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 2153· 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 24 Jan – 14 Feb (3 weeks), 20°13' Aquarius back to 4°28' Aquarius; shadow from 08 Jan to 06 Mar. Stations at 06:49 and 06:58 UT.
Retrograde 21 May – 14 Jun (3 weeks), 16°32' Gemini back to 7°58' Gemini; shadow from 07 May to 29 Jun. Stations at 21:53 and 18:49 UT.
Retrograde 20 Sep – 12 Oct (3 weeks), 19°07' Libra back to 4°03' Libra; shadow from 31 Aug to 27 Oct. Stations at 10:34 and 06:16 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2153· once this year
Retrograde 23 Jan – 06 Mar (6 weeks), 2°56' Pisces back to 17°10' Aquarius; shadow from 22 Dec 2152 to 07 Apr. Stations at 17:55 and 02:15 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2153· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jan – 29 Mar (12 weeks), 8°17' Virgo back to 18°47' Leo; shadow from 03 Nov 2152 to 05 Jun. Stations at 22:02 and 18:16 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 2153· once this year
Retrograde 18 Aug – 14 Dec (17 weeks), 29°28' Aries back to 19°30' Aries; shadow from 25 May to 07 Mar 2154. Stations at 18:30 and 11:15 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2153· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Nov 2152 – 03 Apr (19 weeks), 10°03' Leo back to 3°06' Leo; shadow from 18 Aug 2152 to 08 Jul. Stations at 18:58 and 20:38 UT.
Retrograde 04 Dec – 18 Apr 2154 (19 weeks), 23°53' Leo back to 16°58' Leo; shadow from 01 Sep to 23 Jul 2154. Stations at 16:48 and 05:35 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2153· once this year
Retrograde 24 Mar – 25 Aug (22 weeks), 20°19' Sagittarius back to 16°17' Sagittarius; shadow from 10 Dec 2152 to 09 Dec. Stations at 23:01 and 02:45 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2153· once this year
Retrograde 14 Apr – 21 Sep (23 weeks), 12°54' Capricorn back to 10°07' Capricorn; shadow from 24 Dec 2152 to 10 Jan 2154. Stations at 07:43 and 13:04 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2153· twice this year
Retrograde 24 Sep 2152 – 07 Mar (23 weeks), 25°11' Gemini back to 23°10' Gemini; shadow from 23 May 2152 to 07 Jul. Stations at 12:39 and 06:48 UT.
Retrograde 25 Sep – 08 Mar 2154 (23 weeks), 26°13' Gemini back to 24°11' Gemini; shadow from 25 May to 09 Jul 2154. Stations at 20:38 and 12:04 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.