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 2062· four 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 05 Jan – 26 Jan (3 weeks), 2°05' Aquarius back to 15°57' Capricorn; shadow from 20 Dec 2061 to 14 Feb. Stations at 18:02 and 03:04 UT.
Retrograde 29 Apr – 23 May (3 weeks), 24°42' Taurus back to 15°28' Taurus; shadow from 16 Apr to 08 Jun. Stations at 23:56 and 19:47 UT.
Retrograde 31 Aug – 23 Sep (3 weeks), 0°09' Libra back to 15°53' Virgo; shadow from 11 Aug to 07 Oct. Stations at 18:40 and 10:49 UT.
Retrograde 20 Dec – 09 Jan 2063 (3 weeks), 16°10' Capricorn back to 29°53' Sagittarius; shadow from 03 Dec to 28 Jan 2063. Stations at 15:49 and 14:52 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2062· once this year
Retrograde 07 Dec 2061 – 16 Jan (6 weeks), 14°02' Capricorn back to 28°43' Sagittarius; shadow from 05 Nov 2061 to 17 Feb. Stations at 01:29 and 23:03 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2062· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2062; 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 2062· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Nov 2061 – 25 Mar (17 weeks), 8°58' Leo back to 28°55' Cancer; shadow from 30 Aug 2061 to 21 Jun. Stations at 22:11 and 00:08 UT.
Retrograde 25 Dec – 26 Apr 2063 (17 weeks), 10°13' Virgo back to 0°12' Virgo; shadow from 29 Sep to 24 Jul 2063. Stations at 18:31 and 11:23 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2062· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Oct 2061 – 24 Feb (19 weeks), 1°34' Cancer back to 24°36' Gemini; shadow from 10 Jul 2061 to 29 May. Stations at 07:46 and 01:54 UT.
Retrograde 27 Oct – 10 Mar 2063 (19 weeks), 15°43' Cancer back to 8°46' Cancer; shadow from 24 Jul to 13 Jun 2063. Stations at 18:59 and 10:32 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2062· once this year
Retrograde 20 Feb – 21 Jul (22 weeks), 17°32' Scorpio back to 13°26' Scorpio; shadow from 08 Nov 2061 to 04 Nov. Stations at 03:53 and 20:46 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2062· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Sep 2061 – 01 Mar (22 weeks), 23°05' Gemini back to 20°16' Gemini; shadow from 04 Jun 2061 to 21 Jun. Stations at 12:42 and 00:27 UT.
Retrograde 28 Sep – 03 Mar 2063 (22 weeks), 25°20' Gemini back to 22°31' Gemini; shadow from 06 Jun to 24 Jun 2063. Stations at 02:28 and 12:38 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2062· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jun – 07 Dec (24 weeks), 25°25' Pisces back to 23°16' Pisces; shadow from 24 Feb to 04 Apr 2063. Stations at 03:56 and 01:32 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.