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 2144· 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 05 Mar – 28 Mar (3 weeks), 0°07' Aries back to 16°27' Pisces; shadow from 20 Feb to 16 Apr. Stations at 12:29 and 06:46 UT.
Retrograde 07 Jul – 31 Jul (3 weeks), 4°44' Leo back to 24°20' Cancer; shadow from 20 Jun to 14 Aug. Stations at 14:06 and 19:09 UT.
Retrograde 31 Oct – 20 Nov (3 weeks), 28°13' Scorpio back to 12°11' Scorpio; shadow from 11 Oct to 07 Dec. Stations at 10:44 and 15:19 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2144· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2144; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2144· once this year
Retrograde 17 Jun – 20 Aug (9 weeks), 1°44' Aquarius back to 20°31' Capricorn; shadow from 01 May to 02 Oct. Stations at 20:47 and 01:50 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 2144· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Oct 2143 – 20 Feb (17 weeks), 5°55' Cancer back to 25°51' Gemini; shadow from 30 Jul 2143 to 16 May. Stations at 12:31 and 01:34 UT.
Retrograde 25 Nov – 25 Mar 2145 (17 weeks), 8°58' Leo back to 28°55' Cancer; shadow from 30 Aug to 21 Jun 2145. Stations at 01:11 and 03:01 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2144· once this year
Retrograde 30 Jul – 14 Dec (20 weeks), 19°10' Aries back to 12°21' Aries; shadow from 24 Apr to 19 Mar 2145. Stations at 23:23 and 23:49 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2144· once this year
Retrograde 12 Feb – 13 Jul (22 weeks), 9°28' Scorpio back to 5°21' Scorpio; shadow from 01 Nov 2143 to 27 Oct. Stations at 23:28 and 06:21 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2144· once this year
Retrograde 25 Mar – 01 Sep (23 weeks), 23°13' Sagittarius back to 20°27' Sagittarius; shadow from 04 Dec 2143 to 22 Dec. Stations at 01:10 and 06:41 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2144· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Sep 2143 – 27 Feb (23 weeks), 16°13' Gemini back to 14°14' Gemini; shadow from 14 May 2143 to 29 Jun. Stations at 02:14 and 06:12 UT.
Retrograde 16 Sep – 27 Feb 2145 (23 weeks), 17°12' Gemini back to 15°12' Gemini; shadow from 15 May to 30 Jun 2145. Stations at 07:23 and 12:17 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.