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 2054· 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 29 Jan – 19 Feb (3 weeks), 24°55' Aquarius back to 9°22' Aquarius; shadow from 13 Jan to 11 Mar. Stations at 01:29 and 08:23 UT.
Retrograde 27 May – 20 Jun (3 weeks), 22°40' Gemini back to 14°06' Gemini; shadow from 13 May to 05 Jul. Stations at 22:24 and 21:24 UT.
Retrograde 25 Sep – 17 Oct (3 weeks), 23°53' Libra back to 8°36' Libra; shadow from 05 Sep to 01 Nov. Stations at 12:38 and 01:12 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2054· once this year
Retrograde 09 Dec 2053 – 19 Jan (6 weeks), 16°32' Capricorn back to 1°12' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Nov 2053 to 20 Feb. Stations at 13:55 and 11:24 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2054· once this year
Retrograde 08 Nov – 23 Jan 2055 (11 weeks), 5°54' Cancer back to 17°53' Gemini; shadow from 11 Sep to 28 Mar 2055. Stations at 18:44 and 10:01 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 2054· once this year
Retrograde 22 Mar – 23 Jul (18 weeks), 6°28' Sagittarius back to 26°36' Scorpio; shadow from 25 Dec 2053 to 19 Oct. Stations at 12:51 and 22:41 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2054· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jul – 23 Nov (20 weeks), 26°57' Pisces back to 20°11' Pisces; shadow from 01 Apr to 26 Feb 2055. Stations at 21:59 and 08:06 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2054· once this year
Retrograde 13 Jan – 12 Jun (21 weeks), 9°54' Libra back to 5°46' Libra; shadow from 02 Oct 2053 to 27 Sep. Stations at 17:50 and 21:14 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2054· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Sep 2053 – 11 Feb (22 weeks), 5°07' Gemini back to 2°18' Gemini; shadow from 16 May 2053 to 03 Jun. Stations at 08:36 and 03:13 UT.
Retrograde 09 Sep – 13 Feb 2055 (22 weeks), 7°21' Gemini back to 4°32' Gemini; shadow from 19 May to 06 Jun 2055. Stations at 20:08 and 15:08 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2054· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jun – 27 Nov (24 weeks), 15°44' Pisces back to 13°33' Pisces; shadow from 16 Feb to 24 Mar 2055. Stations at 09:50 and 03:46 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.