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 2106· 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 09 Feb – 03 Mar (3 weeks), 5°26' Pisces back to 20°17' Aquarius; shadow from 25 Jan to 23 Mar. Stations at 07:50 and 00:56 UT.
Retrograde 10 Jun – 04 Jul (3 weeks), 5°26' Cancer back to 26°38' Gemini; shadow from 25 May to 18 Jul. Stations at 01:12 and 02:13 UT.
Retrograde 07 Oct – 28 Oct (3 weeks), 4°25' Scorpio back to 18°51' Libra; shadow from 16 Sep to 12 Nov. Stations at 03:46 and 05:17 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2106· once this year
Retrograde 09 Sep – 22 Oct (6 weeks), 15°16' Libra back to 29°19' Virgo; shadow from 07 Aug to 23 Nov. Stations at 19:37 and 01:26 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2106· once this year
Retrograde 13 Jan – 04 Apr (12 weeks), 13°14' Virgo back to 23°44' Leo; shadow from 08 Nov 2105 to 11 Jun. Stations at 13:18 and 14:41 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 2106· once this year
Retrograde 04 Sep – 30 Dec (17 weeks), 15°08' Taurus back to 5°08' Taurus; shadow from 11 Jun to 24 Mar 2107. Stations at 04:48 and 18:20 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2106· once this year
Retrograde 15 Apr – 04 Sep (20 weeks), 6°40' Capricorn back to 0°02' Capricorn; shadow from 08 Jan to 10 Dec. Stations at 19:16 and 03:54 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2106· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Aug 2105 – 20 Jan (22 weeks), 15°59' Taurus back to 12°00' Taurus; shadow from 04 May 2105 to 06 May. Stations at 14:25 and 04:29 UT.
Retrograde 26 Aug – 24 Jan 2107 (22 weeks), 20°06' Taurus back to 16°07' Taurus; shadow from 09 May to 11 May 2107. Stations at 03:08 and 12:25 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2106· once this year
Retrograde 01 Jan – 08 Jun (23 weeks), 0°28' Libra back to 27°40' Virgo; shadow from 11 Sep 2105 to 30 Sep. Stations at 18:45 and 17:50 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2106· twice this year
Retrograde 09 Aug 2105 – 22 Jan (24 weeks), 10°07' Taurus back to 8°08' Taurus; shadow from 07 Apr 2105 to 24 May. Stations at 20:08 and 02:01 UT.
Retrograde 11 Aug – 23 Jan 2107 (24 weeks), 11°04' Taurus back to 9°06' Taurus; shadow from 08 Apr to 25 May 2107. Stations at 02:40 and 04:50 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.