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 2095· 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 04 Jan – 24 Jan (3 weeks), 0°32' Aquarius back to 14°23' Capricorn; shadow from 18 Dec 2094 to 13 Feb. Stations at 04:08 and 11:31 UT.
Retrograde 28 Apr – 21 May (3 weeks), 22°46' Taurus back to 13°23' Taurus; shadow from 14 Apr to 07 Jun. Stations at 00:54 and 20:27 UT.
Retrograde 30 Aug – 21 Sep (3 weeks), 28°28' Virgo back to 14°19' Virgo; shadow from 10 Aug to 06 Oct. Stations at 00:56 and 19:22 UT.
Retrograde 19 Dec – 08 Jan 2096 (3 weeks), 14°39' Capricorn back to 28°21' Sagittarius; shadow from 01 Dec to 27 Jan 2096. Stations at 01:53 and 00:00 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2095· once this year
Retrograde 02 Jul – 14 Aug (6 weeks), 9°10' Leo back to 22°41' Cancer; shadow from 29 May to 16 Sep. Stations at 00:51 and 04:18 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2095· once this year
Retrograde 21 Apr – 03 Jul (10 weeks), 12°22' Sagittarius back to 26°42' Scorpio; shadow from 21 Feb to 25 Aug. Stations at 13:06 and 12:49 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 2095· once this year
Retrograde 04 Oct – 30 Jan 2096 (17 weeks), 16°08' Gemini back to 6°05' Gemini; shadow from 10 Jul to 24 Apr 2096. Stations at 09:47 and 08:33 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2095· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Dec 2094 – 15 Apr (19 weeks), 21°36' Leo back to 14°40' Leo; shadow from 29 Aug 2094 to 20 Jul. Stations at 02:25 and 14:58 UT.
Retrograde 15 Dec – 28 Apr 2096 (19 weeks), 5°12' Virgo back to 28°19' Leo; shadow from 12 Sep to 03 Aug 2096. Stations at 17:51 and 20:28 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2095· once this year
Retrograde 10 Jul – 10 Dec (22 weeks), 5°44' Aries back to 1°48' Aries; shadow from 23 Mar to 26 Mar 2096. Stations at 12:48 and 20:01 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2095· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Dec 2094 – 14 May (22 weeks), 6°20' Virgo back to 3°33' Virgo; shadow from 17 Aug 2094 to 05 Sep. Stations at 02:56 and 07:34 UT.
Retrograde 10 Dec – 15 May 2096 (22 weeks), 8°32' Virgo back to 5°45' Virgo; shadow from 20 Aug to 06 Sep 2096. Stations at 13:20 and 19:52 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2095· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Jul 2094 – 10 Jan (24 weeks), 29°27' Aries back to 27°27' Aries; shadow from 27 Mar 2094 to 12 May. Stations at 07:29 and 15:25 UT.
Retrograde 30 Jul – 11 Jan 2096 (24 weeks), 0°26' Taurus back to 28°26' Aries; shadow from 29 Mar to 12 May 2096. Stations at 15:19 and 19:58 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.