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 2145· 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 16 Feb – 10 Mar (3 weeks), 13°23' Pisces back to 28°37' Aquarius; shadow from 02 Feb to 30 Mar. Stations at 19:57 and 21:21 UT.
Retrograde 18 Jun – 12 Jul (3 weeks), 15°00' Cancer back to 5°48' Cancer; shadow from 02 Jun to 27 Jul. Stations at 19:09 and 21:54 UT.
Retrograde 14 Oct – 04 Nov (3 weeks), 12°14' Scorpio back to 26°29' Libra; shadow from 24 Sep to 20 Nov. Stations at 19:50 and 13:57 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2145· once this year
Retrograde 26 Jan – 08 Mar (6 weeks), 5°22' Pisces back to 19°34' Aquarius; shadow from 25 Dec 2144 to 09 Apr. Stations at 04:17 and 13:22 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2145· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2145; 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 2145· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Nov 2144 – 25 Mar (17 weeks), 8°58' Leo back to 28°55' Cancer; shadow from 30 Aug 2144 to 21 Jun. Stations at 01:11 and 03:01 UT.
Retrograde 25 Dec – 26 Apr 2146 (17 weeks), 10°14' Virgo back to 0°13' Virgo; shadow from 29 Sep to 24 Jul 2146. Stations at 21:57 and 13:10 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2145· once this year
Retrograde 14 Aug – 28 Dec (19 weeks), 2°22' Taurus back to 25°31' Aries; shadow from 09 May to 01 Apr 2146. Stations at 00:36 and 02:47 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2145· once this year
Retrograde 16 Feb – 18 Jul (22 weeks), 14°06' Scorpio back to 10°00' Scorpio; shadow from 05 Nov 2144 to 01 Nov. Stations at 21:45 and 08:55 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2145· once this year
Retrograde 27 Mar – 03 Sep (23 weeks), 25°24' Sagittarius back to 22°37' Sagittarius; shadow from 06 Dec 2144 to 24 Dec. Stations at 10:25 and 18:43 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2145· twice this year
Retrograde 16 Sep 2144 – 27 Feb (23 weeks), 17°12' Gemini back to 15°12' Gemini; shadow from 15 May 2144 to 30 Jun. Stations at 07:23 and 12:17 UT.
Retrograde 17 Sep – 28 Feb 2146 (23 weeks), 18°11' Gemini back to 16°11' Gemini; shadow from 16 May to 01 Jul 2146. Stations at 11:09 and 20:01 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.