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 2087· 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 27 Jan – 17 Feb (3 weeks), 23°21' Aquarius back to 7°44' Aquarius; shadow from 11 Jan to 09 Mar. Stations at 11:11 and 15:50 UT.
Retrograde 25 May – 18 Jun (3 weeks), 20°37' Gemini back to 12°04' Gemini; shadow from 11 May to 03 Jul. Stations at 22:12 and 20:32 UT.
Retrograde 23 Sep – 15 Oct (3 weeks), 22°18' Libra back to 7°06' Libra; shadow from 03 Sep to 30 Oct. Stations at 20:04 and 10:57 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2087· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jul – 16 Aug (6 weeks), 11°19' Leo back to 24°50' Cancer; shadow from 31 May to 19 Sep. Stations at 08:44 and 11:34 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2087· once this year
Retrograde 17 Nov 2086 – 02 Feb (11 weeks), 15°38' Cancer back to 27°11' Gemini; shadow from 18 Sep 2086 to 08 Apr. 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 2087· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jan – 05 May (17 weeks), 18°54' Virgo back to 8°55' Virgo; shadow from 08 Oct 2086 to 02 Aug. Stations at 03:36 and 05:00 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2087· once this year
Retrograde 25 Aug – 08 Jan 2088 (19 weeks), 13°38' Taurus back to 6°44' Taurus; shadow from 21 May to 11 Apr 2088. Stations at 16:06 and 01:47 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2087· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jun – 09 Nov (22 weeks), 3°58' Pisces back to 0°03' Pisces; shadow from 19 Feb to 23 Feb 2088. Stations at 19:16 and 00:56 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2087· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Nov 2086 – 26 Apr (22 weeks), 18°44' Leo back to 15°56' Leo; shadow from 30 Jul 2086 to 18 Aug. Stations at 14:15 and 09:02 UT.
Retrograde 23 Nov – 27 Apr 2088 (22 weeks), 20°57' Leo back to 18°09' Leo; shadow from 02 Aug to 19 Aug 2088. Stations at 00:16 and 19:11 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2087· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Jul 2086 – 02 Jan (24 weeks), 21°27' Aries back to 19°26' Aries; shadow from 20 Mar 2086 to 03 May. Stations at 06:28 and 12:05 UT.
Retrograde 22 Jul – 03 Jan 2088 (24 weeks), 22°28' Aries back to 20°27' Aries; shadow from 21 Mar to 04 May 2088. Stations at 11:35 and 19:36 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.