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 2104· 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 14 Mar – 06 Apr (3 weeks), 8°58' Aries back to 26°03' Pisces; shadow from 29 Feb to 25 Apr. Stations at 18:53 and 21:46 UT.
Retrograde 17 Jul – 10 Aug (3 weeks), 14°46' Leo back to 3°35' Leo; shadow from 29 Jun to 24 Aug. Stations at 14:13 and 17:39 UT.
Retrograde 09 Nov – 29 Nov (3 weeks), 6°23' Sagittarius back to 20°15' Scorpio; shadow from 20 Oct to 16 Dec. Stations at 09:10 and 08:46 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2104· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2104; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2104· once this year
Retrograde 11 Dec 2103 – 28 Feb (11 weeks), 9°06' Leo back to 19°55' Cancer; shadow from 09 Oct 2103 to 05 May. Stations at 01:33 and 05:30 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 2104· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jun – 18 Oct (17 weeks), 1°54' Pisces back to 22°03' Aquarius; shadow from 27 Mar to 09 Jan 2105. Stations at 08:49 and 03:15 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2104· once this year
Retrograde 23 Mar – 11 Aug (20 weeks), 13°51' Sagittarius back to 7°13' Sagittarius; shadow from 17 Dec 2103 to 17 Nov. Stations at 04:21 and 02:07 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2104· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Aug 2103 – 12 Jan (22 weeks), 7°48' Taurus back to 3°50' Taurus; shadow from 26 Apr 2103 to 28 Apr. Stations at 15:30 and 14:42 UT.
Retrograde 17 Aug – 15 Jan 2105 (22 weeks), 11°52' Taurus back to 7°54' Taurus; shadow from 30 Apr to 02 May 2105. Stations at 03:31 and 21:36 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2104· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Dec 2103 – 03 Jun (23 weeks), 26°06' Virgo back to 23°18' Virgo; shadow from 08 Sep 2103 to 25 Sep. Stations at 23:17 and 18:25 UT.
Retrograde 30 Dec – 06 Jun 2105 (23 weeks), 28°17' Virgo back to 25°29' Virgo; shadow from 09 Sep to 28 Sep 2105. Stations at 09:02 and 07:37 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2104· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Aug 2103 – 20 Jan (24 weeks), 8°12' Taurus back to 6°13' Taurus; shadow from 06 Apr 2103 to 21 May. Stations at 06:44 and 16:20 UT.
Retrograde 08 Aug – 20 Jan 2105 (24 weeks), 9°09' Taurus back to 7°11' Taurus; shadow from 06 Apr to 23 May 2105. Stations at 13:02 and 21:36 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.