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 2082· 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 01 Jan – 21 Jan (3 weeks), 27°58' Capricorn back to 11°47' Capricorn; shadow from 15 Dec 2081 to 10 Feb. Stations at 09:19 and 14:53 UT.
Retrograde 24 Apr – 18 May (3 weeks), 19°44' Taurus back to 10°11' Taurus; shadow from 10 Apr to 04 Jun. Stations at 19:44 and 14:54 UT.
Retrograde 27 Aug – 18 Sep (3 weeks), 25°43' Virgo back to 11°42' Virgo; shadow from 07 Aug to 03 Oct. Stations at 01:26 and 22:35 UT.
Retrograde 16 Dec – 05 Jan 2083 (3 weeks), 12°05' Capricorn back to 25°47' Sagittarius; shadow from 28 Nov to 24 Jan 2083. Stations at 06:58 and 04:07 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2082· once this year
Retrograde 16 Sep – 28 Oct (6 weeks), 22°08' Libra back to 6°18' Libra; shadow from 14 Aug to 29 Nov. Stations at 02:51 and 05:36 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2082· once this year
Retrograde 02 Aug – 01 Oct (9 weeks), 14°56' Pisces back to 4°50' Pisces; shadow from 21 Jun to 12 Nov. Stations at 04:12 and 04:17 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 2082· once this year
Retrograde 24 Aug – 19 Dec (17 weeks), 4°55' Taurus back to 24°56' Aries; shadow from 31 May to 12 Mar 2083. Stations at 02:25 and 16:53 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2082· once this year
Retrograde 19 Jun – 05 Nov (20 weeks), 9°22' Pisces back to 2°40' Pisces; shadow from 13 Mar to 09 Feb 2083. Stations at 05:49 and 17:13 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2082· once this year
Retrograde 18 May – 19 Oct (22 weeks), 13°54' Aquarius back to 9°58' Aquarius; shadow from 31 Jan to 02 Feb 2083. Stations at 03:29 and 10:02 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2082· twice this year
Retrograde 09 Nov 2081 – 14 Apr (22 weeks), 7°40' Leo back to 4°51' Leo; shadow from 19 Jul 2081 to 06 Aug. Stations at 05:27 and 21:27 UT.
Retrograde 11 Nov – 17 Apr 2083 (22 weeks), 9°53' Leo back to 7°04' Leo; shadow from 21 Jul to 09 Aug 2083. Stations at 18:29 and 09:37 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2082· once this year
Retrograde 17 Jul – 29 Dec (24 weeks), 17°21' Aries back to 15°18' Aries; shadow from 16 Mar to 29 Apr 2083. Stations at 02:57 and 08:36 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.