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 2147· 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 15 Jan – 04 Feb (3 weeks), 10°53' Aquarius back to 24°54' Capricorn; shadow from 30 Dec 2146 to 25 Feb. Stations at 07:35 and 22:55 UT.
Retrograde 11 May – 03 Jun (3 weeks), 5°06' Gemini back to 26°17' Taurus; shadow from 26 Apr to 19 Jun. Stations at 01:08 and 21:01 UT.
Retrograde 10 Sep – 03 Oct (3 weeks), 9°25' Libra back to 24°46' Virgo; shadow from 21 Aug to 17 Oct. Stations at 21:20 and 04:39 UT.
Retrograde 30 Dec – 19 Jan 2148 (3 weeks), 24°55' Capricorn back to 8°41' Capricorn; shadow from 13 Dec to 07 Feb 2148. Stations at 05:29 and 08:19 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2147· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2147; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2147· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2147; 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 2147· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jan – 27 May (18 weeks), 10°24' Libra back to 0°27' Libra; shadow from 29 Oct 2146 to 25 Aug. Stations at 01:19 and 22:29 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2147· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Aug 2146 – 10 Jan (19 weeks), 15°53' Taurus back to 8°58' Taurus; shadow from 23 May 2146 to 14 Apr. Stations at 06:36 and 14:14 UT.
Retrograde 11 Sep – 24 Jan 2148 (19 weeks), 29°39' Taurus back to 22°43' Taurus; shadow from 07 Jun to 27 Apr 2148. Stations at 16:20 and 08:54 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2147· once this year
Retrograde 26 Feb – 28 Jul (22 weeks), 23°20' Scorpio back to 19°15' Scorpio; shadow from 14 Nov 2146 to 11 Nov. Stations at 14:13 and 11:39 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2147· once this year
Retrograde 01 Apr – 08 Sep (23 weeks), 29°46' Sagittarius back to 26°59' Sagittarius; shadow from 11 Dec 2146 to 29 Dec. Stations at 07:50 and 16:05 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2147· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Sep 2146 – 02 Mar (23 weeks), 19°10' Gemini back to 17°10' Gemini; shadow from 17 May 2146 to 02 Jul. Stations at 17:57 and 00:52 UT.
Retrograde 20 Sep – 02 Mar 2148 (23 weeks), 20°10' Gemini back to 18°09' Gemini; shadow from 19 May to 03 Jul 2148. Stations at 02:53 and 03:36 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.