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 2137· 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 13 Mar – 05 Apr (3 weeks), 7°16' Aries back to 24°10' Pisces; shadow from 27 Feb to 24 Apr. Stations at 01:35 and 02:40 UT.
Retrograde 15 Jul – 08 Aug (3 weeks), 12°51' Leo back to 1°51' Leo; shadow from 28 Jun to 22 Aug. Stations at 17:41 and 21:36 UT.
Retrograde 07 Nov – 27 Nov (3 weeks), 4°52' Sagittarius back to 18°45' Scorpio; shadow from 19 Oct to 15 Dec. Stations at 18:16 and 18:53 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2137· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jan – 10 Mar (6 weeks), 7°47' Pisces back to 21°57' Aquarius; shadow from 27 Dec 2136 to 12 Apr. Stations at 14:06 and 23:56 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2137· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2137; 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 2137· once this year
Retrograde 22 Mar – 23 Jul (18 weeks), 6°22' Sagittarius back to 26°30' Scorpio; shadow from 25 Dec 2136 to 19 Oct. Stations at 11:58 and 21:25 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2137· once this year
Retrograde 03 May – 22 Sep (20 weeks), 24°40' Capricorn back to 18°03' Capricorn; shadow from 26 Jan to 28 Dec. Stations at 20:15 and 02:32 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2137· once this year
Retrograde 10 Jan – 09 Jun (21 weeks), 6°20' Libra back to 2°12' Libra; shadow from 28 Sep 2136 to 23 Sep. Stations at 09:14 and 07:06 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2137· once this year
Retrograde 09 Mar – 16 Aug (23 weeks), 7°58' Sagittarius back to 5°12' Sagittarius; shadow from 19 Nov 2136 to 07 Dec. Stations at 21:03 and 19:56 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2137· twice this year
Retrograde 08 Sep 2136 – 19 Feb (24 weeks), 9°27' Gemini back to 7°28' Gemini; shadow from 06 May 2136 to 23 Jun. Stations at 08:03 and 23:11 UT.
Retrograde 09 Sep – 21 Feb 2138 (23 weeks), 10°24' Gemini back to 8°25' Gemini; shadow from 08 May to 24 Jun 2138. Stations at 15:53 and 01:04 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.