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 2063· 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 20 Dec 2062 – 09 Jan (3 weeks), 16°10' Capricorn back to 29°53' Sagittarius; shadow from 03 Dec 2062 to 28 Jan. Stations at 15:49 and 14:52 UT.
Retrograde 11 Apr – 04 May (3 weeks), 5°56' Taurus back to 25°23' Aries; shadow from 28 Mar to 22 May. Stations at 05:19 and 22:42 UT.
Retrograde 14 Aug – 06 Sep (3 weeks), 12°43' Virgo back to 29°29' Leo; shadow from 25 Jul to 20 Sep. Stations at 06:48 and 16:48 UT.
Retrograde 04 Dec – 24 Dec (3 weeks), 0°20' Capricorn back to 14°02' Sagittarius; shadow from 16 Nov to 11 Jan 2064. Stations at 12:28 and 06:58 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2063· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jul – 23 Aug (6 weeks), 17°46' Leo back to 1°19' Leo; shadow from 07 Jun to 25 Sep. Stations at 07:08 and 09:31 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2063· once this year
Retrograde 09 Apr – 23 Jun (11 weeks), 1°36' Sagittarius back to 15°05' Scorpio; shadow from 07 Feb to 17 Aug. Stations at 06:16 and 04:42 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 2063· once this year
Retrograde 25 Dec 2062 – 26 Apr (17 weeks), 10°13' Virgo back to 0°12' Virgo; shadow from 29 Sep 2062 to 24 Jul. Stations at 18:31 and 11:23 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2063· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Oct 2062 – 10 Mar (19 weeks), 15°43' Cancer back to 8°46' Cancer; shadow from 24 Jul 2062 to 13 Jun. Stations at 18:59 and 10:32 UT.
Retrograde 11 Nov – 23 Mar 2064 (19 weeks), 29°48' Cancer back to 22°52' Cancer; shadow from 08 Aug to 27 Jun 2064. Stations at 02:08 and 21:24 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2063· once this year
Retrograde 25 Feb – 26 Jul (22 weeks), 22°08' Scorpio back to 18°03' Scorpio; shadow from 13 Nov 2062 to 09 Nov. Stations at 00:23 and 22:08 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2063· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Sep 2062 – 03 Mar (22 weeks), 25°20' Gemini back to 22°31' Gemini; shadow from 06 Jun 2062 to 24 Jun. Stations at 02:28 and 12:38 UT.
Retrograde 30 Sep – 05 Mar 2064 (22 weeks), 27°35' Gemini back to 24°46' Gemini; shadow from 09 Jun to 25 Jun 2064. Stations at 14:01 and 01:31 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2063· once this year
Retrograde 26 Jun – 08 Dec (24 weeks), 26°35' Pisces back to 24°27' Pisces; shadow from 25 Feb to 05 Apr 2064. Stations at 14:45 and 11:04 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.