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 2078· 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 08 Mar – 31 Mar (3 weeks), 3°26' Aries back to 20°07' Pisces; shadow from 22 Feb to 20 Apr. Stations at 21:47 and 20:14 UT.
Retrograde 11 Jul – 04 Aug (3 weeks), 8°40' Leo back to 27°54' Cancer; shadow from 23 Jun to 18 Aug. Stations at 08:39 and 13:04 UT.
Retrograde 03 Nov – 23 Nov (3 weeks), 1°15' Sagittarius back to 15°10' Scorpio; shadow from 15 Oct to 10 Dec. Stations at 17:02 and 19:02 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2078· once this year
Retrograde 02 Dec 2077 – 11 Jan (6 weeks), 9°04' Capricorn back to 23°46' Sagittarius; shadow from 31 Oct 2077 to 12 Feb. Stations at 01:23 and 22:38 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2078· once this year
Retrograde 21 Mar – 06 Jun (11 weeks), 15°16' Scorpio back to 27°36' Libra; shadow from 16 Jan to 04 Aug. Stations at 00:39 and 12:43 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 2078· once this year
Retrograde 31 Mar – 01 Aug (18 weeks), 15°16' Sagittarius back to 5°24' Sagittarius; shadow from 04 Jan to 27 Oct. Stations at 12:43 and 16:53 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2078· once this year
Retrograde 01 May – 19 Sep (20 weeks), 22°36' Capricorn back to 16°00' Capricorn; shadow from 24 Jan to 25 Dec. Stations at 12:15 and 18:12 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2078· once this year
Retrograde 01 May – 02 Oct (22 weeks), 27°29' Capricorn back to 23°32' Capricorn; shadow from 15 Jan to 16 Jan 2079. Stations at 11:14 and 13:40 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2078· twice this year
Retrograde 31 Oct 2077 – 05 Apr (22 weeks), 28°48' Cancer back to 26°00' Cancer; shadow from 10 Jul 2077 to 28 Jul. Stations at 09:32 and 22:35 UT.
Retrograde 02 Nov – 08 Apr 2079 (22 weeks), 1°01' Leo back to 28°13' Cancer; shadow from 12 Jul to 31 Jul 2079. Stations at 20:05 and 08:47 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2078· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jul – 25 Dec (24 weeks), 13°09' Aries back to 11°05' Aries; shadow from 12 Mar to 24 Apr 2079. Stations at 20:43 and 05:09 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.