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 2107· 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 24 Jan – 14 Feb (3 weeks), 19°11' Aquarius back to 3°25' Aquarius; shadow from 08 Jan to 06 Mar. Stations at 01:51 and 01:40 UT.
Retrograde 21 May – 14 Jun (3 weeks), 15°25' Gemini back to 6°50' Gemini; shadow from 07 May to 29 Jun. Stations at 15:12 and 12:04 UT.
Retrograde 20 Sep – 12 Oct (3 weeks), 18°03' Libra back to 3°00' Libra; shadow from 30 Aug to 27 Oct. Stations at 05:04 and 01:11 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2107· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2107; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2107· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2107; 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 2107· once this year
Retrograde 10 Oct – 05 Feb 2108 (17 weeks), 20°59' Gemini back to 10°56' Gemini; shadow from 16 Jul to 30 Apr 2108. Stations at 03:47 and 04:25 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2107· once this year
Retrograde 27 Apr – 16 Sep (20 weeks), 18°02' Capricorn back to 11°24' Capricorn; shadow from 20 Jan to 22 Dec. Stations at 17:31 and 03:16 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2107· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Aug 2106 – 24 Jan (22 weeks), 20°06' Taurus back to 16°07' Taurus; shadow from 09 May 2106 to 11 May. Stations at 03:08 and 12:25 UT.
Retrograde 30 Aug – 28 Jan 2108 (22 weeks), 24°16' Taurus back to 20°16' Taurus; shadow from 13 May to 14 May 2108. Stations at 15:09 and 20:45 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2107· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jan – 11 Jun (23 weeks), 2°38' Libra back to 29°51' Virgo; shadow from 14 Sep 2106 to 03 Oct. Stations at 03:08 and 05:44 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2107· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Aug 2106 – 23 Jan (24 weeks), 11°04' Taurus back to 9°06' Taurus; shadow from 08 Apr 2106 to 25 May. Stations at 02:40 and 04:50 UT.
Retrograde 12 Aug – 24 Jan 2108 (24 weeks), 12°01' Taurus back to 10°03' Taurus; shadow from 10 Apr to 25 May 2108. Stations at 07:52 and 09:02 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.