov 2042 to 22 Oct. Stations at 23:45 and 18:05 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2043· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Nov 2042 – 20 Apr (21 weeks), 17°26' Leo back to 13°18' Leo; shadow from 09 Aug 2042 to 05 Aug. Stations at 15:26 and 17:40 UT.
Retrograde 27 Nov – 24 Apr 2044 (21 weeks), 22°09' Leo back to 18°01' Leo; shadow from 14 Aug to 09 Aug 2044. Stations at 15:43 and 18:44 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2043· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Aug 2042 – 17 Jan (22 weeks), 10°21' Taurus back to 7°32' Taurus; shadow from 21 Apr 2042 to 09 May. Stations at 09:11 and 16:51 UT.
Retrograde 15 Aug – 20 Jan 2044 (22 weeks), 12°36' Taurus back to 9°47' Taurus; shadow from 24 Apr to 10 May 2044. Stations at 22:04 and 05:36 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2043· once this year
Retrograde 01 Jun – 12 Nov (23 weeks), 1°19' Pisces back to 29°03' Aquarius; shadow from 03 Feb to 07 Mar 2044. Stations at 08:45 and 11:12 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.