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 2113· 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 02 Feb – 23 Feb (3 weeks), 28°35' Aquarius back to 13°09' Aquarius; shadow from 17 Jan to 15 Mar. Stations at 01:53 and 11:42 UT.
Retrograde 01 Jun – 25 Jun (3 weeks), 26°59' Gemini back to 18°23' Gemini; shadow from 17 May to 10 Jul. Stations at 11:49 and 11:35 UT.
Retrograde 29 Sep – 21 Oct (3 weeks), 27°35' Libra back to 12°13' Libra; shadow from 09 Sep to 05 Nov. Stations at 15:55 and 01:22 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2113· once this year
Retrograde 04 Feb – 18 Mar (6 weeks), 14°59' Pisces back to 29°04' Aquarius; shadow from 03 Jan to 20 Apr. Stations at 18:19 and 07:40 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2113· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2113; 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 2113· once this year
Retrograde 13 Mar – 15 Jul (18 weeks), 27°41' Scorpio back to 17°48' Scorpio; shadow from 16 Dec 2112 to 11 Oct. Stations at 18:19 and 05:49 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2113· once this year
Retrograde 10 Jul – 25 Nov (20 weeks), 29°06' Pisces back to 22°20' Pisces; shadow from 03 Apr to 28 Feb 2114. Stations at 11:24 and 17:14 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2113· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Sep 2112 – 18 Feb (21 weeks), 15°24' Gemini back to 11°22' Gemini; shadow from 04 Jun 2112 to 04 Jun. Stations at 12:50 and 00:08 UT.
Retrograde 25 Sep – 22 Feb 2114 (21 weeks), 19°43' Gemini back to 15°40' Gemini; shadow from 09 Jun to 09 Jun 2114. Stations at 04:45 and 12:24 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2113· once this year
Retrograde 16 Jan – 24 Jun (23 weeks), 15°44' Libra back to 12°57' Libra; shadow from 27 Sep 2112 to 15 Oct. Stations at 17:57 and 02:50 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2113· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Aug 2112 – 28 Jan (24 weeks), 16°46' Taurus back to 14°47' Taurus; shadow from 13 Apr 2112 to 31 May. Stations at 08:37 and 09:07 UT.
Retrograde 17 Aug – 29 Jan 2114 (24 weeks), 17°42' Taurus back to 15°44' Taurus; shadow from 15 Apr to 01 Jun 2114. Stations at 10:06 and 16:03 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.