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 2069· 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 29 Dec 2068 – 18 Jan (3 weeks), 25°24' Capricorn back to 9°11' Capricorn; shadow from 12 Dec 2068 to 07 Feb. Stations at 14:28 and 18:24 UT.
Retrograde 21 Apr – 15 May (3 weeks), 16°43' Taurus back to 6°59' Taurus; shadow from 07 Apr to 01 Jun. Stations at 14:52 and 09:42 UT.
Retrograde 24 Aug – 16 Sep (3 weeks), 22°56' Virgo back to 9°04' Virgo; shadow from 04 Aug to 30 Sep. Stations at 01:41 and 01:35 UT.
Retrograde 13 Dec – 02 Jan 2070 (3 weeks), 9°31' Capricorn back to 23°13' Sagittarius; shadow from 25 Nov to 21 Jan 2070. Stations at 12:01 and 08:16 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2069· once this year
Retrograde 04 Dec – 14 Jan 2070 (6 weeks), 11°33' Capricorn back to 26°14' Sagittarius; shadow from 02 Nov to 14 Feb 2070. Stations at 13:08 and 10:39 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2069· once this year
Retrograde 23 Oct – 04 Jan 2070 (10 weeks), 18°04' Gemini back to 1°07' Gemini; shadow from 29 Aug to 06 Mar 2070. Stations at 06:18 and 08:15 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 2069· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jul – 07 Nov (17 weeks), 22°41' Pisces back to 12°47' Pisces; shadow from 17 Apr to 28 Jan 2070. Stations at 16:17 and 08:37 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2069· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jan – 01 Jun (20 weeks), 6°57' Libra back to 0°09' Libra; shadow from 12 Oct 2068 to 07 Sep. Stations at 05:55 and 10:32 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2069· once this year
Retrograde 23 Mar – 23 Aug (22 weeks), 19°08' Sagittarius back to 15°06' Sagittarius; shadow from 08 Dec 2068 to 07 Dec. Stations at 09:55 and 13:17 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2069· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Oct 2068 – 16 Mar (22 weeks), 8°45' Cancer back to 5°56' Cancer; shadow from 19 Jun 2068 to 07 Jul. Stations at 23:45 and 11:08 UT.
Retrograde 13 Oct – 18 Mar 2070 (22 weeks), 10°59' Cancer back to 8°10' Cancer; shadow from 22 Jun to 10 Jul 2070. Stations at 11:41 and 21:39 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2069· once this year
Retrograde 02 Jul – 14 Dec (24 weeks), 3°24' Aries back to 1°18' Aries; shadow from 03 Mar to 13 Apr 2070. Stations at 23:13 and 21:04 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.