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 2134· 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 12 Jan – 02 Feb (3 weeks), 8°17' Aquarius back to 22°15' Capricorn; shadow from 27 Dec 2133 to 22 Feb. Stations at 12:39 and 01:56 UT.
Retrograde 07 May – 31 May (3 weeks), 2°00' Gemini back to 23°03' Taurus; shadow from 23 Apr to 16 Jun. Stations at 18:36 and 14:34 UT.
Retrograde 07 Sep – 30 Sep (3 weeks), 6°42' Libra back to 22°10' Virgo; shadow from 18 Aug to 15 Oct. Stations at 22:25 and 08:40 UT.
Retrograde 27 Dec – 16 Jan 2135 (3 weeks), 22°21' Capricorn back to 6°06' Capricorn; shadow from 10 Dec to 05 Feb 2135. Stations at 10:34 and 12:04 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2134· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2134; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2134· once this year
Retrograde 12 Nov 2133 – 26 Jan (11 weeks), 9°09' Cancer back to 21°02' Gemini; shadow from 14 Sep 2133 to 01 Apr. 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 2134· once this year
Retrograde 21 Dec 2133 – 22 Apr (17 weeks), 5°53' Virgo back to 25°52' Leo; shadow from 25 Sep 2133 to 20 Jul. Stations at 17:42 and 04:39 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2134· once this year
Retrograde 30 Mar – 18 Aug (20 weeks), 20°36' Sagittarius back to 13°59' Sagittarius; shadow from 23 Dec 2133 to 24 Nov. Stations at 05:17 and 08:55 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2134· once this year
Retrograde 27 Dec 2133 – 25 May (21 weeks), 21°57' Virgo back to 17°48' Virgo; shadow from 14 Sep 2133 to 09 Sep. Stations at 08:19 and 17:12 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2134· once this year
Retrograde 03 Mar – 10 Aug (23 weeks), 1°25' Sagittarius back to 28°39' Scorpio; shadow from 12 Nov 2133 to 30 Nov. Stations at 13:41 and 09:50 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2134· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Sep 2133 – 17 Feb (24 weeks), 6°35' Gemini back to 4°37' Gemini; shadow from 04 May 2133 to 20 Jun. Stations at 17:06 and 07:40 UT.
Retrograde 06 Sep – 18 Feb 2135 (24 weeks), 7°32' Gemini back to 5°34' Gemini; shadow from 05 May to 21 Jun 2135. Stations at 20:52 and 13:30 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.