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 2050· 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 17 Dec 2049 – 06 Jan (3 weeks), 13°36' Capricorn back to 27°19' Sagittarius; shadow from 30 Nov 2049 to 26 Jan. Stations at 20:56 and 18:55 UT.
Retrograde 08 Apr – 01 May (3 weeks), 3°01' Taurus back to 22°14' Aries; shadow from 25 Mar to 19 May. Stations at 02:27 and 19:12 UT.
Retrograde 11 Aug – 03 Sep (3 weeks), 9°52' Virgo back to 26°48' Leo; shadow from 22 Jul to 17 Sep. Stations at 06:25 and 18:35 UT.
Retrograde 01 Dec – 21 Dec (3 weeks), 27°47' Sagittarius back to 11°29' Sagittarius; shadow from 13 Nov to 08 Jan 2051. Stations at 17:12 and 11:38 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2050· once this year
Retrograde 25 Sep – 06 Nov (6 weeks), 1°26' Scorpio back to 15°42' Libra; shadow from 24 Aug to 08 Dec. Stations at 22:17 and 18:44 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2050· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jul – 13 Sep (9 weeks), 26°42' Aquarius back to 16°42' Aquarius; shadow from 02 Jun to 24 Oct. Stations at 06:06 and 11:02 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 2050· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Nov 2049 – 20 Mar (17 weeks), 4°22' Leo back to 24°18' Cancer; shadow from 26 Aug 2049 to 16 Jun. Stations at 12:40 and 09:05 UT.
Retrograde 21 Dec – 22 Apr 2051 (17 weeks), 5°52' Virgo back to 25°51' Leo; shadow from 25 Sep to 20 Jul 2051. Stations at 13:16 and 00:09 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2050· once this year
Retrograde 18 May – 06 Oct (20 weeks), 8°55' Aquarius back to 2°16' Aquarius; shadow from 09 Feb to 11 Jan 2051. Stations at 14:19 and 12:36 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2050· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Dec 2049 – 24 May (21 weeks), 20°45' Virgo back to 16°36' Virgo; shadow from 12 Sep 2049 to 07 Sep. Stations at 18:03 and 04:00 UT.
Retrograde 30 Dec – 29 May 2051 (21 weeks), 25°32' Virgo back to 21°23' Virgo; shadow from 17 Sep to 12 Sep 2051. Stations at 18:58 and 08:23 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2050· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Aug 2049 – 02 Feb (22 weeks), 26°07' Taurus back to 23°18' Taurus; shadow from 07 May 2049 to 25 May. Stations at 03:08 and 01:03 UT.
Retrograde 31 Aug – 04 Feb 2051 (22 weeks), 28°23' Taurus back to 25°33' Taurus; shadow from 10 May to 27 May 2051. Stations at 16:30 and 14:40 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2050· once this year
Retrograde 10 Jun – 21 Nov (24 weeks), 10°41' Pisces back to 8°28' Pisces; shadow from 11 Feb to 19 Mar 2051. Stations at 10:04 and 22:14 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.