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 2174· 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 03 Jan – 24 Jan (3 weeks), 0°04' Aquarius back to 13°53' Capricorn; shadow from 18 Dec 2173 to 12 Feb. Stations at 19:13 and 01:15 UT.
Retrograde 27 Apr – 21 May (3 weeks), 21°58' Taurus back to 12°28' Taurus; shadow from 13 Apr to 06 Jun. Stations at 08:33 and 03:49 UT.
Retrograde 29 Aug – 21 Sep (3 weeks), 27°52' Virgo back to 13°49' Virgo; shadow from 09 Aug to 05 Oct. Stations at 12:43 and 09:05 UT.
Retrograde 18 Dec – 07 Jan 2175 (3 weeks), 14°10' Capricorn back to 27°52' Sagittarius; shadow from 01 Dec to 26 Jan 2175. Stations at 16:51 and 14:14 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2174· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2174; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2174· once this year
Retrograde 25 Apr – 07 Jul (10 weeks), 15°48' Sagittarius back to 0°18' Sagittarius; shadow from 25 Feb to 28 Aug. Stations at 10:40 and 00:33 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 2174· once this year
Retrograde 09 May – 08 Sep (17 weeks), 22°16' Capricorn back to 12°26' Capricorn; shadow from 12 Feb to 02 Dec. Stations at 11:15 and 07:39 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2174· once this year
Retrograde 08 Aug – 22 Dec (19 weeks), 27°01' Aries back to 20°10' Aries; shadow from 03 May to 26 Mar 2175. Stations at 10:28 and 21:32 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2174· once this year
Retrograde 21 Jun – 22 Nov (22 weeks), 17°04' Pisces back to 13°09' Pisces; shadow from 05 Mar to 08 Mar 2175. Stations at 09:43 and 07:29 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2174· once this year
Retrograde 31 May – 07 Nov (23 weeks), 29°12' Aquarius back to 26°25' Aquarius; shadow from 08 Feb to 26 Feb 2175. Stations at 23:35 and 12:57 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2174· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Oct 2173 – 29 Mar (23 weeks), 18°12' Cancer back to 16°03' Cancer; shadow from 19 Jun 2173 to 28 Jul. Stations at 10:10 and 22:07 UT.
Retrograde 20 Oct – 31 Mar 2175 (23 weeks), 19°25' Cancer back to 17°14' Cancer; shadow from 20 Jun to 30 Jul 2175. Stations at 00:14 and 04:54 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.