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 2140· 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 22 Jan – 12 Feb (3 weeks), 17°38' Aquarius back to 1°48' Aquarius; shadow from 06 Jan to 03 Mar. Stations at 11:44 and 09:23 UT.
Retrograde 18 May – 11 Jun (3 weeks), 13°23' Gemini back to 4°47' Gemini; shadow from 04 May to 26 Jun. Stations at 14:58 and 11:20 UT.
Retrograde 17 Sep – 09 Oct (3 weeks), 16°27' Libra back to 1°29' Libra; shadow from 28 Aug to 24 Oct. Stations at 12:07 and 10:44 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2140· once this year
Retrograde 09 Apr – 22 May (6 weeks), 19°09' Taurus back to 2°44' Taurus; shadow from 07 Mar to 24 Jun. Stations at 13:20 and 03:54 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2140· once this year
Retrograde 27 Feb – 16 May (11 weeks), 25°00' Libra back to 6°18' Libra; shadow from 23 Dec 2139 to 19 Jul. Stations at 04:40 and 23:47 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 2140· once this year
Retrograde 06 Jul – 02 Nov (17 weeks), 17°22' Pisces back to 7°29' Pisces; shadow from 12 Apr to 23 Jan 2141. Stations at 07:22 and 06:06 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2140· once this year
Retrograde 08 Jun – 26 Oct (20 weeks), 29°28' Aquarius back to 22°48' Aquarius; shadow from 03 Mar to 30 Jan 2141. Stations at 20:30 and 22:33 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2140· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jan – 23 Jun (22 weeks), 20°39' Libra back to 16°31' Libra; shadow from 13 Oct 2139 to 08 Oct. Stations at 05:57 and 19:11 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2140· once this year
Retrograde 16 Mar – 23 Aug (23 weeks), 14°31' Sagittarius back to 11°44' Sagittarius; shadow from 26 Nov 2139 to 13 Dec. Stations at 05:13 and 05:21 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2140· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Sep 2139 – 23 Feb (23 weeks), 12°20' Gemini back to 10°21' Gemini; shadow from 10 May 2139 to 25 Jun. Stations at 00:29 and 12:01 UT.
Retrograde 12 Sep – 23 Feb 2141 (24 weeks), 13°18' Gemini back to 11°18' Gemini; shadow from 11 May to 26 Jun 2141. Stations at 04:47 and 18:42 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.