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 2074· 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 24 Jan – 14 Feb (3 weeks), 20°44' Aquarius back to 5°02' Aquarius; shadow from 09 Jan to 06 Mar. Stations at 16:00 and 18:02 UT.
Retrograde 22 May – 15 Jun (3 weeks), 17°26' Gemini back to 8°53' Gemini; shadow from 08 May to 30 Jun. Stations at 15:21 and 12:50 UT.
Retrograde 20 Sep – 12 Oct (3 weeks), 19°39' Libra back to 4°31' Libra; shadow from 31 Aug to 27 Oct. Stations at 21:56 and 15:36 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2074· once this year
Retrograde 18 Sep – 30 Oct (6 weeks), 24°27' Libra back to 8°38' Libra; shadow from 16 Aug to 01 Dec. Stations at 14:08 and 15:22 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2074· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jan – 26 Mar (12 weeks), 5°28' Virgo back to 15°57' Leo; shadow from 31 Oct 2073 to 02 Jun. Stations at 21:02 and 18:13 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 2074· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Nov 2073 – 29 Mar (17 weeks), 13°35' Leo back to 3°32' Leo; shadow from 03 Sep 2073 to 26 Jun. Stations at 07:50 and 16:18 UT.
Retrograde 29 Dec – 30 Apr 2075 (17 weeks), 14°36' Virgo back to 4°36' Virgo; shadow from 03 Oct to 29 Jul 2075. Stations at 23:25 and 20:58 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2074· once this year
Retrograde 16 Mar – 03 Aug (20 weeks), 7°03' Sagittarius back to 0°24' Sagittarius; shadow from 09 Dec 2073 to 09 Nov. Stations at 00:56 and 16:40 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2074· once this year
Retrograde 14 Apr – 15 Sep (22 weeks), 10°43' Capricorn back to 6°44' Capricorn; shadow from 29 Dec 2073 to 30 Dec. Stations at 10:25 and 06:15 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2074· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Oct 2073 – 27 Mar (22 weeks), 19°54' Cancer back to 17°06' Cancer; shadow from 01 Jul 2073 to 19 Jul. Stations at 14:05 and 23:52 UT.
Retrograde 25 Oct – 30 Mar 2075 (22 weeks), 22°08' Cancer back to 19°19' Cancer; shadow from 03 Jul to 21 Jul 2075. Stations at 00:48 and 11:28 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2074· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jul – 20 Dec (24 weeks), 8°53' Aries back to 6°48' Aries; shadow from 08 Mar to 20 Apr 2075. Stations at 16:30 and 18:32 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.