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 2120· 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 26 Jan – 16 Feb (3 weeks), 21°47' Aquarius back to 6°06' Aquarius; shadow from 11 Jan to 08 Mar. Stations at 21:00 and 23:23 UT.
Retrograde 23 May – 16 Jun (3 weeks), 18°34' Gemini back to 10°01' Gemini; shadow from 09 May to 01 Jul. Stations at 21:59 and 19:36 UT.
Retrograde 22 Sep – 13 Oct (3 weeks), 20°43' Libra back to 5°34' Libra; shadow from 01 Sep to 29 Oct. Stations at 03:21 and 20:38 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2120· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2120; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2120· once this year
Retrograde 31 Dec – 21 Mar 2121 (12 weeks), 0°28' Virgo back to 10°59' Leo; shadow from 27 Oct to 28 May 2121. Stations at 06:04 and 20:10 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 2120· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Oct 2119 – 10 Feb (17 weeks), 25°59' Gemini back to 15°56' Gemini; shadow from 21 Jul 2119 to 05 May. Stations at 22:57 and 02:23 UT.
Retrograde 16 Nov – 15 Mar 2121 (17 weeks), 29°41' Cancer back to 19°37' Cancer; shadow from 21 Aug to 11 Jun 2121. Stations at 04:29 and 18:33 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2120· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Oct 2119 – 13 Feb (19 weeks), 19°48' Gemini back to 12°51' Gemini; shadow from 28 Jun 2119 to 17 May. Stations at 11:44 and 10:21 UT.
Retrograde 16 Oct – 26 Feb 2121 (19 weeks), 3°56' Cancer back to 26°59' Gemini; shadow from 12 Jul to 01 Jun 2121. Stations at 01:20 and 16:56 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2120· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Oct 2119 – 20 Mar (21 weeks), 16°16' Cancer back to 12°11' Cancer; shadow from 08 Jul 2119 to 04 Jul. Stations at 21:31 and 04:26 UT.
Retrograde 26 Oct – 24 Mar 2121 (21 weeks), 20°49' Cancer back to 16°43' Cancer; shadow from 12 Jul to 09 Jul 2121. Stations at 17:20 and 21:35 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2120· once this year
Retrograde 01 Feb – 09 Jul (23 weeks), 0°58' Scorpio back to 28°11' Libra; shadow from 13 Oct 2119 to 31 Oct. Stations at 12:41 and 11:35 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2120· twice this year
Retrograde 23 Aug 2119 – 04 Feb (24 weeks), 23°22' Taurus back to 21°24' Taurus; shadow from 21 Apr 2119 to 06 Jun. Stations at 17:08 and 18:54 UT.
Retrograde 23 Aug – 05 Feb 2121 (24 weeks), 24°19' Taurus back to 22°21' Taurus; shadow from 21 Apr to 07 Jun 2121. Stations at 22:37 and 00:27 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.