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 2070· 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 13 Dec 2069 – 02 Jan (3 weeks), 9°31' Capricorn back to 23°13' Sagittarius; shadow from 25 Nov 2069 to 21 Jan. Stations at 12:01 and 08:16 UT.
Retrograde 03 Apr – 26 Apr (3 weeks), 28°18' Aries back to 17°06' Aries; shadow from 20 Mar to 14 May. Stations at 04:11 and 18:57 UT.
Retrograde 06 Aug – 30 Aug (3 weeks), 5°12' Virgo back to 22°29' Leo; shadow from 18 Jul to 13 Sep. Stations at 10:51 and 02:42 UT.
Retrograde 27 Nov – 17 Dec (3 weeks), 23°42' Sagittarius back to 7°26' Sagittarius; shadow from 08 Nov to 04 Jan 2071. Stations at 07:36 and 02:04 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2070· once this year
Retrograde 04 Dec 2069 – 14 Jan (6 weeks), 11°33' Capricorn back to 26°14' Sagittarius; shadow from 02 Nov 2069 to 14 Feb. Stations at 13:08 and 10:39 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2070· once this year
Retrograde 23 Oct 2069 – 04 Jan (10 weeks), 18°04' Gemini back to 1°07' Gemini; shadow from 29 Aug 2069 to 06 Mar. 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 2070· once this year
Retrograde 18 Aug – 14 Dec (17 weeks), 29°37' Aries back to 19°39' Aries; shadow from 25 May to 07 Mar 2071. Stations at 20:36 and 10:41 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2070· once this year
Retrograde 27 Jan – 14 Jun (20 weeks), 19°29' Libra back to 12°43' Libra; shadow from 24 Oct 2069 to 21 Sep. Stations at 19:04 and 19:59 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2070· once this year
Retrograde 28 Mar – 28 Aug (22 weeks), 23°31' Sagittarius back to 19°30' Sagittarius; shadow from 13 Dec 2069 to 12 Dec. Stations at 01:45 and 09:42 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2070· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Oct 2069 – 18 Mar (22 weeks), 10°59' Cancer back to 8°10' Cancer; shadow from 22 Jun 2069 to 10 Jul. Stations at 11:41 and 21:39 UT.
Retrograde 15 Oct – 21 Mar 2071 (22 weeks), 13°13' Cancer back to 10°24' Cancer; shadow from 24 Jun to 12 Jul 2071. Stations at 23:31 and 10:49 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2070· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jul – 16 Dec (24 weeks), 4°30' Aries back to 2°25' Aries; shadow from 04 Mar to 15 Apr 2071. Stations at 07:14 and 06:34 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.