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 2122· 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 24 Dec 2121 – 13 Jan (3 weeks), 19°47' Capricorn back to 3°31' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Dec 2121 to 02 Feb. Stations at 15:39 and 15:58 UT.
Retrograde 15 Apr – 09 May (3 weeks), 9°59' Taurus back to 29°41' Aries; shadow from 01 Apr to 26 May. Stations at 14:49 and 08:38 UT.
Retrograde 18 Aug – 10 Sep (3 weeks), 16°40' Virgo back to 3°14' Virgo; shadow from 29 Jul to 25 Sep. Stations at 12:54 and 20:06 UT.
Retrograde 08 Dec – 28 Dec (3 weeks), 3°57' Capricorn back to 17°38' Sagittarius; shadow from 20 Nov to 16 Jan 2123. Stations at 12:41 and 07:25 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2122· once this year
Retrograde 05 Sep – 17 Oct (6 weeks), 10°43' Libra back to 24°42' Virgo; shadow from 02 Aug to 18 Nov. Stations at 00:20 and 08:44 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2122· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2122; 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 2122· once this year
Retrograde 17 Dec 2121 – 17 Apr (17 weeks), 1°26' Virgo back to 21°24' Leo; shadow from 21 Sep 2121 to 15 Jul. Stations at 10:02 and 15:14 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2122· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Oct 2121 – 13 Mar (19 weeks), 18°06' Cancer back to 11°09' Cancer; shadow from 27 Jul 2121 to 16 Jun. Stations at 12:02 and 03:22 UT.
Retrograde 13 Nov – 27 Mar 2123 (19 weeks), 2°11' Leo back to 25°14' Cancer; shadow from 11 Aug to 01 Jul 2123. Stations at 17:22 and 15:18 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2122· twice this year
Retrograde 31 Oct 2121 – 29 Mar (21 weeks), 25°23' Cancer back to 21°17' Cancer; shadow from 17 Jul 2121 to 14 Jul. Stations at 15:28 and 17:48 UT.
Retrograde 05 Nov – 03 Apr 2123 (21 weeks), 29°59' Cancer back to 25°53' Cancer; shadow from 22 Jul to 19 Jul 2123. Stations at 11:37 and 12:54 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2122· once this year
Retrograde 05 Feb – 14 Jul (23 weeks), 5°19' Scorpio back to 2°32' Scorpio; shadow from 17 Oct 2121 to 04 Nov. Stations at 11:04 and 11:08 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2122· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Aug 2121 – 06 Feb (24 weeks), 25°15' Taurus back to 23°18' Taurus; shadow from 22 Apr 2121 to 09 Jun. Stations at 05:00 and 03:15 UT.
Retrograde 26 Aug – 07 Feb 2123 (24 weeks), 26°12' Taurus back to 24°14' Taurus; shadow from 23 Apr to 10 Jun 2123. Stations at 11:05 and 05:49 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.