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 2169· 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 28 Mar – 21 Apr (3 weeks), 22°58' Aries back to 11°10' Aries; shadow from 14 Mar to 09 May. Stations at 17:59 and 05:02 UT.
Retrograde 01 Aug – 24 Aug (3 weeks), 29°44' Leo back to 17°31' Leo; shadow from 13 Jul to 07 Sep. Stations at 00:39 and 21:23 UT.
Retrograde 22 Nov – 12 Dec (3 weeks), 19°11' Sagittarius back to 2°56' Sagittarius; shadow from 03 Nov to 30 Dec. Stations at 12:19 and 07:30 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2169· once this year
Retrograde 18 Jan – 01 Mar (6 weeks), 28°04' Aquarius back to 12°22' Aquarius; shadow from 18 Dec 2168 to 02 Apr. Stations at 20:19 and 02:54 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2169· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2169; 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 2169· once this year
Retrograde 03 Dec 2168 – 03 Apr (17 weeks), 18°00' Leo back to 7°57' Leo; shadow from 08 Sep 2168 to 30 Jun. Stations at 17:21 and 03:42 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2169· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jun – 22 Oct (20 weeks), 24°39' Aquarius back to 17°59' Aquarius; shadow from 25 Feb to 26 Jan 2170. Stations at 18:22 and 04:19 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2169· once this year
Retrograde 31 May – 01 Nov (22 weeks), 27°09' Aquarius back to 23°14' Aquarius; shadow from 13 Feb to 16 Feb 2170. Stations at 16:10 and 23:50 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2169· once this year
Retrograde 20 May – 27 Oct (23 weeks), 18°07' Aquarius back to 15°19' Aquarius; shadow from 28 Jan to 14 Feb 2170. Stations at 05:33 and 03:02 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2169· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Oct 2168 – 23 Mar (23 weeks), 12°22' Cancer back to 10°15' Cancer; shadow from 12 Jun 2168 to 23 Jul. Stations at 04:25 and 23:38 UT.
Retrograde 13 Oct – 25 Mar 2170 (23 weeks), 13°31' Cancer back to 11°23' Cancer; shadow from 13 Jun to 24 Jul 2170. Stations at 17:37 and 05:47 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.