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 2129· 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 17 Dec 2128 – 06 Jan (3 weeks), 13°07' Capricorn back to 26°49' Sagittarius; shadow from 29 Nov 2128 to 25 Jan. Stations at 11:54 and 09:10 UT.
Retrograde 07 Apr – 01 May (3 weeks), 2°17' Taurus back to 21°21' Aries; shadow from 24 Mar to 18 May. Stations at 12:05 and 04:07 UT.
Retrograde 10 Aug – 03 Sep (3 weeks), 9°11' Virgo back to 26°15' Leo; shadow from 22 Jul to 17 Sep. Stations at 17:26 and 07:02 UT.
Retrograde 01 Dec – 21 Dec (3 weeks), 27°18' Sagittarius back to 11°01' Sagittarius; shadow from 12 Nov to 08 Jan 2130. Stations at 07:55 and 02:20 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2129· once this year
Retrograde 30 Jan – 13 Mar (6 weeks), 10°11' Pisces back to 24°19' Aquarius; shadow from 30 Dec 2128 to 15 Apr. Stations at 23:22 and 10:03 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2129· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jul – 18 Sep (9 weeks), 1°25' Pisces back to 21°27' Aquarius; shadow from 07 Jun to 29 Oct. Stations at 03:38 and 05:16 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 2129· once this year
Retrograde 08 Aug – 04 Dec (17 weeks), 18°51' Aries back to 8°55' Aries; shadow from 15 May to 24 Feb 2130. Stations at 04:55 and 01:00 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2129· once this year
Retrograde 30 Jan – 17 Jun (20 weeks), 21°43' Libra back to 14°57' Libra; shadow from 27 Oct 2128 to 23 Sep. Stations at 07:13 and 10:28 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2129· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Dec 2128 – 01 May (21 weeks), 28°04' Leo back to 23°55' Leo; shadow from 20 Aug 2128 to 15 Aug. Stations at 04:03 and 07:32 UT.
Retrograde 08 Dec – 06 May 2130 (21 weeks), 2°49' Virgo back to 28°40' Leo; shadow from 25 Aug to 20 Aug 2130. Stations at 05:08 and 09:06 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2129· once this year
Retrograde 20 Feb – 29 Jul (23 weeks), 20°33' Scorpio back to 17°47' Scorpio; shadow from 01 Nov 2128 to 19 Nov. Stations at 07:49 and 21:55 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2129· twice this year
Retrograde 31 Aug 2128 – 12 Feb (24 weeks), 1°50' Gemini back to 29°52' Taurus; shadow from 29 Apr 2128 to 15 Jun. Stations at 13:59 and 09:44 UT.
Retrograde 01 Sep – 13 Feb 2130 (24 weeks), 2°47' Gemini back to 0°49' Gemini; shadow from 30 Apr to 16 Jun 2130. Stations at 18:14 and 14:59 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.