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 2116· 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 15 Dec 2115 – 04 Jan (3 weeks), 10°34' Capricorn back to 24°15' Sagittarius; shadow from 27 Nov 2115 to 23 Jan. Stations at 16:59 and 13:20 UT.
Retrograde 04 Apr – 28 Apr (3 weeks), 29°24' Aries back to 18°13' Aries; shadow from 21 Mar to 15 May. Stations at 10:05 and 01:02 UT.
Retrograde 07 Aug – 31 Aug (3 weeks), 6°17' Virgo back to 23°33' Leo; shadow from 19 Jul to 14 Sep. Stations at 16:40 and 08:13 UT.
Retrograde 28 Nov – 18 Dec (3 weeks), 24°45' Sagittarius back to 8°28' Sagittarius; shadow from 09 Nov to 05 Jan 2117. Stations at 12:37 and 07:05 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2116· once this year
Retrograde 16 Apr – 29 May (6 weeks), 25°46' Taurus back to 9°18' Taurus; shadow from 14 Mar to 02 Jul. Stations at 13:43 and 05:41 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2116· once this year
Retrograde 16 Oct – 27 Dec (10 weeks), 9°55' Gemini back to 23°37' Taurus; shadow from 24 Aug to 24 Feb 2117. Stations at 13:04 and 05:28 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 2116· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jun – 23 Oct (17 weeks), 6°57' Pisces back to 27°05' Aquarius; shadow from 01 Apr to 13 Jan 2117. Stations at 14:13 and 01:20 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2116· once this year
Retrograde 20 Aug – 02 Jan 2117 (19 weeks), 8°14' Taurus back to 1°22' Taurus; shadow from 15 May to 06 Apr 2117. Stations at 02:46 and 19:36 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2116· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Oct 2115 – 02 Mar (21 weeks), 28°26' Gemini back to 24°22' Gemini; shadow from 18 Jun 2115 to 17 Jun. Stations at 15:16 and 14:24 UT.
Retrograde 08 Oct – 07 Mar 2117 (21 weeks), 2°50' Cancer back to 28°46' Gemini; shadow from 22 Jun to 21 Jun 2117. Stations at 09:05 and 03:56 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2116· once this year
Retrograde 23 Jan – 30 Jun (23 weeks), 22°16' Libra back to 19°29' Libra; shadow from 04 Oct 2115 to 22 Oct. Stations at 22:02 and 16:16 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2116· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Aug 2115 – 01 Feb (24 weeks), 19°35' Taurus back to 17°37' Taurus; shadow from 17 Apr 2115 to 02 Jun. Stations at 21:28 and 01:45 UT.
Retrograde 20 Aug – 01 Feb 2117 (24 weeks), 20°32' Taurus back to 18°34' Taurus; shadow from 17 Apr to 03 Jun 2117. Stations at 04:32 and 03:42 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.