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 2065· 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 05 Mar – 28 Mar (3 weeks), 0°42' Aries back to 17°11' Pisces; shadow from 19 Feb to 17 Apr. Stations at 23:40 and 19:41 UT.
Retrograde 08 Jul – 01 Aug (3 weeks), 5°35' Leo back to 25°02' Cancer; shadow from 20 Jun to 15 Aug. Stations at 05:20 and 10:07 UT.
Retrograde 31 Oct – 21 Nov (3 weeks), 28°42' Scorpio back to 12°38' Scorpio; shadow from 12 Oct to 07 Dec. Stations at 20:49 and 00:13 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2065· once this year
Retrograde 18 Feb – 31 Mar (6 weeks), 29°12' Pisces back to 13°07' Pisces; shadow from 16 Jan to 03 May. Stations at 03:00 and 22:07 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2065· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jun – 15 Aug (9 weeks), 27°23' Capricorn back to 15°55' Capricorn; shadow from 26 Apr to 28 Sep. Stations at 20:07 and 14:40 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 2065· once this year
Retrograde 23 Feb – 26 Jun (18 weeks), 10°14' Scorpio back to 0°20' Scorpio; shadow from 28 Nov 2064 to 23 Sep. Stations at 06:10 and 19:28 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2065· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Nov 2064 – 07 Apr (19 weeks), 13°45' Leo back to 6°49' Leo; shadow from 21 Aug 2064 to 12 Jul. Stations at 02:39 and 08:42 UT.
Retrograde 07 Dec – 21 Apr 2066 (19 weeks), 27°29' Leo back to 20°35' Leo; shadow from 04 Sep to 27 Jul 2066. Stations at 19:32 and 17:22 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2065· once this year
Retrograde 05 Mar – 04 Aug (22 weeks), 1°15' Sagittarius back to 27°12' Scorpio; shadow from 21 Nov 2064 to 18 Nov. Stations at 14:10 and 22:32 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2065· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Oct 2064 – 07 Mar (22 weeks), 29°49' Gemini back to 27°00' Gemini; shadow from 10 Jun 2064 to 28 Jun. Stations at 03:13 and 13:36 UT.
Retrograde 04 Oct – 10 Mar 2066 (22 weeks), 2°03' Cancer back to 29°14' Gemini; shadow from 12 Jun to 01 Jul 2066. Stations at 13:31 and 00:46 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2065· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jun – 10 Dec (24 weeks), 28°53' Pisces back to 26°45' Pisces; shadow from 27 Feb to 08 Apr 2066. Stations at 08:13 and 07:48 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.