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 2117· 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 17 Mar – 09 Apr (3 weeks), 11°44' Aries back to 29°02' Pisces; shadow from 03 Mar to 28 Apr. Stations at 17:56 and 22:42 UT.
Retrograde 20 Jul – 13 Aug (3 weeks), 17°48' Leo back to 6°24' Leo; shadow from 02 Jul to 27 Aug. Stations at 16:38 and 19:19 UT.
Retrograde 12 Nov – 02 Dec (3 weeks), 8°57' Sagittarius back to 22°47' Scorpio; shadow from 23 Oct to 19 Dec. Stations at 05:08 and 03:38 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2117· once this year
Retrograde 20 Nov – 31 Dec (6 weeks), 26°38' Sagittarius back to 11°21' Sagittarius; shadow from 19 Oct to 31 Jan 2118. Stations at 14:41 and 13:43 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2117· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2117; 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 2117· once this year
Retrograde 02 Aug – 28 Nov (17 weeks), 13°31' Aries back to 3°35' Aries; shadow from 09 May to 19 Feb 2118. Stations at 17:50 and 18:33 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2117· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Aug 2116 – 02 Jan (19 weeks), 8°14' Taurus back to 1°22' Taurus; shadow from 15 May 2116 to 06 Apr. Stations at 02:46 and 19:36 UT.
Retrograde 03 Sep – 16 Jan 2118 (19 weeks), 21°53' Taurus back to 14°59' Taurus; shadow from 30 May to 20 Apr 2118. Stations at 10:46 and 11:11 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2117· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Oct 2116 – 07 Mar (21 weeks), 2°50' Cancer back to 28°46' Gemini; shadow from 22 Jun 2116 to 21 Jun. Stations at 09:05 and 03:56 UT.
Retrograde 13 Oct – 11 Mar 2118 (21 weeks), 7°17' Cancer back to 3°12' Cancer; shadow from 27 Jun to 26 Jun 2118. Stations at 05:04 and 19:29 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2117· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jan – 03 Jul (23 weeks), 24°27' Libra back to 21°40' Libra; shadow from 06 Oct 2116 to 24 Oct. Stations at 08:05 and 02:41 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2117· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Aug 2116 – 01 Feb (24 weeks), 20°32' Taurus back to 18°34' Taurus; shadow from 17 Apr 2116 to 03 Jun. Stations at 04:32 and 03:42 UT.
Retrograde 21 Aug – 02 Feb 2118 (24 weeks), 21°29' Taurus back to 19°31' Taurus; shadow from 19 Apr to 05 Jun 2118. Stations at 10:52 and 06:18 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.