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 2165· 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 12 Feb – 06 Mar (3 weeks), 9°08' Pisces back to 24°07' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 26 Mar. Stations at 08:50 and 05:01 UT.
Retrograde 13 Jun – 07 Jul (3 weeks), 9°46' Cancer back to 0°49' Cancer; shadow from 29 May to 22 Jul. Stations at 14:05 and 15:35 UT.
Retrograde 10 Oct – 31 Oct (3 weeks), 8°05' Scorpio back to 22°27' Libra; shadow from 19 Sep to 16 Nov. Stations at 06:38 and 05:10 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2165· once this year
Retrograde 05 Nov – 16 Dec (6 weeks), 11°51' Sagittarius back to 26°31' Scorpio; shadow from 04 Oct to 17 Jan 2166. Stations at 15:25 and 18:08 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2165· once this year
Retrograde 20 Nov – 05 Feb 2166 (11 weeks), 18°44' Cancer back to 0°12' Cancer; shadow from 21 Sep to 12 Apr 2166. Stations at 18:52 and 16:01 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 2165· once this year
Retrograde 23 Aug – 19 Dec (17 weeks), 4°32' Taurus back to 24°34' Aries; shadow from 30 May to 12 Mar 2166. Stations at 20:00 and 10:38 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2165· once this year
Retrograde 17 Apr – 05 Sep (20 weeks), 8°39' Capricorn back to 2°02' Capricorn; shadow from 10 Jan to 12 Dec. Stations at 03:17 and 13:10 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2165· once this year
Retrograde 15 May – 16 Oct (22 weeks), 11°01' Aquarius back to 7°05' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 30 Jan 2166. Stations at 05:54 and 12:25 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2165· once this year
Retrograde 11 May – 18 Oct (23 weeks), 9°17' Aquarius back to 6°30' Aquarius; shadow from 19 Jan to 06 Feb 2166. Stations at 05:29 and 07:25 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2165· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Oct 2164 – 19 Mar (23 weeks), 7°53' Cancer back to 5°47' Cancer; shadow from 06 Jun 2164 to 19 Jul. Stations at 15:18 and 13:39 UT.
Retrograde 08 Oct – 20 Mar 2166 (23 weeks), 8°59' Cancer back to 6°53' Cancer; shadow from 08 Jun to 20 Jul 2166. Stations at 23:26 and 23:15 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.