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 2097· 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 21 Mar – 13 Apr (3 weeks), 16°14' Aries back to 3°57' Aries; shadow from 07 Mar to 02 May. Stations at 11:36 and 19:24 UT.
Retrograde 24 Jul – 17 Aug (3 weeks), 22°41' Leo back to 10°55' Leo; shadow from 06 Jul to 31 Aug. Stations at 14:59 and 15:25 UT.
Retrograde 15 Nov – 05 Dec (3 weeks), 13°01' Sagittarius back to 26°49' Scorpio; shadow from 27 Oct to 23 Dec. Stations at 15:47 and 12:26 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2097· once this year
Retrograde 08 Feb – 22 Mar (6 weeks), 19°44' Pisces back to 3°46' Pisces; shadow from 07 Jan to 24 Apr. Stations at 14:21 and 05:56 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2097· once this year
Retrograde 30 Jun – 31 Aug (9 weeks), 13°48' Aquarius back to 3°21' Aquarius; shadow from 17 May to 12 Oct. Stations at 22:40 and 06:54 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 2097· twice this year
Retrograde 06 Nov 2096 – 05 Mar (17 weeks), 20°20' Cancer back to 10°16' Cancer; shadow from 11 Aug 2096 to 31 May. Stations at 05:54 and 09:47 UT.
Retrograde 07 Dec – 07 Apr 2098 (17 weeks), 22°32' Leo back to 12°30' Leo; shadow from 12 Sep to 05 Jul 2098. Stations at 21:44 and 15:48 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2097· once this year
Retrograde 28 Dec 2096 – 12 May (19 weeks), 18°32' Virgo back to 11°40' Virgo; shadow from 24 Sep 2096 to 18 Aug. Stations at 01:05 and 22:24 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2097· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jul – 18 Dec (22 weeks), 13°41' Aries back to 9°45' Aries; shadow from 31 Mar to 03 Apr 2098. Stations at 05:39 and 06:07 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2097· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Dec 2096 – 18 May (22 weeks), 10°44' Virgo back to 7°57' Virgo; shadow from 21 Aug 2096 to 09 Sep. Stations at 23:38 and 05:29 UT.
Retrograde 14 Dec – 20 May 2098 (22 weeks), 12°56' Virgo back to 10°09' Virgo; shadow from 24 Aug to 11 Sep 2098. Stations at 08:48 and 17:28 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2097· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Jul 2096 – 12 Jan (24 weeks), 1°25' Taurus back to 29°25' Aries; shadow from 29 Mar 2096 to 13 May. Stations at 21:07 and 00:27 UT.
Retrograde 01 Aug – 13 Jan 2098 (24 weeks), 2°24' Taurus back to 0°24' Taurus; shadow from 30 Mar to 15 May 2098. Stations at 01:39 and 06:12 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.