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 2046· 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 21 Feb – 16 Mar (3 weeks), 18°14' Pisces back to 3°51' Pisces; shadow from 07 Feb to 04 Apr. Stations at 17:58 and 02:15 UT.
Retrograde 24 Jun – 18 Jul (3 weeks), 21°06' Cancer back to 11°30' Cancer; shadow from 08 Jun to 02 Aug. Stations at 15:02 and 19:43 UT.
Retrograde 19 Oct – 09 Nov (3 weeks), 16°51' Scorpio back to 0°59' Scorpio; shadow from 29 Sep to 25 Nov. Stations at 18:53 and 07:26 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2046· once this year
Retrograde 12 Dec 2045 – 21 Jan (6 weeks), 19°01' Capricorn back to 3°40' Capricorn; shadow from 10 Nov 2045 to 22 Feb. Stations at 01:32 and 22:57 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2046· once this year
Retrograde 11 Mar – 28 May (11 weeks), 6°13' Scorpio back to 18°06' Libra; shadow from 05 Jan to 28 Jul. Stations at 02:11 and 15:29 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 2046· once this year
Retrograde 08 Aug – 04 Dec (17 weeks), 19°00' Aries back to 9°03' Aries; shadow from 15 May to 24 Feb 2047. Stations at 04:08 and 01:05 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2046· once this year
Retrograde 01 Apr – 20 Aug (20 weeks), 23°13' Sagittarius back to 16°36' Sagittarius; shadow from 25 Dec 2045 to 26 Nov. Stations at 14:55 and 19:12 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2046· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Dec 2045 – 04 May (21 weeks), 1°38' Virgo back to 27°29' Leo; shadow from 23 Aug 2045 to 19 Aug. Stations at 15:51 and 19:48 UT.
Retrograde 11 Dec – 09 May 2047 (21 weeks), 6°24' Virgo back to 2°15' Virgo; shadow from 29 Aug to 24 Aug 2047. Stations at 16:16 and 20:39 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2046· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Aug 2045 – 24 Jan (22 weeks), 17°06' Taurus back to 14°18' Taurus; shadow from 28 Apr 2045 to 15 May. Stations at 23:51 and 03:32 UT.
Retrograde 22 Aug – 26 Jan 2047 (22 weeks), 19°22' Taurus back to 16°33' Taurus; shadow from 30 Apr to 18 May 2047. Stations at 13:34 and 14:28 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2046· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jun – 16 Nov (23 weeks), 5°25' Pisces back to 3°10' Pisces; shadow from 07 Feb to 13 Mar 2047. Stations at 07:10 and 08:41 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.