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 2057· 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 31 Mar – 23 Apr (3 weeks), 25°25' Aries back to 13°59' Aries; shadow from 17 Mar to 11 May. Stations at 02:40 and 16:05 UT.
Retrograde 03 Aug – 27 Aug (3 weeks), 2°17' Virgo back to 19°45' Leo; shadow from 15 Jul to 10 Sep. Stations at 09:47 and 03:34 UT.
Retrograde 24 Nov – 14 Dec (3 weeks), 21°09' Sagittarius back to 4°53' Sagittarius; shadow from 05 Nov to 01 Jan 2058. Stations at 12:13 and 06:50 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2057· once this year
Retrograde 20 Feb – 03 Apr (6 weeks), 1°32' Aries back to 15°25' Pisces; shadow from 19 Jan to 06 May. Stations at 11:47 and 08:15 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2057· once this year
Retrograde 14 Dec 2056 – 04 Mar (11 weeks), 14°28' Leo back to 25°09' Cancer; shadow from 12 Oct 2056 to 11 May. Stations at 20:18 and 13:36 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 2057· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jul – 02 Nov (17 weeks), 17°25' Pisces back to 7°33' Pisces; shadow from 12 Apr to 23 Jan 2058. Stations at 05:35 and 04:31 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2057· once this year
Retrograde 17 Aug – 31 Dec (19 weeks), 5°58' Taurus back to 29°06' Aries; shadow from 12 May to 04 Apr 2058. Stations at 11:49 and 06:58 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2057· once this year
Retrograde 27 Jan – 27 Jun (22 weeks), 24°10' Libra back to 20°02' Libra; shadow from 16 Oct 2056 to 11 Oct. Stations at 16:40 and 09:57 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2057· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Sep 2056 – 17 Feb (22 weeks), 11°50' Gemini back to 9°01' Gemini; shadow from 23 May 2056 to 10 Jun. Stations at 20:49 and 12:27 UT.
Retrograde 16 Sep – 20 Feb 2058 (22 weeks), 14°05' Gemini back to 11°16' Gemini; shadow from 25 May to 12 Jun 2058. Stations at 09:57 and 00:06 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2057· once this year
Retrograde 19 Jun – 30 Nov (24 weeks), 19°26' Pisces back to 17°16' Pisces; shadow from 19 Feb to 28 Mar 2058. Stations at 00:43 and 14:12 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.