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 2061· 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 21 Jan – 11 Feb (3 weeks), 18°08' Aquarius back to 2°21' Aquarius; shadow from 06 Jan to 04 Mar. Stations at 20:53 and 20:21 UT.
Retrograde 19 May – 12 Jun (3 weeks), 14°16' Gemini back to 5°41' Gemini; shadow from 04 May to 27 Jun. Stations at 08:27 and 05:13 UT.
Retrograde 17 Sep – 09 Oct (3 weeks), 16°59' Libra back to 1°57' Libra; shadow from 28 Aug to 24 Oct. Stations at 23:36 and 20:07 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2061· once this year
Retrograde 07 Dec – 16 Jan 2062 (6 weeks), 14°02' Capricorn back to 28°43' Sagittarius; shadow from 05 Nov to 17 Feb 2062. Stations at 01:29 and 23:03 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2061· once this year
Retrograde 22 Feb – 13 May (11 weeks), 22°04' Libra back to 3°19' Libra; shadow from 19 Dec 2060 to 16 Jul. Stations at 22:46 and 21:45 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 2061· twice this year
Retrograde 23 Oct 2060 – 18 Feb (17 weeks), 5°56' Cancer back to 25°52' Gemini; shadow from 29 Jul 2060 to 16 May. Stations at 09:33 and 23:14 UT.
Retrograde 24 Nov – 25 Mar 2062 (17 weeks), 8°58' Leo back to 28°55' Cancer; shadow from 30 Aug to 21 Jun 2062. Stations at 22:11 and 00:08 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2061· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Sep 2060 – 09 Feb (19 weeks), 17°26' Gemini back to 10°29' Gemini; shadow from 25 Jun 2060 to 14 May. Stations at 19:05 and 19:55 UT.
Retrograde 13 Oct – 24 Feb 2062 (19 weeks), 1°34' Cancer back to 24°36' Gemini; shadow from 10 Jul to 29 May 2062. Stations at 07:46 and 01:54 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2061· once this year
Retrograde 15 Feb – 16 Jul (22 weeks), 12°54' Scorpio back to 8°48' Scorpio; shadow from 03 Nov 2060 to 30 Oct. Stations at 08:04 and 19:33 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2061· twice this year
Retrograde 23 Sep 2060 – 26 Feb (22 weeks), 20°50' Gemini back to 18°01' Gemini; shadow from 01 Jun 2060 to 19 Jun. Stations at 00:00 and 10:41 UT.
Retrograde 25 Sep – 01 Mar 2062 (22 weeks), 23°05' Gemini back to 20°16' Gemini; shadow from 04 Jun to 21 Jun 2062. Stations at 12:42 and 00:27 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2061· once this year
Retrograde 23 Jun – 05 Dec (24 weeks), 24°14' Pisces back to 22°06' Pisces; shadow from 23 Feb to 03 Apr 2062. Stations at 15:32 and 16:36 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.