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 2049· 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 02 Jan – 23 Jan (3 weeks), 29°30' Capricorn back to 13°21' Capricorn; shadow from 17 Dec 2048 to 12 Feb. Stations at 23:13 and 06:21 UT.
Retrograde 26 Apr – 20 May (3 weeks), 21°39' Taurus back to 12°15' Taurus; shadow from 12 Apr to 05 Jun. Stations at 18:24 and 13:58 UT.
Retrograde 28 Aug – 20 Sep (3 weeks), 27°24' Virgo back to 13°16' Virgo; shadow from 08 Aug to 05 Oct. Stations at 19:20 and 14:10 UT.
Retrograde 17 Dec – 06 Jan 2050 (3 weeks), 13°36' Capricorn back to 27°19' Sagittarius; shadow from 30 Nov to 26 Jan 2050. Stations at 20:56 and 18:55 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2049· once this year
Retrograde 22 Feb – 05 Apr (6 weeks), 3°52' Aries back to 17°44' Pisces; shadow from 21 Jan to 08 May. Stations at 20:46 and 18:38 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2049· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2049; 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 2049· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Oct 2048 – 14 Feb (17 weeks), 1°01' Cancer back to 20°57' Gemini; shadow from 24 Jul 2048 to 10 May. Stations at 15:59 and 00:17 UT.
Retrograde 20 Nov – 20 Mar 2050 (17 weeks), 4°22' Leo back to 24°18' Cancer; shadow from 26 Aug to 16 Jun 2050. Stations at 12:40 and 09:05 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2049· once this year
Retrograde 06 May – 24 Sep (20 weeks), 27°24' Capricorn back to 20°46' Capricorn; shadow from 28 Jan to 30 Dec. Stations at 09:18 and 15:31 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2049· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Dec 2048 – 19 May (21 weeks), 15°57' Virgo back to 11°48' Virgo; shadow from 07 Sep 2048 to 02 Sep. Stations at 17:56 and 01:08 UT.
Retrograde 25 Dec – 24 May 2050 (21 weeks), 20°45' Virgo back to 16°36' Virgo; shadow from 12 Sep to 07 Sep 2050. Stations at 18:03 and 04:00 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2049· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Aug 2048 – 30 Jan (22 weeks), 23°52' Taurus back to 21°03' Taurus; shadow from 05 May 2048 to 22 May. Stations at 14:48 and 13:48 UT.
Retrograde 29 Aug – 02 Feb 2050 (22 weeks), 26°07' Taurus back to 23°18' Taurus; shadow from 07 May to 25 May 2050. Stations at 03:08 and 01:03 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2049· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jun – 20 Nov (24 weeks), 9°23' Pisces back to 7°10' Pisces; shadow from 10 Feb to 17 Mar 2050. Stations at 19:11 and 09:40 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.