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 2108· four 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 07 Jan – 28 Jan (3 weeks), 3°08' Aquarius back to 17°00' Capricorn; shadow from 22 Dec 2107 to 17 Feb. Stations at 22:57 and 08:16 UT.
Retrograde 01 May – 25 May (3 weeks), 25°49' Taurus back to 16°36' Taurus; shadow from 17 Apr to 10 Jun. Stations at 06:24 and 02:15 UT.
Retrograde 02 Sep – 24 Sep (3 weeks), 1°14' Libra back to 16°56' Virgo; shadow from 12 Aug to 09 Oct. Stations at 00:16 and 16:01 UT.
Retrograde 21 Dec – 10 Jan 2109 (3 weeks), 17°13' Capricorn back to 0°56' Capricorn; shadow from 04 Dec to 30 Jan 2109. Stations at 20:46 and 19:58 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2108· once this year
Retrograde 18 Apr – 31 May (6 weeks), 27°57' Taurus back to 11°29' Taurus; shadow from 16 Mar to 04 Jul. Stations at 20:48 and 13:18 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2108· once this year
Retrograde 18 Feb – 08 May (11 weeks), 16°45' Libra back to 27°48' Virgo; shadow from 14 Dec 2107 to 12 Jul. Stations at 11:06 and 20:14 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 2108· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Oct 2107 – 05 Feb (17 weeks), 20°59' Gemini back to 10°56' Gemini; shadow from 16 Jul 2107 to 30 Apr. Stations at 03:47 and 04:25 UT.
Retrograde 11 Nov – 10 Mar 2109 (17 weeks), 24°58' Cancer back to 14°54' Cancer; shadow from 17 Aug to 06 Jun 2109. Stations at 15:24 and 23:17 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2108· once this year
Retrograde 08 May – 27 Sep (20 weeks), 29°27' Capricorn back to 22°49' Capricorn; shadow from 01 Feb to 01 Jan 2109. Stations at 18:40 and 00:00 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2108· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Aug 2107 – 28 Jan (22 weeks), 24°16' Taurus back to 20°16' Taurus; shadow from 13 May 2107 to 14 May. Stations at 15:09 and 20:45 UT.
Retrograde 03 Sep – 01 Feb 2109 (22 weeks), 28°26' Taurus back to 24°26' Taurus; shadow from 17 May to 18 May 2109. Stations at 04:27 and 05:55 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2108· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jan – 12 Jun (23 weeks), 4°49' Libra back to 2°02' Libra; shadow from 16 Sep 2107 to 04 Oct. Stations at 13:41 and 15:43 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2108· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Aug 2107 – 24 Jan (24 weeks), 12°01' Taurus back to 10°03' Taurus; shadow from 10 Apr 2107 to 25 May. Stations at 07:52 and 09:02 UT.
Retrograde 12 Aug – 24 Jan 2109 (24 weeks), 12°59' Taurus back to 11°00' Taurus; shadow from 10 Apr to 27 May 2109. Stations at 09:18 and 16:59 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.