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 2085· 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 01 Mar – 24 Mar (3 weeks), 26°20' Pisces back to 12°27' Pisces; shadow from 15 Feb to 12 Apr. Stations at 09:30 and 01:02 UT.
Retrograde 03 Jul – 27 Jul (3 weeks), 0°30' Leo back to 20°20' Cancer; shadow from 16 Jun to 10 Aug. Stations at 04:02 and 09:20 UT.
Retrograde 27 Oct – 16 Nov (3 weeks), 24°36' Scorpio back to 8°36' Scorpio; shadow from 07 Oct to 03 Dec. Stations at 09:03 and 15:36 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2085· once this year
Retrograde 29 Nov – 09 Jan 2086 (6 weeks), 6°35' Capricorn back to 21°17' Sagittarius; shadow from 28 Oct to 09 Feb 2086. Stations at 13:45 and 11:01 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2085· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2085; 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 2085· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Nov 2084 – 28 Feb (17 weeks), 15°37' Cancer back to 5°33' Cancer; shadow from 07 Aug 2084 to 26 May. Stations at 15:59 and 15:50 UT.
Retrograde 03 Dec – 03 Apr 2086 (17 weeks), 18°04' Leo back to 8°01' Leo; shadow from 07 Sep to 30 Jun 2086. Stations at 15:25 and 04:25 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2085· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jul – 12 Dec (20 weeks), 17°00' Aries back to 10°11' Aries; shadow from 22 Apr to 16 Mar 2086. Stations at 09:58 and 13:18 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2085· once this year
Retrograde 30 May – 31 Oct (22 weeks), 26°00' Aquarius back to 22°04' Aquarius; shadow from 11 Feb to 14 Feb 2086. Stations at 03:31 and 11:08 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2085· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Nov 2084 – 21 Apr (22 weeks), 14°18' Leo back to 11°30' Leo; shadow from 25 Jul 2084 to 13 Aug. Stations at 17:32 and 10:00 UT.
Retrograde 18 Nov – 23 Apr 2086 (22 weeks), 16°31' Leo back to 13°43' Leo; shadow from 28 Jul to 15 Aug 2086. Stations at 03:48 and 20:29 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2085· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jul – 01 Jan 2086 (24 weeks), 20°26' Aries back to 18°25' Aries; shadow from 19 Mar to 02 May 2086. Stations at 01:52 and 05:05 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.