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 2149· 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 13 Dec 2148 – 01 Jan (3 weeks), 9°03' Capricorn back to 22°45' Sagittarius; shadow from 25 Nov 2148 to 20 Jan. Stations at 02:57 and 22:41 UT.
Retrograde 02 Apr – 26 Apr (3 weeks), 27°36' Aries back to 16°13' Aries; shadow from 19 Mar to 14 May. Stations at 14:19 and 04:08 UT.
Retrograde 05 Aug – 29 Aug (3 weeks), 4°29' Virgo back to 21°54' Leo; shadow from 17 Jul to 12 Sep. Stations at 21:29 and 14:41 UT.
Retrograde 26 Nov – 16 Dec (3 weeks), 23°14' Sagittarius back to 6°58' Sagittarius; shadow from 08 Nov to 03 Jan 2150. Stations at 22:17 and 16:51 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2149· once this year
Retrograde 10 Nov – 21 Dec (6 weeks), 16°46' Sagittarius back to 1°27' Sagittarius; shadow from 09 Oct to 22 Jan 2150. Stations at 14:39 and 15:28 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2149· once this year
Retrograde 26 Oct 2148 – 08 Jan (10 weeks), 21°31' Gemini back to 4°26' Gemini; shadow from 01 Sep 2148 to 10 Mar. 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 2149· once this year
Retrograde 27 Mar – 28 Jul (18 weeks), 10°50' Sagittarius back to 0°59' Sagittarius; shadow from 30 Dec 2148 to 23 Oct. Stations at 02:33 and 09:24 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2149· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Sep 2148 – 06 Feb (19 weeks), 13°37' Gemini back to 6°40' Gemini; shadow from 21 Jun 2148 to 11 May. Stations at 04:45 and 09:18 UT.
Retrograde 09 Oct – 20 Feb 2150 (19 weeks), 27°44' Gemini back to 20°46' Gemini; shadow from 06 Jul to 26 May 2150. Stations at 18:21 and 14:48 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2149· once this year
Retrograde 07 Mar – 06 Aug (22 weeks), 2°27' Sagittarius back to 28°24' Scorpio; shadow from 23 Nov 2148 to 20 Nov. Stations at 03:59 and 12:20 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2149· once this year
Retrograde 05 Apr – 12 Sep (23 weeks), 4°08' Capricorn back to 1°22' Capricorn; shadow from 15 Dec 2148 to 02 Jan 2150. Stations at 07:30 and 13:05 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2149· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Sep 2148 – 03 Mar (23 weeks), 21°10' Gemini back to 19°09' Gemini; shadow from 19 May 2148 to 04 Jul. Stations at 09:06 and 08:58 UT.
Retrograde 21 Sep – 04 Mar 2150 (23 weeks), 22°09' Gemini back to 20°08' Gemini; shadow from 20 May to 05 Jul 2150. Stations at 15:23 and 14:36 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.