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 2088· 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 11 Jan – 31 Jan (3 weeks), 7°15' Aquarius back to 21°13' Capricorn; shadow from 26 Dec 2087 to 20 Feb. Stations at 07:43 and 20:45 UT.
Retrograde 05 May – 29 May (3 weeks), 0°52' Gemini back to 21°55' Taurus; shadow from 21 Apr to 14 Jun. Stations at 11:57 and 08:00 UT.
Retrograde 05 Sep – 28 Sep (3 weeks), 5°38' Libra back to 21°06' Virgo; shadow from 16 Aug to 12 Oct. Stations at 16:49 and 03:29 UT.
Retrograde 25 Dec – 14 Jan 2089 (3 weeks), 21°19' Capricorn back to 5°03' Capricorn; shadow from 08 Dec to 02 Feb 2089. Stations at 05:38 and 06:59 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2088· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2088; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2088· once this year
Retrograde 22 Dec – 12 Mar 2089 (11 weeks), 22°34' Leo back to 3°09' Leo; shadow from 19 Oct to 19 May 2089. Stations at 14:11 and 19:40 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 2088· once this year
Retrograde 02 Feb – 04 Jun (18 weeks), 18°54' Libra back to 8°58' Libra; shadow from 07 Nov 2087 to 01 Sep. Stations at 05:37 and 09:02 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2088· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Aug 2087 – 08 Jan (19 weeks), 13°38' Taurus back to 6°44' Taurus; shadow from 21 May 2087 to 11 Apr. Stations at 16:06 and 01:47 UT.
Retrograde 08 Sep – 20 Jan 2089 (19 weeks), 27°22' Taurus back to 20°27' Taurus; shadow from 03 Jun to 24 Apr 2089. Stations at 02:30 and 19:03 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2088· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jun – 12 Nov (22 weeks), 7°57' Pisces back to 4°02' Pisces; shadow from 24 Feb to 26 Feb 2089. Stations at 04:26 and 07:39 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2088· twice this year
Retrograde 23 Nov 2087 – 27 Apr (22 weeks), 20°57' Leo back to 18°09' Leo; shadow from 02 Aug 2087 to 19 Aug. Stations at 00:16 and 19:11 UT.
Retrograde 24 Nov – 30 Apr 2089 (22 weeks), 23°09' Leo back to 20°21' Leo; shadow from 03 Aug to 22 Aug 2089. Stations at 09:40 and 07:49 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2088· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Jul 2087 – 03 Jan (24 weeks), 22°28' Aries back to 20°27' Aries; shadow from 21 Mar 2087 to 04 May. Stations at 11:35 and 19:36 UT.
Retrograde 22 Jul – 04 Jan 2089 (24 weeks), 23°29' Aries back to 21°27' Aries; shadow from 21 Mar to 05 May 2089. Stations at 16:02 and 04:52 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.