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 2084· 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 18 Mar – 10 Apr (3 weeks), 13°27' Aries back to 0°56' Aries; shadow from 04 Mar to 29 Apr. Stations at 11:48 and 18:02 UT.
Retrograde 21 Jul – 14 Aug (3 weeks), 19°42' Leo back to 8°08' Leo; shadow from 03 Jul to 28 Aug. Stations at 12:52 and 14:39 UT.
Retrograde 12 Nov – 02 Dec (3 weeks), 10°28' Sagittarius back to 24°17' Scorpio; shadow from 24 Oct to 20 Dec. Stations at 19:57 and 17:32 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2084· once this year
Retrograde 24 Apr – 06 Jun (6 weeks), 4°30' Gemini back to 18°02' Taurus; shadow from 22 Mar to 10 Jul. Stations at 18:43 and 14:08 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2084· once this year
Retrograde 04 Oct – 13 Dec (10 weeks), 27°16' Taurus back to 11°55' Taurus; shadow from 14 Aug to 07 Feb 2085. Stations at 14:29 and 07:30 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 2084· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Sep 2083 – 25 Jan (17 weeks), 11°09' Gemini back to 1°07' Gemini; shadow from 06 Jul 2083 to 19 Apr. Stations at 14:38 and 09:59 UT.
Retrograde 01 Nov – 28 Feb 2085 (17 weeks), 15°37' Cancer back to 5°33' Cancer; shadow from 07 Aug to 26 May 2085. Stations at 15:59 and 15:50 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2084· once this year
Retrograde 14 Jul – 29 Nov (20 weeks), 4°09' Aries back to 27°22' Pisces; shadow from 08 Apr to 04 Mar 2085. Stations at 18:03 and 15:37 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2084· once this year
Retrograde 25 May – 27 Oct (22 weeks), 21°59' Aquarius back to 18°03' Aquarius; shadow from 08 Feb to 10 Feb 2085. Stations at 20:36 and 03:56 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2084· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Nov 2083 – 18 Apr (22 weeks), 12°06' Leo back to 9°17' Leo; shadow from 24 Jul 2083 to 10 Aug. Stations at 05:16 and 21:22 UT.
Retrograde 15 Nov – 21 Apr 2085 (22 weeks), 14°18' Leo back to 11°30' Leo; shadow from 25 Jul to 13 Aug 2085. Stations at 17:32 and 10:00 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2084· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jul – 30 Dec (24 weeks), 19°25' Aries back to 17°23' Aries; shadow from 17 Mar to 30 Apr 2085. Stations at 18:03 and 23:28 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.