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 2143· 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 23 Mar – 16 Apr (3 weeks), 17°20' Aries back to 5°04' Aries; shadow from 09 Mar to 04 May. Stations at 17:15 and 01:15 UT.
Retrograde 26 Jul – 19 Aug (3 weeks), 23°48' Leo back to 12°00' Leo; shadow from 08 Jul to 02 Sep. Stations at 20:55 and 21:10 UT.
Retrograde 17 Nov – 07 Dec (3 weeks), 14°04' Sagittarius back to 27°51' Scorpio; shadow from 29 Oct to 25 Dec. Stations at 20:52 and 17:24 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2143· once this year
Retrograde 19 Jun – 01 Aug (6 weeks), 26°19' Cancer back to 9°48' Cancer; shadow from 16 May to 04 Sep. Stations at 02:43 and 05:45 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2143· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2143; 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 2143· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Sep 2142 – 15 Jan (17 weeks), 0°50' Gemini back to 20°48' Taurus; shadow from 26 Jun 2142 to 09 Apr. Stations at 15:02 and 06:48 UT.
Retrograde 24 Oct – 20 Feb 2144 (17 weeks), 5°55' Cancer back to 25°51' Gemini; shadow from 30 Jul to 16 May 2144. Stations at 12:31 and 01:34 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2143· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jul – 03 Dec (20 weeks), 6°17' Aries back to 29°31' Pisces; shadow from 11 Apr to 06 Mar 2144. Stations at 04:54 and 02:58 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2143· once this year
Retrograde 08 Feb – 09 Jul (22 weeks), 4°47' Scorpio back to 0°40' Scorpio; shadow from 27 Oct 2142 to 23 Oct. Stations at 02:43 and 05:02 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2143· once this year
Retrograde 23 Mar – 30 Aug (23 weeks), 21°03' Sagittarius back to 18°16' Sagittarius; shadow from 02 Dec 2142 to 20 Dec. Stations at 13:29 and 19:12 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2143· twice this year
Retrograde 14 Sep 2142 – 26 Feb (23 weeks), 15°14' Gemini back to 13°15' Gemini; shadow from 13 May 2142 to 29 Jun. Stations at 21:04 and 00:28 UT.
Retrograde 16 Sep – 27 Feb 2144 (23 weeks), 16°13' Gemini back to 14°14' Gemini; shadow from 14 May to 29 Jun 2144. Stations at 02:14 and 06:12 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.