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 2064· 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 23 Mar – 15 Apr (3 weeks), 17°59' Aries back to 5°53' Aries; shadow from 09 Mar to 04 May. Stations at 06:05 and 15:14 UT.
Retrograde 26 Jul – 19 Aug (3 weeks), 24°33' Leo back to 12°36' Leo; shadow from 07 Jul to 02 Sep. Stations at 10:54 and 10:01 UT.
Retrograde 17 Nov – 07 Dec (3 weeks), 14°32' Sagittarius back to 28°19' Scorpio; shadow from 29 Oct to 24 Dec. Stations at 06:31 and 02:26 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2064· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2064; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2064· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2064; 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 2064· once this year
Retrograde 24 Jan – 26 May (18 weeks), 10°21' Libra back to 0°24' Libra; shadow from 29 Oct 2063 to 24 Aug. Stations at 19:39 and 18:30 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2064· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Nov 2063 – 23 Mar (19 weeks), 29°48' Cancer back to 22°52' Cancer; shadow from 08 Aug 2063 to 27 Jun. Stations at 02:08 and 21:24 UT.
Retrograde 24 Nov – 07 Apr 2065 (19 weeks), 13°45' Leo back to 6°49' Leo; shadow from 21 Aug to 12 Jul 2065. Stations at 02:39 and 08:42 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2064· once this year
Retrograde 29 Feb – 30 Jul (22 weeks), 26°42' Scorpio back to 22°38' Scorpio; shadow from 17 Nov 2063 to 13 Nov. Stations at 19:14 and 22:59 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2064· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Sep 2063 – 05 Mar (22 weeks), 27°35' Gemini back to 24°46' Gemini; shadow from 09 Jun 2063 to 25 Jun. Stations at 14:01 and 01:31 UT.
Retrograde 02 Oct – 07 Mar 2065 (22 weeks), 29°49' Gemini back to 27°00' Gemini; shadow from 10 Jun to 28 Jun 2065. Stations at 03:13 and 13:36 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2064· once this year
Retrograde 26 Jun – 08 Dec (24 weeks), 27°44' Pisces back to 25°36' Pisces; shadow from 27 Feb to 07 Apr 2065. Stations at 23:57 and 20:50 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.