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 2086· 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 12 Feb – 06 Mar (3 weeks), 9°41' Pisces back to 24°46' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 26 Mar. Stations at 18:41 and 16:52 UT.
Retrograde 14 Jun – 08 Jul (3 weeks), 10°41' Cancer back to 1°39' Cancer; shadow from 29 May to 22 Jul. Stations at 07:01 and 08:55 UT.
Retrograde 10 Oct – 31 Oct (3 weeks), 8°35' Scorpio back to 22°54' Libra; shadow from 20 Sep to 16 Nov. Stations at 17:21 and 14:06 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2086· once this year
Retrograde 29 Nov 2085 – 09 Jan (6 weeks), 6°35' Capricorn back to 21°17' Sagittarius; shadow from 28 Oct 2085 to 09 Feb. Stations at 13:45 and 11:01 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2086· once this year
Retrograde 17 Nov – 02 Feb 2087 (11 weeks), 15°38' Cancer back to 27°11' Gemini; shadow from 18 Sep to 08 Apr 2087. Stations at 14:09 and 08:58 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 2086· once this year
Retrograde 03 Dec 2085 – 03 Apr (17 weeks), 18°04' Leo back to 8°01' Leo; shadow from 07 Sep 2085 to 30 Jun. Stations at 15:25 and 04:25 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2086· once this year
Retrograde 11 Aug – 25 Dec (19 weeks), 0°10' Taurus back to 23°18' Aries; shadow from 06 May to 29 Mar 2087. Stations at 09:37 and 16:36 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2086· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jun – 04 Nov (22 weeks), 29°59' Aquarius back to 26°04' Aquarius; shadow from 15 Feb to 18 Feb 2087. Stations at 12:33 and 18:58 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2086· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Nov 2085 – 23 Apr (22 weeks), 16°31' Leo back to 13°43' Leo; shadow from 28 Jul 2085 to 15 Aug. Stations at 03:48 and 20:29 UT.
Retrograde 20 Nov – 26 Apr 2087 (22 weeks), 18°44' Leo back to 15°56' Leo; shadow from 30 Jul to 18 Aug 2087. Stations at 14:15 and 09:02 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2086· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Jul 2085 – 01 Jan (24 weeks), 20°26' Aries back to 18°25' Aries; shadow from 19 Mar 2085 to 02 May. Stations at 01:52 and 05:05 UT.
Retrograde 21 Jul – 02 Jan 2087 (24 weeks), 21°27' Aries back to 19°26' Aries; shadow from 20 Mar to 03 May 2087. Stations at 06:28 and 12:05 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.