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 2096· 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 19 Dec 2095 – 08 Jan (3 weeks), 14°39' Capricorn back to 28°21' Sagittarius; shadow from 01 Dec 2095 to 27 Jan. Stations at 01:53 and 00:00 UT.
Retrograde 08 Apr – 02 May (3 weeks), 4°06' Taurus back to 23°21' Aries; shadow from 25 Mar to 19 May. Stations at 08:29 and 01:19 UT.
Retrograde 11 Aug – 04 Sep (3 weeks), 10°57' Virgo back to 27°52' Leo; shadow from 23 Jul to 18 Sep. Stations at 12:09 and 00:01 UT.
Retrograde 01 Dec – 21 Dec (3 weeks), 28°49' Sagittarius back to 12°31' Sagittarius; shadow from 13 Nov to 09 Jan 2097. Stations at 22:12 and 16:37 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2096· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2096; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2096· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2096; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
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 2096· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Oct 2095 – 30 Jan (17 weeks), 16°08' Gemini back to 6°05' Gemini; shadow from 10 Jul 2095 to 24 Apr. Stations at 09:47 and 08:33 UT.
Retrograde 06 Nov – 05 Mar 2097 (17 weeks), 20°20' Cancer back to 10°16' Cancer; shadow from 11 Aug to 31 May 2097. Stations at 05:54 and 09:47 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2096· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Dec 2095 – 28 Apr (19 weeks), 5°12' Virgo back to 28°19' Leo; shadow from 12 Sep 2095 to 03 Aug. Stations at 17:51 and 20:28 UT.
Retrograde 28 Dec – 12 May 2097 (19 weeks), 18°32' Virgo back to 11°40' Virgo; shadow from 24 Sep to 18 Aug 2097. Stations at 01:05 and 22:24 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2096· once this year
Retrograde 13 Jul – 14 Dec (22 weeks), 9°42' Aries back to 5°46' Aries; shadow from 27 Mar to 30 Mar 2097. Stations at 22:21 and 01:33 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2096· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Dec 2095 – 15 May (22 weeks), 8°32' Virgo back to 5°45' Virgo; shadow from 20 Aug 2095 to 06 Sep. Stations at 13:20 and 19:52 UT.
Retrograde 11 Dec – 18 May 2097 (22 weeks), 10°44' Virgo back to 7°57' Virgo; shadow from 21 Aug to 09 Sep 2097. Stations at 23:38 and 05:29 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2096· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Jul 2095 – 11 Jan (24 weeks), 0°26' Taurus back to 28°26' Aries; shadow from 29 Mar 2095 to 12 May. Stations at 15:19 and 19:58 UT.
Retrograde 30 Jul – 12 Jan 2097 (24 weeks), 1°25' Taurus back to 29°25' Aries; shadow from 29 Mar to 13 May 2097. Stations at 21:07 and 00:27 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.