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 2071· 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 16 Mar – 08 Apr (3 weeks), 10°39' Aries back to 27°55' Pisces; shadow from 02 Mar to 27 Apr. Stations at 12:22 and 16:53 UT.
Retrograde 19 Jul – 12 Aug (3 weeks), 16°41' Leo back to 5°19' Leo; shadow from 01 Jul to 26 Aug. Stations at 10:38 and 13:27 UT.
Retrograde 11 Nov – 30 Nov (3 weeks), 7°54' Sagittarius back to 21°44' Scorpio; shadow from 22 Oct to 18 Dec. Stations at 00:02 and 22:40 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2071· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jul – 21 Aug (6 weeks), 15°38' Leo back to 29°10' Cancer; shadow from 05 Jun to 23 Sep. Stations at 23:41 and 01:57 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2071· once this year
Retrograde 02 Dec – 18 Feb 2072 (11 weeks), 0°35' Leo back to 11°35' Cancer; shadow from 01 Oct to 25 Apr 2072. Stations at 01:28 and 12:42 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 2071· once this year
Retrograde 24 Sep – 20 Jan 2072 (17 weeks), 6°05' Gemini back to 26°02' Taurus; shadow from 01 Jul to 13 Apr 2072. Stations at 15:20 and 08:40 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2071· once this year
Retrograde 09 Feb – 27 Jun (20 weeks), 1°44' Scorpio back to 24°59' Libra; shadow from 05 Nov 2070 to 04 Oct. Stations at 02:03 and 22:39 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2071· once this year
Retrograde 01 Apr – 02 Sep (22 weeks), 27°52' Sagittarius back to 23°51' Sagittarius; shadow from 17 Dec 2070 to 17 Dec. Stations at 16:06 and 03:04 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2071· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Oct 2070 – 21 Mar (22 weeks), 13°13' Cancer back to 10°24' Cancer; shadow from 24 Jun 2070 to 12 Jul. Stations at 23:31 and 10:49 UT.
Retrograde 18 Oct – 22 Mar 2072 (22 weeks), 15°26' Cancer back to 12°38' Cancer; shadow from 27 Jun to 14 Jul 2072. Stations at 12:58 and 22:32 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2071· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jul – 17 Dec (24 weeks), 5°37' Aries back to 3°31' Aries; shadow from 06 Mar to 15 Apr 2072. Stations at 12:41 and 18:18 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.