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 2068· 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 15 Jan – 05 Feb (3 weeks), 11°23' Aquarius back to 25°26' Capricorn; shadow from 30 Dec 2067 to 25 Feb. Stations at 16:40 and 09:30 UT.
Retrograde 10 May – 03 Jun (3 weeks), 5°59' Gemini back to 27°13' Taurus; shadow from 26 Apr to 19 Jun. Stations at 18:32 and 14:30 UT.
Retrograde 10 Sep – 02 Oct (3 weeks), 9°59' Libra back to 25°15' Virgo; shadow from 21 Aug to 17 Oct. Stations at 09:07 and 14:17 UT.
Retrograde 29 Dec – 18 Jan 2069 (3 weeks), 25°24' Capricorn back to 9°11' Capricorn; shadow from 12 Dec to 07 Feb 2069. Stations at 14:28 and 18:24 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2068· once this year
Retrograde 29 Apr – 11 Jun (6 weeks), 8°52' Gemini back to 22°23' Taurus; shadow from 27 Mar to 15 Jul. Stations at 10:50 and 07:36 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2068· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2068; 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 2068· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jun – 02 Oct (17 weeks), 16°45' Aquarius back to 6°54' Aquarius; shadow from 10 Mar to 24 Dec. Stations at 17:40 and 04:20 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2068· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jan – 18 May (19 weeks), 24°07' Virgo back to 17°16' Virgo; shadow from 30 Sep 2067 to 24 Aug. Stations at 10:14 and 18:20 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2068· once this year
Retrograde 18 Mar – 18 Aug (22 weeks), 14°43' Sagittarius back to 10°41' Sagittarius; shadow from 05 Dec 2067 to 02 Dec. Stations at 18:10 and 17:53 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2068· twice this year
Retrograde 09 Oct 2067 – 13 Mar (22 weeks), 6°31' Cancer back to 3°42' Cancer; shadow from 17 Jun 2067 to 05 Jul. Stations at 12:10 and 22:45 UT.
Retrograde 10 Oct – 16 Mar 2069 (22 weeks), 8°45' Cancer back to 5°56' Cancer; shadow from 19 Jun to 07 Jul 2069. Stations at 23:45 and 11:08 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2068· once this year
Retrograde 01 Jul – 13 Dec (24 weeks), 2°17' Aries back to 0°10' Aries; shadow from 02 Mar to 12 Apr 2069. Stations at 13:07 and 13:35 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.