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 2123· 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 28 Mar – 20 Apr (3 weeks), 21°54' Aries back to 10°04' Aries; shadow from 14 Mar to 09 May. Stations at 12:17 and 23:08 UT.
Retrograde 31 Jul – 24 Aug (3 weeks), 28°38' Leo back to 16°26' Leo; shadow from 13 Jul to 07 Sep. Stations at 18:40 and 15:42 UT.
Retrograde 22 Nov – 12 Dec (3 weeks), 18°08' Sagittarius back to 1°54' Sagittarius; shadow from 03 Nov to 30 Dec. Stations at 07:17 and 02:30 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2123· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2123; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2123· once this year
Retrograde 04 Feb – 26 Apr (12 weeks), 3°42' Libra back to 14°26' Virgo; shadow from 29 Nov 2122 to 30 Jun. Stations at 00:51 and 00:10 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 2123· once this year
Retrograde 16 Jan – 19 May (18 weeks), 1°49' Libra back to 21°51' Virgo; shadow from 21 Oct 2122 to 17 Aug. Stations at 16:18 and 07:15 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2123· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Nov 2122 – 27 Mar (19 weeks), 2°11' Leo back to 25°14' Cancer; shadow from 11 Aug 2122 to 01 Jul. Stations at 17:22 and 15:18 UT.
Retrograde 27 Nov – 10 Apr 2124 (19 weeks), 16°07' Leo back to 9°11' Leo; shadow from 25 Aug to 15 Jul 2124. Stations at 16:55 and 01:51 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2123· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Nov 2122 – 03 Apr (21 weeks), 29°59' Cancer back to 25°53' Cancer; shadow from 22 Jul 2122 to 19 Jul. Stations at 11:37 and 12:54 UT.
Retrograde 10 Nov – 07 Apr 2124 (21 weeks), 4°37' Leo back to 0°30' Leo; shadow from 27 Jul to 23 Jul 2124. Stations at 10:22 and 11:24 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2123· once this year
Retrograde 07 Feb – 17 Jul (23 weeks), 7°29' Scorpio back to 4°43' Scorpio; shadow from 19 Oct 2122 to 07 Nov. Stations at 21:25 and 00:42 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2123· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Aug 2122 – 07 Feb (24 weeks), 26°12' Taurus back to 24°14' Taurus; shadow from 23 Apr 2122 to 10 Jun. Stations at 11:05 and 05:49 UT.
Retrograde 27 Aug – 08 Feb 2124 (24 weeks), 27°08' Taurus back to 25°10' Taurus; shadow from 24 Apr to 10 Jun 2124. Stations at 12:35 and 12:34 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.