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 2093· 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 05 Feb – 27 Feb (3 weeks), 2°48' Pisces back to 17°32' Aquarius; shadow from 21 Jan to 19 Mar. Stations at 12:04 and 02:35 UT.
Retrograde 05 Jun – 29 Jun (3 weeks), 2°14' Cancer back to 23°31' Gemini; shadow from 21 May to 14 Jul. Stations at 18:35 and 19:15 UT.
Retrograde 03 Oct – 24 Oct (3 weeks), 1°47' Scorpio back to 16°17' Libra; shadow from 12 Sep to 09 Nov. Stations at 06:05 and 10:22 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2093· once this year
Retrograde 27 Nov – 06 Jan 2094 (6 weeks), 4°05' Capricorn back to 18°47' Sagittarius; shadow from 26 Oct to 07 Feb 2094. Stations at 02:30 and 23:56 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2093· once this year
Retrograde 03 Mar – 22 May (11 weeks), 0°30' Scorpio back to 12°04' Libra; shadow from 28 Dec 2092 to 23 Jul. Stations at 23:49 and 05:57 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 2093· once this year
Retrograde 22 Jul – 17 Nov (17 weeks), 3°13' Aries back to 23°19' Pisces; shadow from 28 Apr to 08 Feb 2094. Stations at 09:02 and 17:05 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2093· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Nov 2092 – 17 Mar (19 weeks), 23°43' Cancer back to 16°45' Cancer; shadow from 01 Aug 2092 to 21 Jun. Stations at 23:56 and 19:28 UT.
Retrograde 18 Nov – 01 Apr 2094 (19 weeks), 7°45' Leo back to 0°48' Leo; shadow from 15 Aug to 05 Jul 2094. Stations at 04:18 and 06:07 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2093· once this year
Retrograde 01 Jul – 02 Dec (22 weeks), 27°47' Pisces back to 23°52' Pisces; shadow from 15 Mar to 18 Mar 2094. Stations at 20:06 and 09:49 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2093· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Dec 2092 – 09 May (22 weeks), 1°57' Virgo back to 29°09' Leo; shadow from 12 Aug 2092 to 31 Aug. Stations at 04:42 and 08:09 UT.
Retrograde 05 Dec – 11 May 2094 (22 weeks), 4°09' Virgo back to 1°21' Virgo; shadow from 15 Aug to 02 Sep 2094. Stations at 16:38 and 20:55 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2093· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Jul 2092 – 08 Jan (24 weeks), 27°28' Aries back to 25°28' Aries; shadow from 25 Mar 2092 to 09 May. Stations at 19:40 and 01:29 UT.
Retrograde 27 Jul – 09 Jan 2094 (24 weeks), 28°27' Aries back to 26°27' Aries; shadow from 26 Mar to 10 May 2094. Stations at 23:35 and 10:13 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.