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 2132· 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 14 Feb – 07 Mar (3 weeks), 10°43' Pisces back to 25°50' Aquarius; shadow from 31 Jan to 27 Mar. Stations at 23:47 and 22:23 UT.
Retrograde 15 Jun – 09 Jul (3 weeks), 11°48' Cancer back to 2°45' Cancer; shadow from 30 May to 24 Jul. Stations at 13:30 and 15:29 UT.
Retrograde 11 Oct – 01 Nov (3 weeks), 9°38' Scorpio back to 23°56' Libra; shadow from 21 Sep to 17 Nov. Stations at 22:40 and 19:05 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2132· once this year
Retrograde 11 Apr – 24 May (6 weeks), 21°20' Taurus back to 4°55' Taurus; shadow from 09 Mar to 27 Jun. Stations at 21:29 and 12:49 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2132· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2132; 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 2132· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Oct 2131 – 15 Feb (17 weeks), 1°02' Cancer back to 20°58' Gemini; shadow from 26 Jul 2131 to 11 May. Stations at 19:39 and 04:40 UT.
Retrograde 20 Nov – 20 Mar 2133 (17 weeks), 4°24' Leo back to 24°20' Cancer; shadow from 26 Aug to 16 Jun 2133. Stations at 16:19 and 12:11 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2132· once this year
Retrograde 06 Mar – 24 Jul (20 weeks), 27°37' Scorpio back to 20°57' Scorpio; shadow from 01 Dec 2131 to 31 Oct. Stations at 14:50 and 20:18 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2132· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Dec 2131 – 15 May (21 weeks), 12°22' Virgo back to 8°13' Virgo; shadow from 04 Sep 2131 to 29 Aug. Stations at 06:49 and 11:51 UT.
Retrograde 22 Dec – 20 May 2133 (21 weeks), 17°09' Virgo back to 13°00' Virgo; shadow from 09 Sep to 03 Sep 2133. Stations at 07:50 and 14:12 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2132· once this year
Retrograde 27 Feb – 05 Aug (23 weeks), 27°04' Scorpio back to 24°17' Scorpio; shadow from 08 Nov 2131 to 26 Nov. Stations at 16:26 and 09:58 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2132· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Sep 2131 – 15 Feb (24 weeks), 4°41' Gemini back to 2°43' Gemini; shadow from 02 May 2131 to 18 Jun. Stations at 06:32 and 23:36 UT.
Retrograde 04 Sep – 16 Feb 2133 (23 weeks), 5°38' Gemini back to 3°40' Gemini; shadow from 03 May to 19 Jun 2133. Stations at 14:06 and 01:34 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.