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 2059· 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 24 Feb – 19 Mar (3 weeks), 20°55' Pisces back to 6°42' Pisces; shadow from 10 Feb to 07 Apr. Stations at 14:55 and 01:39 UT.
Retrograde 27 Jun – 22 Jul (3 weeks), 24°15' Cancer back to 14°28' Cancer; shadow from 11 Jun to 05 Aug. Stations at 19:35 and 00:45 UT.
Retrograde 22 Oct – 12 Nov (3 weeks), 19°26' Scorpio back to 3°31' Scorpio; shadow from 02 Oct to 28 Nov. Stations at 15:40 and 02:09 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2059· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2059; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2059· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jan – 09 Apr (12 weeks), 18°09' Virgo back to 28°41' Leo; shadow from 13 Nov 2058 to 15 Jun. Stations at 06:01 and 09:48 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 2059· once this year
Retrograde 19 Sep – 15 Jan 2060 (17 weeks), 0°50' Gemini back to 20°49' Taurus; shadow from 26 Jun to 08 Apr 2060. Stations at 13:26 and 03:14 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2059· twice this year
Retrograde 31 Aug 2058 – 13 Jan (19 weeks), 19°34' Taurus back to 12°41' Taurus; shadow from 27 May 2058 to 17 Apr. Stations at 19:23 and 20:53 UT.
Retrograde 15 Sep – 27 Jan 2060 (19 weeks), 3°25' Gemini back to 26°29' Taurus; shadow from 11 Jun to 30 Apr 2060. Stations at 06:29 and 17:39 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2059· once this year
Retrograde 06 Feb – 07 Jul (22 weeks), 3°35' Scorpio back to 29°27' Libra; shadow from 25 Oct 2058 to 21 Oct. Stations at 13:20 and 15:20 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2059· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Sep 2058 – 22 Feb (22 weeks), 16°20' Gemini back to 13°31' Gemini; shadow from 28 May 2058 to 15 Jun. Stations at 21:48 and 10:20 UT.
Retrograde 21 Sep – 24 Feb 2060 (22 weeks), 18°35' Gemini back to 15°46' Gemini; shadow from 30 May to 16 Jun 2060. Stations at 10:52 and 23:21 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2059· once this year
Retrograde 21 Jun – 03 Dec (24 weeks), 21°52' Pisces back to 19°42' Pisces; shadow from 21 Feb to 31 Mar 2060. Stations at 20:52 and 14:50 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.