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 2125· 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 21 Feb – 15 Mar (3 weeks), 17°41' Pisces back to 3°11' Pisces; shadow from 06 Feb to 04 Apr. Stations at 07:39 and 14:07 UT.
Retrograde 23 Jun – 18 Jul (3 weeks), 20°12' Cancer back to 10°43' Cancer; shadow from 07 Jun to 01 Aug. Stations at 22:55 and 03:10 UT.
Retrograde 19 Oct – 08 Nov (3 weeks), 16°22' Scorpio back to 0°32' Scorpio; shadow from 29 Sep to 25 Nov. Stations at 08:31 and 22:36 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2125· once this year
Retrograde 18 Nov – 29 Dec (6 weeks), 24°10' Sagittarius back to 8°53' Sagittarius; shadow from 17 Oct to 29 Jan 2126. Stations at 02:10 and 01:39 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2125· once this year
Retrograde 14 Mar – 31 May (11 weeks), 9°15' Scorpio back to 21°12' Libra; shadow from 08 Jan to 31 Jul. Stations at 11:51 and 20:14 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 2125· once this year
Retrograde 18 Mar – 19 Jul (18 weeks), 1°55' Sagittarius back to 22°03' Scorpio; shadow from 21 Dec 2124 to 15 Oct. Stations at 00:24 and 12:07 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2125· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Dec 2124 – 24 Apr (19 weeks), 29°50' Leo back to 22°56' Leo; shadow from 07 Sep 2124 to 29 Jul. Stations at 10:49 and 09:02 UT.
Retrograde 23 Dec – 08 May 2126 (19 weeks), 13°17' Virgo back to 6°24' Virgo; shadow from 20 Sep to 13 Aug 2126. Stations at 21:36 and 12:06 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2125· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Nov 2124 – 12 Apr (21 weeks), 9°16' Leo back to 5°08' Leo; shadow from 31 Jul 2124 to 27 Jul. Stations at 07:04 and 08:25 UT.
Retrograde 19 Nov – 17 Apr 2126 (21 weeks), 13°56' Leo back to 9°48' Leo; shadow from 05 Aug to 01 Aug 2126. Stations at 06:30 and 08:31 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2125· once this year
Retrograde 11 Feb – 21 Jul (23 weeks), 11°51' Scorpio back to 9°05' Scorpio; shadow from 23 Oct 2124 to 11 Nov. Stations at 17:13 and 01:17 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2125· twice this year
Retrograde 27 Aug 2124 – 08 Feb (24 weeks), 28°05' Taurus back to 26°07' Taurus; shadow from 25 Apr 2124 to 11 Jun. Stations at 16:15 and 18:13 UT.
Retrograde 28 Aug – 09 Feb 2126 (24 weeks), 29°01' Taurus back to 27°03' Taurus; shadow from 26 Apr to 13 Jun 2126. Stations at 21:25 and 23:41 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.