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 2131· 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 03 Mar – 26 Mar (3 weeks), 27°23' Pisces back to 13°32' Pisces; shadow from 17 Feb to 14 Apr. Stations at 14:50 and 06:40 UT.
Retrograde 05 Jul – 29 Jul (3 weeks), 1°38' Leo back to 21°26' Cancer; shadow from 18 Jun to 12 Aug. Stations at 10:19 and 15:38 UT.
Retrograde 29 Oct – 18 Nov (3 weeks), 25°38' Scorpio back to 9°38' Scorpio; shadow from 09 Oct to 05 Dec. Stations at 14:14 and 20:33 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2131· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2131; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2131· once this year
Retrograde 27 Sep – 04 Dec (10 weeks), 17°27' Taurus back to 3°02' Taurus; shadow from 09 Aug to 27 Jan 2132. Stations at 15:42 and 13:50 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 2131· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Sep 2130 – 10 Jan (17 weeks), 25°38' Taurus back to 15°37' Taurus; shadow from 21 Jun 2130 to 03 Apr. Stations at 13:49 and 02:15 UT.
Retrograde 19 Oct – 15 Feb 2132 (17 weeks), 1°02' Cancer back to 20°58' Gemini; shadow from 26 Jul to 11 May 2132. Stations at 19:39 and 04:40 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2131· once this year
Retrograde 23 Feb – 13 Jul (20 weeks), 15°53' Scorpio back to 9°11' Scorpio; shadow from 19 Nov 2130 to 19 Oct. Stations at 16:30 and 08:20 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2131· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Dec 2130 – 11 May (21 weeks), 7°35' Virgo back to 3°26' Virgo; shadow from 30 Aug 2130 to 25 Aug. Stations at 05:35 and 09:40 UT.
Retrograde 18 Dec – 15 May 2132 (21 weeks), 12°22' Virgo back to 8°13' Virgo; shadow from 04 Sep to 29 Aug 2132. Stations at 06:49 and 11:51 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2131· once this year
Retrograde 25 Feb – 03 Aug (23 weeks), 24°54' Scorpio back to 22°07' Scorpio; shadow from 06 Nov 2130 to 24 Nov. Stations at 05:49 and 20:47 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2131· twice this year
Retrograde 02 Sep 2130 – 14 Feb (24 weeks), 3°44' Gemini back to 1°46' Gemini; shadow from 01 May 2130 to 17 Jun. Stations at 23:21 and 20:41 UT.
Retrograde 04 Sep – 15 Feb 2132 (24 weeks), 4°41' Gemini back to 2°43' Gemini; shadow from 02 May to 18 Jun 2132. Stations at 06:32 and 23:36 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.