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 2112· 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 19 Feb – 12 Mar (3 weeks), 15°00' Pisces back to 0°21' Pisces; shadow from 04 Feb to 01 Apr. Stations at 11:09 and 14:57 UT.
Retrograde 20 Jun – 14 Jul (3 weeks), 17°01' Cancer back to 7°42' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jun to 29 Jul. Stations at 17:56 and 21:24 UT.
Retrograde 16 Oct – 06 Nov (3 weeks), 13°46' Scorpio back to 27°59' Libra; shadow from 26 Sep to 22 Nov. Stations at 11:36 and 03:47 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2112· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2112; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2112· once this year
Retrograde 31 May – 05 Aug (9 weeks), 16°31' Capricorn back to 4°03' Capricorn; shadow from 11 Apr to 20 Sep. Stations at 13:45 and 15:12 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 2112· once this year
Retrograde 11 Feb – 14 Jun (18 weeks), 27°30' Libra back to 17°35' Libra; shadow from 16 Nov 2111 to 11 Sep. Stations at 18:01 and 01:52 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2112· once this year
Retrograde 27 Jun – 13 Nov (20 weeks), 16°41' Pisces back to 9°57' Pisces; shadow from 21 Mar to 16 Feb 2113. Stations at 03:27 and 06:46 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2112· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Sep 2111 – 14 Feb (22 weeks), 11°07' Gemini back to 7°06' Gemini; shadow from 31 May 2111 to 31 May. Stations at 21:44 and 12:51 UT.
Retrograde 20 Sep – 18 Feb 2113 (21 weeks), 15°24' Gemini back to 11°22' Gemini; shadow from 04 Jun to 04 Jun 2113. Stations at 12:50 and 00:08 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2112· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jan – 21 Jun (23 weeks), 13°33' Libra back to 10°46' Libra; shadow from 25 Sep 2111 to 13 Oct. Stations at 07:26 and 15:10 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2112· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Aug 2111 – 28 Jan (24 weeks), 15°49' Taurus back to 13°51' Taurus; shadow from 13 Apr 2111 to 30 May. Stations at 03:05 and 05:57 UT.
Retrograde 16 Aug – 28 Jan 2113 (24 weeks), 16°46' Taurus back to 14°47' Taurus; shadow from 13 Apr to 31 May 2113. Stations at 08:37 and 09:07 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.