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 2175· 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 18 Dec 2174 – 07 Jan (3 weeks), 14°10' Capricorn back to 27°52' Sagittarius; shadow from 01 Dec 2174 to 26 Jan. Stations at 16:51 and 14:14 UT.
Retrograde 08 Apr – 02 May (3 weeks), 3°23' Taurus back to 22°29' Aries; shadow from 25 Mar to 20 May. Stations at 18:05 and 10:15 UT.
Retrograde 11 Aug – 04 Sep (3 weeks), 10°17' Virgo back to 27°19' Leo; shadow from 23 Jul to 18 Sep. Stations at 23:10 and 12:30 UT.
Retrograde 02 Dec – 22 Dec (3 weeks), 28°21' Sagittarius back to 12°04' Sagittarius; shadow from 14 Nov to 09 Jan 2176. Stations at 12:55 and 07:20 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2175· once this year
Retrograde 09 Jun – 22 Jul (6 weeks), 17°45' Cancer back to 1°15' Cancer; shadow from 07 May to 25 Aug. Stations at 19:33 and 23:10 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2175· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2175; 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 2175· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jun – 13 Oct (17 weeks), 26°41' Aquarius back to 16°50' Aquarius; shadow from 21 Mar to 04 Jan 2176. Stations at 00:56 and 02:58 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2175· once this year
Retrograde 22 Aug – 05 Jan 2176 (19 weeks), 10°24' Taurus back to 3°32' Taurus; shadow from 17 May to 08 Apr 2176. Stations at 14:10 and 06:51 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2175· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jun – 26 Nov (22 weeks), 21°02' Pisces back to 17°07' Pisces; shadow from 09 Mar to 11 Mar 2176. Stations at 16:37 and 12:11 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2175· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jun – 10 Nov (23 weeks), 1°25' Pisces back to 28°38' Aquarius; shadow from 11 Feb to 28 Feb 2176. Stations at 12:26 and 01:36 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2175· twice this year
Retrograde 20 Oct 2174 – 31 Mar (23 weeks), 19°25' Cancer back to 17°14' Cancer; shadow from 20 Jun 2174 to 30 Jul. Stations at 00:14 and 04:54 UT.
Retrograde 21 Oct – 31 Mar 2176 (23 weeks), 20°37' Cancer back to 18°27' Cancer; shadow from 22 Jun to 30 Jul 2176. Stations at 13:04 and 15:10 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.