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 2159· 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 03 Feb – 24 Feb (3 weeks), 29°39' Aquarius back to 14°13' Aquarius; shadow from 19 Jan to 16 Mar. Stations at 06:54 and 17:03 UT.
Retrograde 02 Jun – 26 Jun (3 weeks), 28°08' Gemini back to 19°31' Gemini; shadow from 18 May to 11 Jul. Stations at 18:26 and 18:18 UT.
Retrograde 30 Sep – 22 Oct (3 weeks), 28°39' Libra back to 13°17' Libra; shadow from 10 Sep to 06 Nov. Stations at 21:19 and 06:22 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2159· once this year
Retrograde 14 Jun – 27 Jul (6 weeks), 22°02' Cancer back to 5°31' Cancer; shadow from 11 May to 30 Aug. Stations at 11:30 and 15:08 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2159· once this year
Retrograde 20 May – 27 Jul (10 weeks), 6°37' Capricorn back to 23°08' Sagittarius; shadow from 27 Mar to 13 Sep. Stations at 05:53 and 13:27 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 2159· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jan – 01 Jun (18 weeks), 14°43' Libra back to 4°47' Libra; shadow from 03 Nov 2158 to 29 Aug. Stations at 06:28 and 05:44 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2159· once this year
Retrograde 06 Feb – 25 Jun (20 weeks), 28°47' Libra back to 22°03' Libra; shadow from 03 Nov 2158 to 01 Oct. Stations at 14:02 and 01:45 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2159· once this year
Retrograde 20 Apr – 21 Sep (22 weeks), 16°08' Capricorn back to 12°10' Capricorn; shadow from 04 Jan to 05 Jan 2160. Stations at 11:34 and 08:38 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2159· once this year
Retrograde 28 Apr – 05 Oct (23 weeks), 26°03' Capricorn back to 23°16' Capricorn; shadow from 06 Jan to 24 Jan 2160. Stations at 02:14 and 09:11 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2159· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Oct 2158 – 13 Mar (23 weeks), 1°26' Cancer back to 29°22' Gemini; shadow from 31 May 2158 to 14 Jul. Stations at 10:36 and 20:29 UT.
Retrograde 02 Oct – 14 Mar 2160 (23 weeks), 2°29' Cancer back to 0°25' Cancer; shadow from 01 Jun to 14 Jul 2160. Stations at 19:52 and 02:32 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.