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 2138· 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 24 Feb – 18 Mar (3 weeks), 20°21' Pisces back to 6°01' Pisces; shadow from 09 Feb to 07 Apr. Stations at 04:24 and 13:23 UT.
Retrograde 27 Jun – 21 Jul (3 weeks), 23°22' Cancer back to 13°43' Cancer; shadow from 10 Jun to 04 Aug. Stations at 03:42 and 08:35 UT.
Retrograde 22 Oct – 11 Nov (3 weeks), 18°57' Scorpio back to 3°05' Scorpio; shadow from 02 Oct to 28 Nov. Stations at 05:21 and 17:21 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2138· once this year
Retrograde 31 Aug – 12 Oct (6 weeks), 6°11' Libra back to 20°08' Virgo; shadow from 28 Jul to 14 Nov. Stations at 03:46 and 15:20 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2138· once this year
Retrograde 21 Jan – 12 Apr (12 weeks), 20°58' Virgo back to 1°31' Virgo; shadow from 15 Nov 2137 to 18 Jun. Stations at 07:01 and 09:32 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 2138· once this year
Retrograde 24 Apr – 25 Aug (17 weeks), 8°04' Capricorn back to 28°14' Sagittarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 19 Nov. Stations at 21:15 and 07:25 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2138· once this year
Retrograde 15 May – 04 Oct (20 weeks), 6°07' Aquarius back to 29°29' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Feb to 08 Jan 2139. Stations at 22:48 and 00:54 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2138· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jan – 14 Jun (21 weeks), 11°07' Libra back to 6°59' Libra; shadow from 03 Oct 2137 to 28 Sep. Stations at 07:45 and 10:51 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2138· once this year
Retrograde 12 Mar – 19 Aug (23 weeks), 10°09' Sagittarius back to 7°23' Sagittarius; shadow from 21 Nov 2137 to 09 Dec. Stations at 06:54 and 06:35 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2138· twice this year
Retrograde 09 Sep 2137 – 21 Feb (23 weeks), 10°24' Gemini back to 8°25' Gemini; shadow from 08 May 2137 to 24 Jun. Stations at 15:53 and 01:04 UT.
Retrograde 10 Sep – 22 Feb 2139 (23 weeks), 11°22' Gemini back to 9°23' Gemini; shadow from 09 May to 25 Jun 2139. Stations at 19:54 and 06:31 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.