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 2154· 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 08 Jan – 28 Jan (3 weeks), 4°10' Aquarius back to 18°03' Capricorn; shadow from 22 Dec 2153 to 17 Feb. Stations at 03:51 and 13:27 UT.
Retrograde 02 May – 26 May (3 weeks), 26°56' Taurus back to 17°45' Taurus; shadow from 18 Apr to 11 Jun. Stations at 12:57 and 08:45 UT.
Retrograde 03 Sep – 25 Sep (3 weeks), 2°18' Libra back to 18°00' Virgo; shadow from 14 Aug to 10 Oct. Stations at 05:51 and 21:14 UT.
Retrograde 23 Dec – 12 Jan 2155 (3 weeks), 18°15' Capricorn back to 1°59' Capricorn; shadow from 05 Dec to 31 Jan 2155. Stations at 01:43 and 01:03 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2154· once this year
Retrograde 26 Aug – 07 Oct (6 weeks), 1°42' Libra back to 15°35' Virgo; shadow from 23 Jul to 09 Nov. Stations at 07:27 and 21:05 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2154· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2154; 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 2154· once this year
Retrograde 24 Sep – 20 Jan 2155 (17 weeks), 5°55' Gemini back to 25°52' Taurus; shadow from 01 Jul to 14 Apr 2155. Stations at 14:53 and 07:31 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2154· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Dec 2153 – 18 Apr (19 weeks), 23°53' Leo back to 16°58' Leo; shadow from 01 Sep 2153 to 23 Jul. Stations at 16:48 and 05:35 UT.
Retrograde 18 Dec – 02 May 2155 (19 weeks), 7°29' Virgo back to 0°35' Virgo; shadow from 14 Sep to 07 Aug 2155. Stations at 06:34 and 12:01 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2154· once this year
Retrograde 29 Mar – 29 Aug (22 weeks), 24°42' Sagittarius back to 20°41' Sagittarius; shadow from 14 Dec 2153 to 13 Dec. Stations at 14:35 and 22:57 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2154· once this year
Retrograde 16 Apr – 24 Sep (23 weeks), 15°05' Capricorn back to 12°19' Capricorn; shadow from 26 Dec 2153 to 13 Jan 2155. Stations at 17:45 and 01:49 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2154· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Sep 2153 – 08 Mar (23 weeks), 26°13' Gemini back to 24°11' Gemini; shadow from 25 May 2153 to 09 Jul. Stations at 20:38 and 12:04 UT.
Retrograde 27 Sep – 09 Mar 2155 (23 weeks), 27°14' Gemini back to 25°12' Gemini; shadow from 26 May to 10 Jul 2155. Stations at 04:49 and 17:45 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.