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 2124· 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 10 Mar – 02 Apr (3 weeks), 4°31' Aries back to 21°13' Pisces; shadow from 25 Feb to 21 Apr. Stations at 03:10 and 01:57 UT.
Retrograde 12 Jul – 05 Aug (3 weeks), 9°47' Leo back to 29°00' Cancer; shadow from 25 Jun to 19 Aug. Stations at 14:44 and 19:05 UT.
Retrograde 04 Nov – 25 Nov (3 weeks), 2°19' Sagittarius back to 16°13' Scorpio; shadow from 16 Oct to 12 Dec. Stations at 22:12 and 00:03 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2124· once this year
Retrograde 14 Apr – 26 May (6 weeks), 23°33' Taurus back to 7°07' Taurus; shadow from 12 Mar to 29 Jun. Stations at 05:43 and 21:27 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2124· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2124; 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 2124· once this year
Retrograde 15 Feb – 18 Jun (18 weeks), 1°41' Scorpio back to 21°46' Libra; shadow from 20 Nov 2123 to 15 Sep. Stations at 19:58 and 06:25 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2124· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Nov 2123 – 10 Apr (19 weeks), 16°07' Leo back to 9°11' Leo; shadow from 25 Aug 2123 to 15 Jul. Stations at 16:55 and 01:51 UT.
Retrograde 10 Dec – 24 Apr 2125 (19 weeks), 29°50' Leo back to 22°56' Leo; shadow from 07 Sep to 29 Jul 2125. Stations at 10:49 and 09:02 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2124· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Nov 2123 – 07 Apr (21 weeks), 4°37' Leo back to 0°30' Leo; shadow from 27 Jul 2123 to 23 Jul. Stations at 10:22 and 11:24 UT.
Retrograde 14 Nov – 12 Apr 2125 (21 weeks), 9°16' Leo back to 5°08' Leo; shadow from 31 Jul to 27 Jul 2125. Stations at 07:04 and 08:25 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2124· once this year
Retrograde 10 Feb – 18 Jul (23 weeks), 9°40' Scorpio back to 6°54' Scorpio; shadow from 22 Oct 2123 to 08 Nov. Stations at 08:27 and 12:00 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2124· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Aug 2123 – 08 Feb (24 weeks), 27°08' Taurus back to 25°10' Taurus; shadow from 24 Apr 2123 to 10 Jun. Stations at 12:35 and 12:34 UT.
Retrograde 27 Aug – 08 Feb 2125 (24 weeks), 28°05' Taurus back to 26°07' Taurus; shadow from 25 Apr to 11 Jun 2125. Stations at 16:15 and 18:13 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.