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 2089· 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 25 Dec 2088 – 14 Jan (3 weeks), 21°19' Capricorn back to 5°03' Capricorn; shadow from 08 Dec 2088 to 02 Feb. Stations at 05:38 and 06:59 UT.
Retrograde 16 Apr – 10 May (3 weeks), 11°51' Taurus back to 1°44' Taurus; shadow from 02 Apr to 27 May. Stations at 12:27 and 06:35 UT.
Retrograde 19 Aug – 11 Sep (3 weeks), 18°24' Virgo back to 4°50' Virgo; shadow from 30 Jul to 25 Sep. Stations at 07:22 and 12:21 UT.
Retrograde 09 Dec – 28 Dec (3 weeks), 5°27' Capricorn back to 19°09' Sagittarius; shadow from 21 Nov to 16 Jan 2090. Stations at 02:52 and 21:56 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2089· once this year
Retrograde 11 Feb – 24 Mar (6 weeks), 22°07' Pisces back to 6°07' Pisces; shadow from 09 Jan to 26 Apr. Stations at 00:11 and 16:37 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2089· once this year
Retrograde 22 Dec 2088 – 12 Mar (11 weeks), 22°34' Leo back to 3°09' Leo; shadow from 19 Oct 2088 to 19 May. 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 2089· once this year
Retrograde 03 Mar – 05 Jul (18 weeks), 18°55' Scorpio back to 9°01' Scorpio; shadow from 07 Dec 2088 to 02 Oct. Stations at 23:18 and 11:22 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2089· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Sep 2088 – 20 Jan (19 weeks), 27°22' Taurus back to 20°27' Taurus; shadow from 03 Jun 2088 to 24 Apr. Stations at 02:30 and 19:03 UT.
Retrograde 22 Sep – 03 Feb 2090 (19 weeks), 11°19' Gemini back to 4°22' Gemini; shadow from 18 Jun to 08 May 2090. Stations at 14:21 and 19:24 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2089· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jun – 16 Nov (22 weeks), 11°55' Pisces back to 8°00' Pisces; shadow from 27 Feb to 02 Mar 2090. Stations at 11:09 and 12:43 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2089· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Nov 2088 – 30 Apr (22 weeks), 23°09' Leo back to 20°21' Leo; shadow from 03 Aug 2088 to 22 Aug. Stations at 09:40 and 07:49 UT.
Retrograde 26 Nov – 02 May 2090 (22 weeks), 25°21' Leo back to 22°33' Leo; shadow from 06 Aug to 24 Aug 2090. Stations at 20:47 and 19:05 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2089· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Jul 2088 – 04 Jan (24 weeks), 23°29' Aries back to 21°27' Aries; shadow from 21 Mar 2088 to 05 May. Stations at 16:02 and 04:52 UT.
Retrograde 24 Jul – 05 Jan 2090 (24 weeks), 24°29' Aries back to 22°28' Aries; shadow from 22 Mar to 06 May 2090. Stations at 00:33 and 09:48 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.