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 2127· 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 19 Jan – 09 Feb (3 weeks), 15°02' Aquarius back to 29°08' Capricorn; shadow from 03 Jan to 01 Mar. Stations at 16:40 and 11:58 UT.
Retrograde 16 May – 09 Jun (3 weeks), 10°14' Gemini back to 1°34' Gemini; shadow from 02 May to 24 Jun. Stations at 08:05 and 04:05 UT.
Retrograde 15 Sep – 07 Oct (3 weeks), 13°45' Libra back to 28°53' Virgo; shadow from 26 Aug to 22 Oct. Stations at 13:26 and 15:06 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2127· once this year
Retrograde 23 Jun – 05 Aug (6 weeks), 0°36' Leo back to 14°05' Cancer; shadow from 21 May to 08 Sep. Stations at 16:49 and 20:18 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2127· once this year
Retrograde 05 May – 15 Jul (10 weeks), 23°57' Sagittarius back to 9°17' Sagittarius; shadow from 10 Mar to 04 Sep. Stations at 18:27 and 13:30 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 2127· once this year
Retrograde 25 May – 23 Sep (17 weeks), 6°42' Aquarius back to 26°52' Capricorn; shadow from 28 Feb to 16 Dec. Stations at 10:08 and 10:58 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2127· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jan – 22 May (19 weeks), 26°25' Virgo back to 19°34' Virgo; shadow from 03 Oct 2126 to 27 Aug. Stations at 00:00 and 10:08 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2127· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Nov 2126 – 22 Apr (21 weeks), 18°38' Leo back to 14°29' Leo; shadow from 10 Aug 2126 to 06 Aug. Stations at 04:24 and 06:58 UT.
Retrograde 29 Nov – 26 Apr 2128 (21 weeks), 23°21' Leo back to 19°12' Leo; shadow from 15 Aug to 10 Aug 2128. Stations at 04:43 and 08:03 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2127· once this year
Retrograde 16 Feb – 26 Jul (23 weeks), 16°12' Scorpio back to 13°26' Scorpio; shadow from 28 Oct 2126 to 16 Nov. Stations at 11:52 and 00:09 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2127· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Aug 2126 – 11 Feb (24 weeks), 29°57' Taurus back to 27°59' Taurus; shadow from 27 Apr 2126 to 14 Jun. Stations at 04:15 and 02:03 UT.
Retrograde 31 Aug – 12 Feb 2128 (24 weeks), 0°54' Gemini back to 28°56' Taurus; shadow from 28 Apr to 14 Jun 2128. Stations at 11:16 and 03:49 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.