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 2126· 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 04 Feb – 26 Feb (3 weeks), 1°13' Pisces back to 15°53' Aquarius; shadow from 20 Jan to 18 Mar. Stations at 21:27 and 09:47 UT.
Retrograde 04 Jun – 28 Jun (3 weeks), 0°11' Cancer back to 21°32' Gemini; shadow from 20 May to 13 Jul. Stations at 18:35 and 18:55 UT.
Retrograde 02 Oct – 23 Oct (3 weeks), 0°13' Scorpio back to 14°47' Libra; shadow from 12 Sep to 08 Nov. Stations at 13:42 and 20:23 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2126· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2126; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2126· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2126; 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 2126· once this year
Retrograde 20 Apr – 20 Aug (18 weeks), 3°23' Capricorn back to 23°32' Sagittarius; shadow from 23 Jan to 14 Nov. Stations at 00:42 and 16:09 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2126· once this year
Retrograde 23 Dec 2125 – 08 May (19 weeks), 13°17' Virgo back to 6°24' Virgo; shadow from 20 Sep 2125 to 13 Aug. Stations at 21:36 and 12:06 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2126· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Nov 2125 – 17 Apr (21 weeks), 13°56' Leo back to 9°48' Leo; shadow from 05 Aug 2125 to 01 Aug. Stations at 06:30 and 08:31 UT.
Retrograde 24 Nov – 22 Apr 2127 (21 weeks), 18°38' Leo back to 14°29' Leo; shadow from 10 Aug to 06 Aug 2127. Stations at 04:24 and 06:58 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2126· once this year
Retrograde 14 Feb – 23 Jul (23 weeks), 14°02' Scorpio back to 11°15' Scorpio; shadow from 26 Oct 2125 to 13 Nov. Stations at 03:41 and 12:15 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2126· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Aug 2125 – 09 Feb (24 weeks), 29°01' Taurus back to 27°03' Taurus; shadow from 26 Apr 2125 to 13 Jun. Stations at 21:25 and 23:41 UT.
Retrograde 30 Aug – 11 Feb 2127 (24 weeks), 29°57' Taurus back to 27°59' Taurus; shadow from 27 Apr to 14 Jun 2127. Stations at 04:15 and 02:03 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.