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 2152· 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 10 Feb – 03 Mar (3 weeks), 6°29' Pisces back to 21°21' Aquarius; shadow from 26 Jan to 23 Mar. Stations at 12:56 and 06:24 UT.
Retrograde 10 Jun – 04 Jul (3 weeks), 6°34' Cancer back to 27°44' Gemini; shadow from 25 May to 18 Jul. Stations at 07:45 and 08:50 UT.
Retrograde 07 Oct – 28 Oct (3 weeks), 5°28' Scorpio back to 19°53' Libra; shadow from 17 Sep to 13 Nov. Stations at 09:06 and 10:15 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2152· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2152; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2152· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2152; 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 2152· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jul – 07 Nov (17 weeks), 22°35' Pisces back to 12°42' Pisces; shadow from 17 Apr to 28 Jan 2153. Stations at 14:33 and 08:42 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2152· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Nov 2151 – 20 Mar (19 weeks), 26°02' Cancer back to 19°04' Cancer; shadow from 04 Aug 2151 to 23 Jun. Stations at 14:54 and 10:32 UT.
Retrograde 20 Nov – 03 Apr 2153 (19 weeks), 10°03' Leo back to 3°06' Leo; shadow from 18 Aug to 08 Jul 2153. Stations at 18:58 and 20:38 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2152· once this year
Retrograde 20 Mar – 20 Aug (22 weeks), 15°54' Sagittarius back to 11°52' Sagittarius; shadow from 06 Dec 2151 to 04 Dec. Stations at 07:16 and 07:33 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2152· once this year
Retrograde 11 Apr – 19 Sep (23 weeks), 10°42' Capricorn back to 7°56' Capricorn; shadow from 22 Dec 2151 to 08 Jan 2153. Stations at 19:00 and 01:24 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2152· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Sep 2151 – 06 Mar (23 weeks), 24°10' Gemini back to 22°09' Gemini; shadow from 23 May 2151 to 06 Jul. Stations at 02:45 and 03:55 UT.
Retrograde 24 Sep – 07 Mar 2153 (23 weeks), 25°11' Gemini back to 23°10' Gemini; shadow from 23 May to 07 Jul 2153. Stations at 12:39 and 06:48 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.