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 2111· 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 08 Mar – 31 Mar (3 weeks), 1°46' Aries back to 18°16' Pisces; shadow from 22 Feb to 19 Apr. Stations at 05:02 and 01:24 UT.
Retrograde 10 Jul – 03 Aug (3 weeks), 6°42' Leo back to 26°07' Cancer; shadow from 23 Jun to 17 Aug. Stations at 11:28 and 16:14 UT.
Retrograde 03 Nov – 23 Nov (3 weeks), 29°44' Scorpio back to 13°40' Scorpio; shadow from 14 Oct to 10 Dec. Stations at 01:58 and 05:11 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2111· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jun – 10 Aug (6 weeks), 4°52' Leo back to 18°23' Cancer; shadow from 25 May to 13 Sep. Stations at 08:09 and 12:24 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2111· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2111; 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 2111· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jan – 14 May (17 weeks), 27°34' Virgo back to 17°36' Virgo; shadow from 17 Oct 2110 to 12 Aug. Stations at 13:01 and 22:25 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2111· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jun – 01 Nov (20 weeks), 4°33' Pisces back to 27°50' Aquarius; shadow from 09 Mar to 05 Feb 2112. Stations at 02:56 and 23:30 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2111· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Sep 2110 – 10 Feb (22 weeks), 6°52' Gemini back to 2°51' Gemini; shadow from 26 May 2110 to 27 May. Stations at 07:28 and 01:55 UT.
Retrograde 16 Sep – 14 Feb 2112 (22 weeks), 11°07' Gemini back to 7°06' Gemini; shadow from 31 May to 31 May 2112. Stations at 21:44 and 12:51 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2111· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jan – 20 Jun (23 weeks), 11°22' Libra back to 8°35' Libra; shadow from 23 Sep 2110 to 11 Oct. Stations at 19:58 and 01:53 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2111· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Aug 2110 – 27 Jan (24 weeks), 14°52' Taurus back to 12°54' Taurus; shadow from 12 Apr 2110 to 29 May. Stations at 20:47 and 03:26 UT.
Retrograde 16 Aug – 28 Jan 2112 (24 weeks), 15°49' Taurus back to 13°51' Taurus; shadow from 13 Apr to 30 May 2112. Stations at 03:05 and 05:57 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.