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 2128· four 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 03 Jan – 23 Jan (3 weeks), 29°01' Capricorn back to 12°50' Capricorn; shadow from 17 Dec 2127 to 12 Feb. Stations at 14:16 and 20:04 UT.
Retrograde 26 Apr – 19 May (3 weeks), 20°51' Taurus back to 11°19' Taurus; shadow from 12 Apr to 05 Jun. Stations at 02:07 and 21:23 UT.
Retrograde 28 Aug – 20 Sep (3 weeks), 26°47' Virgo back to 12°45' Virgo; shadow from 08 Aug to 04 Oct. Stations at 07:04 and 03:48 UT.
Retrograde 17 Dec – 06 Jan 2129 (3 weeks), 13°07' Capricorn back to 26°49' Sagittarius; shadow from 29 Nov to 25 Jan 2129. Stations at 11:54 and 09:10 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2128· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2128; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2128· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2128; 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 2128· once this year
Retrograde 30 Jun – 28 Oct (17 weeks), 12°05' Pisces back to 2°13' Pisces; shadow from 06 Apr to 18 Jan 2129. Stations at 20:28 and 01:07 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2128· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jan – 04 Jun (20 weeks), 9°13' Libra back to 2°25' Libra; shadow from 15 Oct 2127 to 09 Sep. Stations at 19:05 and 01:40 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2128· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Nov 2127 – 26 Apr (21 weeks), 23°21' Leo back to 19°12' Leo; shadow from 15 Aug 2127 to 10 Aug. Stations at 04:43 and 08:03 UT.
Retrograde 03 Dec – 01 May 2129 (21 weeks), 28°04' Leo back to 23°55' Leo; shadow from 20 Aug to 15 Aug 2129. Stations at 04:03 and 07:32 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2128· once this year
Retrograde 18 Feb – 27 Jul (23 weeks), 18°23' Scorpio back to 15°36' Scorpio; shadow from 30 Oct 2127 to 17 Nov. Stations at 22:20 and 11:19 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2128· twice this year
Retrograde 31 Aug 2127 – 12 Feb (24 weeks), 0°54' Gemini back to 28°56' Taurus; shadow from 28 Apr 2127 to 14 Jun. Stations at 11:16 and 03:49 UT.
Retrograde 31 Aug – 12 Feb 2129 (24 weeks), 1°50' Gemini back to 29°52' Taurus; shadow from 29 Apr to 15 Jun 2129. Stations at 13:59 and 09:44 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.