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 2083· 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 16 Dec 2082 – 05 Jan (3 weeks), 12°05' Capricorn back to 25°47' Sagittarius; shadow from 28 Nov 2082 to 24 Jan. Stations at 06:58 and 04:07 UT.
Retrograde 06 Apr – 29 Apr (3 weeks), 1°12' Taurus back to 20°14' Aries; shadow from 23 Mar to 17 May. Stations at 06:07 and 22:03 UT.
Retrograde 09 Aug – 02 Sep (3 weeks), 8°05' Virgo back to 25°11' Leo; shadow from 21 Jul to 16 Sep. Stations at 11:37 and 01:32 UT.
Retrograde 30 Nov – 19 Dec (3 weeks), 26°16' Sagittarius back to 9°59' Sagittarius; shadow from 11 Nov to 07 Jan 2084. Stations at 02:55 and 21:19 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2083· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2083; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2083· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2083; 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 2083· once this year
Retrograde 29 Sep – 25 Jan 2084 (17 weeks), 11°09' Gemini back to 1°07' Gemini; shadow from 06 Jul to 19 Apr 2084. Stations at 14:38 and 09:59 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2083· once this year
Retrograde 02 Jul – 18 Nov (20 weeks), 21°37' Pisces back to 14°52' Pisces; shadow from 26 Mar to 20 Feb 2084. Stations at 08:45 and 01:40 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2083· once this year
Retrograde 22 May – 23 Oct (22 weeks), 17°57' Aquarius back to 14°01' Aquarius; shadow from 04 Feb to 06 Feb 2084. Stations at 11:00 and 18:39 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2083· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Nov 2082 – 17 Apr (22 weeks), 9°53' Leo back to 7°04' Leo; shadow from 21 Jul 2082 to 09 Aug. Stations at 18:29 and 09:37 UT.
Retrograde 14 Nov – 18 Apr 2084 (22 weeks), 12°06' Leo back to 9°17' Leo; shadow from 24 Jul to 10 Aug 2084. Stations at 05:16 and 21:22 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2083· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jul – 30 Dec (24 weeks), 18°23' Aries back to 16°21' Aries; shadow from 17 Mar to 29 Apr 2084. Stations at 08:56 and 18:09 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.