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 2115· 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 31 Dec 2114 – 20 Jan (3 weeks), 26°27' Capricorn back to 10°14' Capricorn; shadow from 14 Dec 2114 to 09 Feb. Stations at 19:26 and 23:33 UT.
Retrograde 23 Apr – 17 May (3 weeks), 17°50' Taurus back to 8°07' Taurus; shadow from 10 Apr to 03 Jun. Stations at 21:16 and 16:07 UT.
Retrograde 26 Aug – 18 Sep (3 weeks), 24°00' Virgo back to 10°07' Virgo; shadow from 06 Aug to 02 Oct. Stations at 07:22 and 06:52 UT.
Retrograde 15 Dec – 04 Jan 2116 (3 weeks), 10°34' Capricorn back to 24°15' Sagittarius; shadow from 27 Nov to 23 Jan 2116. Stations at 16:59 and 13:20 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2115· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2115; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2115· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2115; 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 2115· once this year
Retrograde 20 May – 18 Sep (17 weeks), 1°55' Aquarius back to 22°05' Capricorn; shadow from 23 Feb to 12 Dec. Stations at 10:24 and 18:56 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2115· once this year
Retrograde 06 Aug – 21 Dec (20 weeks), 24°53' Aries back to 18°03' Aries; shadow from 01 May to 24 Mar 2116. Stations at 23:09 and 11:50 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2115· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Sep 2114 – 27 Feb (21 weeks), 24°03' Gemini back to 20°00' Gemini; shadow from 14 Jun 2114 to 13 Jun. Stations at 21:12 and 00:36 UT.
Retrograde 04 Oct – 02 Mar 2116 (21 weeks), 28°26' Gemini back to 24°22' Gemini; shadow from 18 Jun to 17 Jun 2116. Stations at 15:16 and 14:24 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2115· once this year
Retrograde 21 Jan – 29 Jun (23 weeks), 20°05' Libra back to 17°19' Libra; shadow from 02 Oct 2114 to 20 Oct. Stations at 13:49 and 03:33 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2115· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Aug 2114 – 30 Jan (24 weeks), 18°39' Taurus back to 16°41' Taurus; shadow from 16 Apr 2114 to 02 Jun. Stations at 15:03 and 21:10 UT.
Retrograde 19 Aug – 01 Feb 2116 (24 weeks), 19°35' Taurus back to 17°37' Taurus; shadow from 17 Apr to 02 Jun 2116. Stations at 21:28 and 01:45 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.