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 2133· 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 28 Jan – 18 Feb (3 weeks), 24°23' Aquarius back to 8°47' Aquarius; shadow from 13 Jan to 11 Mar. Stations at 16:11 and 21:11 UT.
Retrograde 27 May – 20 Jun (3 weeks), 21°44' Gemini back to 13°11' Gemini; shadow from 12 May to 05 Jul. Stations at 04:48 and 03:14 UT.
Retrograde 25 Sep – 16 Oct (3 weeks), 23°22' Libra back to 8°08' Libra; shadow from 04 Sep to 31 Oct. Stations at 01:30 and 16:01 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2133· once this year
Retrograde 15 Nov – 26 Dec (6 weeks), 21°42' Sagittarius back to 6°24' Sagittarius; shadow from 14 Oct to 26 Jan 2134. Stations at 13:49 and 13:43 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2133· once this year
Retrograde 12 Nov – 26 Jan 2134 (11 weeks), 9°09' Cancer back to 21°02' Gemini; shadow from 14 Sep to 01 Apr 2134. Stations at 01:53 and 21:32 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 2133· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Nov 2132 – 20 Mar (17 weeks), 4°24' Leo back to 24°20' Cancer; shadow from 26 Aug 2132 to 16 Jun. Stations at 16:19 and 12:11 UT.
Retrograde 21 Dec – 22 Apr 2134 (17 weeks), 5°53' Virgo back to 25°52' Leo; shadow from 25 Sep to 20 Jul 2134. Stations at 17:42 and 04:39 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2133· once this year
Retrograde 18 Mar – 06 Aug (20 weeks), 9°10' Sagittarius back to 2°32' Sagittarius; shadow from 12 Dec 2132 to 12 Nov. Stations at 10:17 and 05:06 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2133· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Dec 2132 – 20 May (21 weeks), 17°09' Virgo back to 13°00' Virgo; shadow from 09 Sep 2132 to 03 Sep. Stations at 07:50 and 14:12 UT.
Retrograde 27 Dec – 25 May 2134 (21 weeks), 21°57' Virgo back to 17°48' Virgo; shadow from 14 Sep to 09 Sep 2134. Stations at 08:19 and 17:12 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2133· once this year
Retrograde 01 Mar – 07 Aug (23 weeks), 29°14' Scorpio back to 26°28' Scorpio; shadow from 10 Nov 2132 to 28 Nov. Stations at 04:10 and 20:55 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2133· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Sep 2132 – 16 Feb (23 weeks), 5°38' Gemini back to 3°40' Gemini; shadow from 03 May 2132 to 19 Jun. Stations at 14:06 and 01:34 UT.
Retrograde 05 Sep – 17 Feb 2134 (24 weeks), 6°35' Gemini back to 4°37' Gemini; shadow from 04 May to 20 Jun 2134. Stations at 17:06 and 07:40 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.