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 2163· 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 18 Mar – 11 Apr (3 weeks), 12°49' Aries back to 0°09' Aries; shadow from 05 Mar to 30 Apr. Stations at 23:32 and 04:32 UT.
Retrograde 21 Jul – 15 Aug (3 weeks), 18°55' Leo back to 7°30' Leo; shadow from 03 Jul to 29 Aug. Stations at 22:37 and 01:12 UT.
Retrograde 13 Nov – 03 Dec (3 weeks), 9°59' Sagittarius back to 23°49' Scorpio; shadow from 25 Oct to 20 Dec. Stations at 10:12 and 08:34 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2163· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2163; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2163· once this year
Retrograde 09 Oct – 18 Dec (10 weeks), 1°07' Gemini back to 15°34' Taurus; shadow from 18 Aug to 13 Feb 2164. Stations at 08:19 and 11:03 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 2163· once this year
Retrograde 09 Jun – 08 Oct (17 weeks), 21°42' Aquarius back to 11°51' Aquarius; shadow from 16 Mar to 30 Dec. Stations at 20:21 and 04:18 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2163· once this year
Retrograde 25 Mar – 13 Aug (20 weeks), 15°53' Sagittarius back to 9°15' Sagittarius; shadow from 19 Dec 2162 to 19 Nov. Stations at 12:59 and 10:05 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2163· once this year
Retrograde 07 May – 08 Oct (22 weeks), 2°49' Aquarius back to 28°52' Capricorn; shadow from 21 Jan to 22 Jan 2164. Stations at 10:05 and 14:00 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2163· once this year
Retrograde 07 May – 14 Oct (23 weeks), 4°52' Aquarius back to 2°05' Aquarius; shadow from 15 Jan to 02 Feb 2164. Stations at 05:30 and 07:24 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2163· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Oct 2162 – 18 Mar (23 weeks), 5°42' Cancer back to 3°37' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jun 2162 to 18 Jul. Stations at 17:30 and 02:10 UT.
Retrograde 07 Oct – 18 Mar 2164 (23 weeks), 6°47' Cancer back to 4°42' Cancer; shadow from 06 Jun to 18 Jul 2164. Stations at 03:34 and 08:14 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.