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 2162· 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 15 Dec 2161 – 04 Jan (3 weeks), 11°37' Capricorn back to 25°19' Sagittarius; shadow from 28 Nov 2161 to 23 Jan. Stations at 21:56 and 18:25 UT.
Retrograde 05 Apr – 29 Apr (3 weeks), 0°29' Taurus back to 19°21' Aries; shadow from 22 Mar to 17 May. Stations at 15:58 and 07:05 UT.
Retrograde 08 Aug – 01 Sep (3 weeks), 7°24' Virgo back to 24°37' Leo; shadow from 20 Jul to 15 Sep. Stations at 22:28 and 13:46 UT.
Retrograde 29 Nov – 19 Dec (3 weeks), 25°48' Sagittarius back to 9°31' Sagittarius; shadow from 11 Nov to 06 Jan 2163. Stations at 17:37 and 12:04 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2162· once this year
Retrograde 23 Aug – 05 Oct (6 weeks), 29°28' Virgo back to 13°19' Virgo; shadow from 21 Jul to 07 Nov. Stations at 22:12 and 12:28 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2162· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2162; 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 2162· once this year
Retrograde 04 May – 03 Sep (17 weeks), 17°33' Capricorn back to 7°43' Capricorn; shadow from 07 Feb to 27 Nov. Stations at 16:03 and 16:55 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2162· once this year
Retrograde 13 Mar – 01 Aug (20 weeks), 4°23' Sagittarius back to 27°44' Scorpio; shadow from 07 Dec 2161 to 07 Nov. Stations at 16:15 and 05:07 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2162· once this year
Retrograde 03 May – 04 Oct (22 weeks), 28°41' Capricorn back to 24°44' Capricorn; shadow from 16 Jan to 17 Jan 2163. Stations at 00:21 and 02:44 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2162· once this year
Retrograde 04 May – 11 Oct (23 weeks), 2°39' Aquarius back to 29°53' Capricorn; shadow from 13 Jan to 30 Jan 2163. Stations at 18:00 and 18:39 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2162· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Oct 2161 – 16 Mar (23 weeks), 4°37' Cancer back to 2°33' Cancer; shadow from 03 Jun 2161 to 17 Jul. Stations at 08:12 and 20:21 UT.
Retrograde 05 Oct – 18 Mar 2163 (23 weeks), 5°42' Cancer back to 3°37' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jun to 18 Jul 2163. Stations at 17:30 and 02:10 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.