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 2077· 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 26 Mar – 18 Apr (3 weeks), 20°48' Aries back to 8°56' Aries; shadow from 12 Mar to 07 May. Stations at 06:31 and 17:11 UT.
Retrograde 29 Jul – 22 Aug (3 weeks), 27°31' Leo back to 15°21' Leo; shadow from 10 Jul to 05 Sep. Stations at 12:43 and 10:02 UT.
Retrograde 20 Nov – 09 Dec (3 weeks), 17°05' Sagittarius back to 0°51' Sagittarius; shadow from 01 Nov to 27 Dec. Stations at 02:14 and 21:30 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2077· once this year
Retrograde 02 Dec – 11 Jan 2078 (6 weeks), 9°04' Capricorn back to 23°46' Sagittarius; shadow from 31 Oct to 12 Feb 2078. Stations at 01:23 and 22:38 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2077· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2077; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
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 2077· once this year
Retrograde 27 Feb – 01 Jul (18 weeks), 14°33' Scorpio back to 4°40' Scorpio; shadow from 02 Dec 2076 to 27 Sep. Stations at 12:58 and 02:09 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2077· once this year
Retrograde 19 Apr – 07 Sep (20 weeks), 11°14' Capricorn back to 4°38' Capricorn; shadow from 12 Jan to 14 Dec. Stations at 12:12 and 21:39 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2077· once this year
Retrograde 26 Apr – 27 Sep (22 weeks), 23°20' Capricorn back to 19°22' Capricorn; shadow from 10 Jan to 11 Jan 2078. Stations at 22:49 and 23:49 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2077· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Oct 2076 – 03 Apr (22 weeks), 26°35' Cancer back to 23°46' Cancer; shadow from 07 Jul 2076 to 26 Jul. Stations at 22:54 and 10:17 UT.
Retrograde 31 Oct – 05 Apr 2078 (22 weeks), 28°48' Cancer back to 26°00' Cancer; shadow from 10 Jul to 28 Jul 2078. Stations at 09:32 and 22:35 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2077· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jul – 23 Dec (24 weeks), 12°05' Aries back to 10°01' Aries; shadow from 11 Mar to 23 Apr 2078. Stations at 13:01 and 20:19 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.