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 2048· 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 20 Jan – 09 Feb (3 weeks), 15°32' Aquarius back to 29°41' Capricorn; shadow from 04 Jan to 01 Mar. Stations at 01:47 and 22:48 UT.
Retrograde 16 May – 08 Jun (3 weeks), 11°07' Gemini back to 2°30' Gemini; shadow from 01 May to 24 Jun. Stations at 01:36 and 21:51 UT.
Retrograde 15 Sep – 07 Oct (3 weeks), 14°18' Libra back to 29°22' Virgo; shadow from 25 Aug to 22 Oct. Stations at 01:03 and 00:33 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2048· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2048; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2048· once this year
Retrograde 30 Apr – 10 Jul (10 weeks), 20°22' Sagittarius back to 5°31' Sagittarius; shadow from 04 Mar to 31 Aug. Stations at 16:49 and 22:44 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 2048· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Sep 2047 – 10 Jan (17 weeks), 25°41' Taurus back to 15°40' Taurus; shadow from 21 Jun 2047 to 02 Apr. Stations at 12:34 and 02:18 UT.
Retrograde 18 Oct – 14 Feb 2049 (17 weeks), 1°01' Cancer back to 20°57' Gemini; shadow from 24 Jul to 10 May 2049. Stations at 15:59 and 00:17 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2048· once this year
Retrograde 24 Apr – 12 Sep (20 weeks), 15°59' Capricorn back to 9°21' Capricorn; shadow from 18 Jan to 19 Dec. Stations at 07:52 and 17:01 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2048· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Dec 2047 – 13 May (21 weeks), 11°10' Virgo back to 7°01' Virgo; shadow from 03 Sep 2047 to 28 Aug. Stations at 16:57 and 22:37 UT.
Retrograde 20 Dec – 19 May 2049 (21 weeks), 15°57' Virgo back to 11°48' Virgo; shadow from 07 Sep to 02 Sep 2049. Stations at 17:56 and 01:08 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2048· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Aug 2047 – 29 Jan (22 weeks), 21°37' Taurus back to 18°48' Taurus; shadow from 03 May 2047 to 19 May. Stations at 01:05 and 01:16 UT.
Retrograde 26 Aug – 30 Jan 2049 (22 weeks), 23°52' Taurus back to 21°03' Taurus; shadow from 05 May to 22 May 2049. Stations at 14:48 and 13:48 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2048· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jun – 18 Nov (23 weeks), 8°05' Pisces back to 5°51' Pisces; shadow from 09 Feb to 15 Mar 2049. Stations at 07:57 and 17:15 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.