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 2171· 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 22 Feb – 16 Mar (3 weeks), 18°44' Pisces back to 4°16' Pisces; shadow from 07 Feb to 05 Apr. Stations at 12:50 and 19:39 UT.
Retrograde 25 Jun – 19 Jul (3 weeks), 21°20' Cancer back to 11°50' Cancer; shadow from 08 Jun to 02 Aug. Stations at 05:17 and 09:41 UT.
Retrograde 20 Oct – 10 Nov (3 weeks), 17°25' Scorpio back to 1°34' Scorpio; shadow from 30 Sep to 26 Nov. Stations at 13:46 and 03:33 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2171· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2171; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2171· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2171; 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 2171· once this year
Retrograde 02 Feb – 05 Jun (18 weeks), 19°01' Libra back to 9°04' Libra; shadow from 07 Nov 2170 to 03 Sep. Stations at 12:07 and 13:51 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2171· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jun – 15 Nov (20 weeks), 18°43' Pisces back to 11°59' Pisces; shadow from 23 Mar to 18 Feb 2172. Stations at 13:34 and 13:30 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2171· once this year
Retrograde 09 Jun – 10 Nov (22 weeks), 5°08' Pisces back to 1°13' Pisces; shadow from 21 Feb to 24 Feb 2172. Stations at 08:21 and 13:26 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2171· once this year
Retrograde 25 May – 01 Nov (23 weeks), 22°32' Aquarius back to 19°45' Aquarius; shadow from 02 Feb to 19 Feb 2172. Stations at 08:19 and 01:21 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2171· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Oct 2170 – 26 Mar (23 weeks), 14°40' Cancer back to 12°32' Cancer; shadow from 15 Jun 2170 to 25 Jul. Stations at 03:44 and 16:13 UT.
Retrograde 16 Oct – 27 Mar 2172 (23 weeks), 15°50' Cancer back to 13°42' Cancer; shadow from 16 Jun to 26 Jul 2172. Stations at 14:14 and 02:33 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.