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 2142· 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 20 Dec 2141 – 09 Jan (3 weeks), 15°42' Capricorn back to 29°24' Sagittarius; shadow from 02 Dec 2141 to 28 Jan. Stations at 06:48 and 05:05 UT.
Retrograde 10 Apr – 04 May (3 weeks), 5°12' Taurus back to 24°30' Aries; shadow from 27 Mar to 21 May. Stations at 14:34 and 07:26 UT.
Retrograde 13 Aug – 06 Sep (3 weeks), 12°03' Virgo back to 28°57' Leo; shadow from 25 Jul to 20 Sep. Stations at 17:56 and 05:30 UT.
Retrograde 04 Dec – 23 Dec (3 weeks), 29°52' Sagittarius back to 13°34' Sagittarius; shadow from 15 Nov to 11 Jan 2143. Stations at 03:11 and 21:37 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2142· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2142; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2142· once this year
Retrograde 13 Apr – 26 Jun (11 weeks), 4°57' Sagittarius back to 18°35' Scorpio; shadow from 11 Feb to 20 Aug. Stations at 02:51 and 14:42 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 2142· once this year
Retrograde 19 Sep – 15 Jan 2143 (17 weeks), 0°50' Gemini back to 20°48' Taurus; shadow from 26 Jun to 09 Apr 2143. Stations at 15:02 and 06:48 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2142· once this year
Retrograde 04 Jul – 20 Nov (20 weeks), 23°43' Pisces back to 16°59' Pisces; shadow from 29 Mar to 23 Feb 2143. Stations at 19:26 and 11:03 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2142· once this year
Retrograde 03 Feb – 04 Jul (22 weeks), 0°06' Scorpio back to 25°58' Libra; shadow from 22 Oct 2141 to 18 Oct. Stations at 03:20 and 01:28 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2142· once this year
Retrograde 21 Mar – 28 Aug (23 weeks), 18°52' Sagittarius back to 16°06' Sagittarius; shadow from 30 Nov 2141 to 18 Dec. Stations at 03:42 and 05:48 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2142· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Sep 2141 – 24 Feb (23 weeks), 14°16' Gemini back to 12°17' Gemini; shadow from 12 May 2141 to 27 Jun. Stations at 12:10 and 22:23 UT.
Retrograde 14 Sep – 26 Feb 2143 (23 weeks), 15°14' Gemini back to 13°15' Gemini; shadow from 13 May to 29 Jun 2143. Stations at 21:04 and 00:28 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.