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 2079· 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 20 Feb – 14 Mar (3 weeks), 16°37' Pisces back to 2°06' Pisces; shadow from 05 Feb to 03 Apr. Stations at 02:29 and 08:34 UT.
Retrograde 22 Jun – 16 Jul (3 weeks), 19°04' Cancer back to 9°37' Cancer; shadow from 06 Jun to 31 Jul. Stations at 16:36 and 20:44 UT.
Retrograde 18 Oct – 07 Nov (3 weeks), 15°18' Scorpio back to 29°29' Libra; shadow from 28 Sep to 24 Nov. Stations at 03:16 and 17:37 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2079· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jul – 18 Aug (6 weeks), 13°28' Leo back to 26°59' Cancer; shadow from 02 Jun to 21 Sep. Stations at 16:15 and 18:40 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2079· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2079; 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 2079· once this year
Retrograde 04 May – 03 Sep (17 weeks), 17°32' Capricorn back to 7°42' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Feb to 27 Nov. Stations at 14:00 and 12:29 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2079· once this year
Retrograde 13 May – 01 Oct (20 weeks), 4°03' Aquarius back to 27°26' Capricorn; shadow from 04 Feb to 06 Jan 2080. Stations at 13:32 and 14:28 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2079· once this year
Retrograde 05 May – 07 Oct (22 weeks), 1°37' Aquarius back to 27°41' Capricorn; shadow from 19 Jan to 20 Jan 2080. Stations at 21:03 and 00:49 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2079· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Nov 2078 – 08 Apr (22 weeks), 1°01' Leo back to 28°13' Cancer; shadow from 12 Jul 2078 to 31 Jul. Stations at 20:05 and 08:47 UT.
Retrograde 05 Nov – 09 Apr 2080 (22 weeks), 3°14' Leo back to 0°26' Leo; shadow from 15 Jul to 01 Aug 2080. Stations at 06:26 and 21:27 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2079· once this year
Retrograde 14 Jul – 26 Dec (24 weeks), 14°12' Aries back to 12°09' Aries; shadow from 13 Mar to 24 Apr 2080. Stations at 06:58 and 10:00 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.