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 2139· 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 07 Feb – 01 Mar (3 weeks), 3°52' Pisces back to 18°37' Aquarius; shadow from 23 Jan to 21 Mar. Stations at 17:09 and 08:01 UT.
Retrograde 08 Jun – 02 Jul (3 weeks), 3°23' Cancer back to 24°39' Gemini; shadow from 23 May to 16 Jul. Stations at 01:15 and 01:59 UT.
Retrograde 05 Oct – 26 Oct (3 weeks), 2°51' Scorpio back to 17°20' Libra; shadow from 15 Sep to 11 Nov. Stations at 11:26 and 15:20 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2139· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2139; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2139· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2139; 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 2139· once this year
Retrograde 30 May – 28 Sep (17 weeks), 11°43' Aquarius back to 1°53' Aquarius; shadow from 06 Mar to 21 Dec. Stations at 14:11 and 08:10 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2139· once this year
Retrograde 28 May – 15 Oct (20 weeks), 17°42' Aquarius back to 11°03' Aquarius; shadow from 19 Feb to 20 Jan 2140. Stations at 06:59 and 22:40 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2139· once this year
Retrograde 20 Jan – 19 Jun (21 weeks), 15°53' Libra back to 11°45' Libra; shadow from 08 Oct 2138 to 03 Oct. Stations at 07:57 and 16:24 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2139· once this year
Retrograde 14 Mar – 21 Aug (23 weeks), 12°20' Sagittarius back to 9°34' Sagittarius; shadow from 23 Nov 2138 to 11 Dec. Stations at 17:49 and 18:41 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2139· twice this year
Retrograde 10 Sep 2138 – 22 Feb (23 weeks), 11°22' Gemini back to 9°23' Gemini; shadow from 09 May 2138 to 25 Jun. Stations at 19:54 and 06:31 UT.
Retrograde 12 Sep – 23 Feb 2140 (23 weeks), 12°20' Gemini back to 10°21' Gemini; shadow from 10 May to 25 Jun 2140. Stations at 00:29 and 12:01 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.