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 2081· 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 17 Jan – 07 Feb (3 weeks), 13°59' Aquarius back to 28°05' Capricorn; shadow from 01 Jan to 27 Feb. Stations at 11:41 and 06:41 UT.
Retrograde 14 May – 06 Jun (3 weeks), 9°07' Gemini back to 0°26' Gemini; shadow from 29 Apr to 22 Jun. Stations at 01:25 and 21:23 UT.
Retrograde 13 Sep – 05 Oct (3 weeks), 12°41' Libra back to 27°50' Virgo; shadow from 24 Aug to 20 Oct. Stations at 07:56 and 10:02 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2081· once this year
Retrograde 13 Feb – 27 Mar (6 weeks), 24°29' Pisces back to 8°27' Pisces; shadow from 12 Jan to 28 Apr. Stations at 09:35 and 02:38 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2081· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2081; 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 2081· once this year
Retrograde 17 Jul – 12 Nov (17 weeks), 27°59' Pisces back to 18°05' Pisces; shadow from 23 Apr to 02 Feb 2082. Stations at 01:28 and 12:35 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2081· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jun – 24 Oct (20 weeks), 27°23' Aquarius back to 20°43' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Feb to 28 Jan 2082. Stations at 10:27 and 13:54 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2081· once this year
Retrograde 13 May – 14 Oct (22 weeks), 9°50' Aquarius back to 5°54' Aquarius; shadow from 26 Jan to 28 Jan 2082. Stations at 17:06 and 23:07 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2081· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Nov 2080 – 12 Apr (22 weeks), 5°27' Leo back to 2°39' Leo; shadow from 16 Jul 2080 to 04 Aug. Stations at 18:44 and 08:48 UT.
Retrograde 09 Nov – 14 Apr 2082 (22 weeks), 7°40' Leo back to 4°51' Leo; shadow from 19 Jul to 06 Aug 2082. Stations at 05:27 and 21:27 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2081· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jul – 28 Dec (24 weeks), 16°18' Aries back to 14°15' Aries; shadow from 15 Mar to 27 Apr 2082. Stations at 20:35 and 00:12 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.