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 2148· 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 30 Dec 2147 – 19 Jan (3 weeks), 24°55' Capricorn back to 8°41' Capricorn; shadow from 13 Dec 2147 to 07 Feb. Stations at 05:29 and 08:19 UT.
Retrograde 20 Apr – 14 May (3 weeks), 15°56' Taurus back to 6°03' Taurus; shadow from 07 Apr to 31 May. Stations at 22:57 and 17:27 UT.
Retrograde 23 Aug – 15 Sep (3 weeks), 22°18' Virgo back to 8°32' Virgo; shadow from 03 Aug to 29 Sep. Stations at 13:11 and 15:01 UT.
Retrograde 13 Dec – 01 Jan 2149 (3 weeks), 9°03' Capricorn back to 22°45' Sagittarius; shadow from 25 Nov to 20 Jan 2149. Stations at 02:57 and 22:41 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2148· once this year
Retrograde 07 Apr – 19 May (6 weeks), 16°55' Taurus back to 0°31' Taurus; shadow from 05 Mar to 22 Jun. Stations at 05:08 and 18:38 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2148· once this year
Retrograde 26 Oct – 08 Jan 2149 (10 weeks), 21°31' Gemini back to 4°26' Gemini; shadow from 01 Sep to 10 Mar 2149. Stations at 17:12 and 00:51 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 2148· once this year
Retrograde 24 Feb – 26 Jun (18 weeks), 10°18' Scorpio back to 0°24' Scorpio; shadow from 29 Nov 2147 to 23 Sep. Stations at 09:39 and 21:32 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2148· twice this year
Retrograde 11 Sep 2147 – 24 Jan (19 weeks), 29°39' Taurus back to 22°43' Taurus; shadow from 07 Jun 2147 to 27 Apr. Stations at 16:20 and 08:54 UT.
Retrograde 25 Sep – 06 Feb 2149 (19 weeks), 13°37' Gemini back to 6°40' Gemini; shadow from 21 Jun to 11 May 2149. Stations at 04:45 and 09:18 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2148· once this year
Retrograde 02 Mar – 01 Aug (22 weeks), 27°55' Scorpio back to 23°50' Scorpio; shadow from 19 Nov 2147 to 15 Nov. Stations at 09:00 and 12:24 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2148· once this year
Retrograde 02 Apr – 10 Sep (23 weeks), 1°57' Capricorn back to 29°10' Sagittarius; shadow from 13 Dec 2147 to 30 Dec. Stations at 19:18 and 03:20 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2148· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Sep 2147 – 02 Mar (23 weeks), 20°10' Gemini back to 18°09' Gemini; shadow from 19 May 2147 to 03 Jul. Stations at 02:53 and 03:36 UT.
Retrograde 20 Sep – 03 Mar 2149 (23 weeks), 21°10' Gemini back to 19°09' Gemini; shadow from 19 May to 04 Jul 2149. Stations at 09:06 and 08:58 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.