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 2119· 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 12 Feb – 05 Mar (3 weeks), 8°05' Pisces back to 23°03' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 26 Mar. Stations at 03:45 and 23:32 UT.
Retrograde 13 Jun – 07 Jul (3 weeks), 8°38' Cancer back to 29°42' Gemini; shadow from 28 May to 21 Jul. Stations at 07:31 and 08:57 UT.
Retrograde 10 Oct – 31 Oct (3 weeks), 7°02' Scorpio back to 21°24' Libra; shadow from 19 Sep to 15 Nov. Stations at 01:17 and 00:11 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2119· once this year
Retrograde 26 Jun – 08 Aug (6 weeks), 2°44' Leo back to 16°15' Cancer; shadow from 23 May to 10 Sep. Stations at 00:20 and 04:17 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2119· once this year
Retrograde 27 Nov 2118 – 12 Feb (11 weeks), 24°47' Cancer back to 6°01' Cancer; shadow from 26 Sep 2118 to 19 Apr. Stations at 00:31 and 17:44 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 2119· twice this year
Retrograde 09 Sep 2118 – 04 Jan (17 weeks), 20°20' Taurus back to 10°20' Taurus; shadow from 16 Jun 2118 to 29 Mar. Stations at 09:35 and 22:11 UT.
Retrograde 14 Oct – 10 Feb 2120 (17 weeks), 25°59' Gemini back to 15°56' Gemini; shadow from 21 Jul to 05 May 2120. Stations at 22:57 and 02:23 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2119· twice this year
Retrograde 17 Sep 2118 – 30 Jan (19 weeks), 5°45' Gemini back to 28°50' Taurus; shadow from 14 Jun 2118 to 04 May. Stations at 22:08 and 08:31 UT.
Retrograde 02 Oct – 13 Feb 2120 (19 weeks), 19°48' Gemini back to 12°51' Gemini; shadow from 28 Jun to 17 May 2120. Stations at 11:44 and 10:21 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2119· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Oct 2118 – 16 Mar (21 weeks), 11°45' Cancer back to 7°40' Cancer; shadow from 02 Jul 2118 to 01 Jul. Stations at 00:09 and 10:41 UT.
Retrograde 22 Oct – 20 Mar 2120 (21 weeks), 16°16' Cancer back to 12°11' Cancer; shadow from 08 Jul to 04 Jul 2120. Stations at 21:31 and 04:26 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2119· once this year
Retrograde 30 Jan – 08 Jul (23 weeks), 28°47' Libra back to 26°01' Libra; shadow from 10 Oct 2118 to 29 Oct. Stations at 03:01 and 00:47 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2119· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Aug 2118 – 03 Feb (24 weeks), 22°25' Taurus back to 20°28' Taurus; shadow from 20 Apr 2118 to 06 Jun. Stations at 12:41 and 13:16 UT.
Retrograde 23 Aug – 04 Feb 2120 (24 weeks), 23°22' Taurus back to 21°24' Taurus; shadow from 21 Apr to 06 Jun 2120. Stations at 17:08 and 18:54 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.