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 2060· 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 08 Feb – 29 Feb (3 weeks), 4°23' Pisces back to 19°13' Aquarius; shadow from 24 Jan to 20 Mar. Stations at 02:46 and 19:31 UT.
Retrograde 07 Jun – 01 Jul (3 weeks), 4°17' Cancer back to 25°29' Gemini; shadow from 23 May to 16 Jul. Stations at 18:32 and 19:30 UT.
Retrograde 04 Oct – 26 Oct (3 weeks), 3°21' Scorpio back to 17°48' Libra; shadow from 14 Sep to 10 Nov. Stations at 22:24 and 00:18 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2060· once this year
Retrograde 01 May – 13 Jun (6 weeks), 11°01' Gemini back to 24°32' Taurus; shadow from 29 Mar to 17 Jul. Stations at 18:36 and 15:25 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2060· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2060; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
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 2060· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Sep 2059 – 15 Jan (17 weeks), 0°50' Gemini back to 20°49' Taurus; shadow from 26 Jun 2059 to 08 Apr. Stations at 13:26 and 03:14 UT.
Retrograde 23 Oct – 18 Feb 2061 (17 weeks), 5°56' Cancer back to 25°52' Gemini; shadow from 29 Jul to 16 May 2061. Stations at 09:33 and 23:14 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2060· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Sep 2059 – 27 Jan (19 weeks), 3°25' Gemini back to 26°29' Taurus; shadow from 11 Jun 2059 to 30 Apr. Stations at 06:29 and 17:39 UT.
Retrograde 28 Sep – 09 Feb 2061 (19 weeks), 17°26' Gemini back to 10°29' Gemini; shadow from 25 Jun to 14 May 2061. Stations at 19:05 and 19:55 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2060· once this year
Retrograde 11 Feb – 11 Jul (22 weeks), 8°15' Scorpio back to 4°08' Scorpio; shadow from 30 Oct 2059 to 25 Oct. Stations at 10:06 and 16:54 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2060· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Sep 2059 – 24 Feb (22 weeks), 18°35' Gemini back to 15°46' Gemini; shadow from 30 May 2059 to 16 Jun. Stations at 10:52 and 23:21 UT.
Retrograde 23 Sep – 26 Feb 2061 (22 weeks), 20°50' Gemini back to 18°01' Gemini; shadow from 01 Jun to 19 Jun 2061. Stations at 00:00 and 10:41 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2060· once this year
Retrograde 22 Jun – 04 Dec (24 weeks), 23°03' Pisces back to 20°54' Pisces; shadow from 23 Feb to 01 Apr 2061. Stations at 06:34 and 03:26 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.