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 2141· 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 05 Jan – 25 Jan (3 weeks), 1°36' Aquarius back to 15°27' Capricorn; shadow from 19 Dec 2140 to 14 Feb. Stations at 09:04 and 16:43 UT.
Retrograde 29 Apr – 23 May (3 weeks), 23°53' Taurus back to 14°32' Taurus; shadow from 15 Apr to 08 Jun. Stations at 07:21 and 02:56 UT.
Retrograde 31 Aug – 23 Sep (3 weeks), 29°33' Virgo back to 15°23' Virgo; shadow from 11 Aug to 07 Oct. Stations at 06:35 and 00:37 UT.
Retrograde 20 Dec – 09 Jan 2142 (3 weeks), 15°42' Capricorn back to 29°24' Sagittarius; shadow from 02 Dec to 28 Jan 2142. Stations at 06:48 and 05:05 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2141· once this year
Retrograde 13 Nov – 24 Dec (6 weeks), 19°14' Sagittarius back to 3°55' Sagittarius; shadow from 12 Oct to 24 Jan 2142. Stations at 02:00 and 02:20 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2141· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2141; 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 2141· once this year
Retrograde 13 Aug – 09 Dec (17 weeks), 24°13' Aries back to 14°16' Aries; shadow from 20 May to 01 Mar 2142. Stations at 12:57 and 06:12 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2141· once this year
Retrograde 21 Jun – 08 Nov (20 weeks), 11°27' Pisces back to 4°45' Pisces; shadow from 15 Mar to 11 Feb 2142. Stations at 17:01 and 02:22 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2141· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jan – 28 Jun (22 weeks), 25°23' Libra back to 21°15' Libra; shadow from 17 Oct 2140 to 13 Oct. Stations at 05:56 and 23:48 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2141· once this year
Retrograde 18 Mar – 25 Aug (23 weeks), 16°42' Sagittarius back to 13°55' Sagittarius; shadow from 27 Nov 2140 to 15 Dec. Stations at 15:48 and 18:39 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2141· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Sep 2140 – 23 Feb (24 weeks), 13°18' Gemini back to 11°18' Gemini; shadow from 11 May 2140 to 26 Jun. Stations at 04:47 and 18:42 UT.
Retrograde 13 Sep – 24 Feb 2142 (23 weeks), 14°16' Gemini back to 12°17' Gemini; shadow from 12 May to 27 Jun 2142. Stations at 12:10 and 22:23 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.