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 2098· 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 04 Mar – 27 Mar (3 weeks), 29°02' Pisces back to 15°21' Pisces; shadow from 18 Feb to 15 Apr. Stations at 07:08 and 01:04 UT.
Retrograde 06 Jul – 30 Jul (3 weeks), 3°37' Leo back to 23°15' Cancer; shadow from 19 Jun to 13 Aug. Stations at 07:56 and 13:00 UT.
Retrograde 30 Oct – 19 Nov (3 weeks), 27°10' Scorpio back to 11°08' Scorpio; shadow from 10 Oct to 06 Dec. Stations at 05:35 and 10:23 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2098· once this year
Retrograde 11 Sep – 23 Oct (6 weeks), 17°33' Libra back to 1°38' Libra; shadow from 09 Aug to 24 Nov. Stations at 05:30 and 10:24 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2098· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2098; 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 2098· once this year
Retrograde 07 Dec 2097 – 07 Apr (17 weeks), 22°32' Leo back to 12°30' Leo; shadow from 12 Sep 2097 to 05 Jul. Stations at 21:44 and 15:48 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2098· once this year
Retrograde 09 Jan – 26 May (20 weeks), 1°33' Libra back to 24°44' Virgo; shadow from 07 Oct 2097 to 01 Sep. Stations at 23:41 and 19:13 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2098· once this year
Retrograde 22 Jul – 22 Dec (22 weeks), 17°40' Aries back to 13°44' Aries; shadow from 04 Apr to 08 Apr 2099. Stations at 15:23 and 11:32 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2098· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Dec 2097 – 20 May (22 weeks), 12°56' Virgo back to 10°09' Virgo; shadow from 24 Aug 2097 to 11 Sep. Stations at 08:48 and 17:28 UT.
Retrograde 16 Dec – 23 May 2099 (22 weeks), 15°08' Virgo back to 12°21' Virgo; shadow from 26 Aug to 14 Sep 2099. Stations at 19:44 and 04:01 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2098· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Aug 2097 – 13 Jan (24 weeks), 2°24' Taurus back to 0°24' Taurus; shadow from 30 Mar 2097 to 15 May. Stations at 01:39 and 06:12 UT.
Retrograde 02 Aug – 14 Jan 2099 (24 weeks), 3°22' Taurus back to 1°23' Taurus; shadow from 31 Mar to 16 May 2099. Stations at 03:51 and 14:54 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.