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 2076· 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 23 Dec 2075 – 12 Jan (3 weeks), 18°44' Capricorn back to 2°28' Capricorn; shadow from 06 Dec 2075 to 31 Jan. Stations at 10:43 and 10:53 UT.
Retrograde 13 Apr – 07 May (3 weeks), 8°53' Taurus back to 28°33' Aries; shadow from 30 Mar to 24 May. Stations at 08:39 and 02:29 UT.
Retrograde 16 Aug – 08 Sep (3 weeks), 15°34' Virgo back to 2°09' Virgo; shadow from 27 Jul to 22 Sep. Stations at 07:07 and 14:42 UT.
Retrograde 06 Dec – 26 Dec (3 weeks), 2°54' Capricorn back to 16°35' Sagittarius; shadow from 18 Nov to 13 Jan 2077. Stations at 07:43 and 02:24 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2076· once this year
Retrograde 27 Apr – 08 Jun (6 weeks), 6°40' Gemini back to 20°12' Taurus; shadow from 24 Mar to 12 Jul. Stations at 02:38 and 22:58 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2076· once this year
Retrograde 09 Feb – 29 Apr (12 weeks), 8°45' Libra back to 19°36' Virgo; shadow from 04 Dec 2075 to 04 Jul. Stations at 02:07 and 20:55 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 2076· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jan – 31 May (18 weeks), 14°38' Libra back to 4°41' Libra; shadow from 02 Nov 2075 to 28 Aug. Stations at 01:43 and 03:16 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2076· once this year
Retrograde 07 Apr – 26 Aug (20 weeks), 29°53' Sagittarius back to 23°16' Sagittarius; shadow from 01 Jan to 02 Dec. Stations at 15:17 and 23:04 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2076· once this year
Retrograde 22 Apr – 23 Sep (22 weeks), 19°09' Capricorn back to 15°11' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Jan to 07 Jan 2077. Stations at 11:52 and 11:24 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2076· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Oct 2075 – 31 Mar (22 weeks), 24°22' Cancer back to 21°33' Cancer; shadow from 06 Jul 2075 to 23 Jul. Stations at 13:00 and 23:57 UT.
Retrograde 28 Oct – 03 Apr 2077 (22 weeks), 26°35' Cancer back to 23°46' Cancer; shadow from 07 Jul to 26 Jul 2077. Stations at 22:54 and 10:17 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2076· once this year
Retrograde 10 Jul – 22 Dec (24 weeks), 11°01' Aries back to 8°57' Aries; shadow from 10 Mar to 21 Apr 2077. Stations at 05:14 and 11:49 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.