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 2047· 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 05 Feb – 26 Feb (3 weeks), 1°45' Pisces back to 16°28' Aquarius; shadow from 21 Jan to 19 Mar. Stations at 06:59 and 21:09 UT.
Retrograde 05 Jun – 29 Jun (3 weeks), 1°07' Cancer back to 22°24' Gemini; shadow from 21 May to 14 Jul. Stations at 12:00 and 12:38 UT.
Retrograde 03 Oct – 24 Oct (3 weeks), 0°44' Scorpio back to 15°15' Libra; shadow from 12 Sep to 08 Nov. Stations at 00:42 and 05:22 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2047· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jul – 28 Aug (6 weeks), 22°05' Leo back to 5°40' Leo; shadow from 12 Jun to 30 Sep. Stations at 23:45 and 02:06 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2047· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2047; 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 2047· once this year
Retrograde 14 Sep – 10 Jan 2048 (17 weeks), 25°41' Taurus back to 15°40' Taurus; shadow from 21 Jun to 02 Apr 2048. Stations at 12:34 and 02:18 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2047· once this year
Retrograde 13 Apr – 01 Sep (20 weeks), 4°36' Capricorn back to 27°59' Sagittarius; shadow from 06 Jan to 08 Dec. Stations at 11:28 and 18:24 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2047· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Dec 2046 – 09 May (21 weeks), 6°24' Virgo back to 2°15' Virgo; shadow from 29 Aug 2046 to 24 Aug. Stations at 16:16 and 20:39 UT.
Retrograde 16 Dec – 13 May 2048 (21 weeks), 11°10' Virgo back to 7°01' Virgo; shadow from 03 Sep to 28 Aug 2048. Stations at 16:57 and 22:37 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2047· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Aug 2046 – 26 Jan (22 weeks), 19°22' Taurus back to 16°33' Taurus; shadow from 30 Apr 2046 to 18 May. Stations at 13:34 and 14:28 UT.
Retrograde 25 Aug – 29 Jan 2048 (22 weeks), 21°37' Taurus back to 18°48' Taurus; shadow from 03 May to 19 May 2048. Stations at 01:05 and 01:16 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2047· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jun – 18 Nov (23 weeks), 6°45' Pisces back to 4°31' Pisces; shadow from 08 Feb to 13 Mar 2048. Stations at 19:55 and 00:50 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.