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 2052· 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 03 Mar – 25 Mar (3 weeks), 27°59' Pisces back to 14°16' Pisces; shadow from 17 Feb to 14 Apr. Stations at 01:50 and 19:25 UT.
Retrograde 05 Jul – 29 Jul (3 weeks), 2°29' Leo back to 22°09' Cancer; shadow from 17 Jun to 12 Aug. Stations at 01:41 and 06:49 UT.
Retrograde 29 Oct – 18 Nov (3 weeks), 26°07' Scorpio back to 10°06' Scorpio; shadow from 09 Oct to 05 Dec. Stations at 00:25 and 05:25 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2052· once this year
Retrograde 04 May – 15 Jun (6 weeks), 13°12' Gemini back to 26°42' Taurus; shadow from 31 Mar to 19 Jul. Stations at 02:06 and 23:09 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2052· once this year
Retrograde 22 Sep – 29 Nov (10 weeks), 13°22' Taurus back to 29°11' Aries; shadow from 05 Aug to 21 Jan 2053. Stations at 19:10 and 06:16 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 2052· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jan – 22 May (18 weeks), 6°09' Libra back to 26°11' Virgo; shadow from 25 Oct 2051 to 20 Aug. Stations at 18:55 and 13:44 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2052· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jun – 29 Oct (20 weeks), 2°27' Pisces back to 25°45' Aquarius; shadow from 05 Mar to 02 Feb 2053. Stations at 17:31 and 13:13 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2052· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jan – 02 Jun (21 weeks), 0°20' Libra back to 26°11' Virgo; shadow from 22 Sep 2051 to 16 Sep. Stations at 18:21 and 12:05 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2052· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Sep 2051 – 07 Feb (22 weeks), 0°37' Gemini back to 27°48' Taurus; shadow from 12 May 2051 to 29 May. Stations at 05:59 and 02:20 UT.
Retrograde 04 Sep – 08 Feb 2053 (22 weeks), 2°52' Gemini back to 0°03' Gemini; shadow from 13 May to 31 May 2053. Stations at 18:38 and 15:49 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2052· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jun – 23 Nov (23 weeks), 13°14' Pisces back to 11°02' Pisces; shadow from 14 Feb to 21 Mar 2053. Stations at 12:52 and 23:16 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.