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 2044· 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 28 Mar – 20 Apr (3 weeks), 22°35' Aries back to 10°54' Aries; shadow from 14 Mar to 08 May. Stations at 01:34 and 13:33 UT.
Retrograde 31 Jul – 24 Aug (3 weeks), 29°22' Leo back to 17°02' Leo; shadow from 12 Jul to 07 Sep. Stations at 08:24 and 04:07 UT.
Retrograde 21 Nov – 11 Dec (3 weeks), 18°36' Sagittarius back to 2°21' Sagittarius; shadow from 02 Nov to 29 Dec. Stations at 16:46 and 11:38 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2044· once this year
Retrograde 06 May – 18 Jun (6 weeks), 15°22' Gemini back to 28°51' Taurus; shadow from 03 Apr to 22 Jul. Stations at 09:02 and 06:35 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2044· once this year
Retrograde 31 Jan – 21 Apr (12 weeks), 0°52' Libra back to 11°34' Virgo; shadow from 26 Nov 2043 to 26 Jun. Stations at 23:09 and 23:39 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 2044· once this year
Retrograde 24 May – 22 Sep (17 weeks), 6°57' Aquarius back to 27°06' Capricorn; shadow from 28 Feb to 15 Dec. Stations at 14:01 and 14:50 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2044· once this year
Retrograde 08 Mar – 27 Jul (20 weeks), 0°13' Sagittarius back to 23°34' Scorpio; shadow from 03 Dec 2043 to 02 Nov. Stations at 22:19 and 07:20 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2044· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Nov 2043 – 24 Apr (21 weeks), 22°09' Leo back to 18°01' Leo; shadow from 14 Aug 2043 to 09 Aug. Stations at 15:43 and 18:44 UT.
Retrograde 01 Dec – 29 Apr 2045 (21 weeks), 26°53' Leo back to 22°44' Leo; shadow from 18 Aug to 14 Aug 2045. Stations at 15:02 and 18:24 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2044· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Aug 2043 – 20 Jan (22 weeks), 12°36' Taurus back to 9°47' Taurus; shadow from 24 Apr 2043 to 10 May. Stations at 22:04 and 05:36 UT.
Retrograde 17 Aug – 21 Jan 2045 (22 weeks), 14°51' Taurus back to 12°02' Taurus; shadow from 25 Apr to 13 May 2045. Stations at 12:11 and 16:09 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2044· once this year
Retrograde 01 Jun – 13 Nov (23 weeks), 2°42' Pisces back to 0°26' Pisces; shadow from 05 Feb to 09 Mar 2045. Stations at 23:42 and 03:36 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.