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 2176· 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 20 Mar – 13 Apr (3 weeks), 15°36' Aries back to 3°09' Aries; shadow from 07 Mar to 01 May. Stations at 23:02 and 05:41 UT.
Retrograde 24 Jul – 17 Aug (3 weeks), 21°55' Leo back to 10°18' Leo; shadow from 05 Jul to 31 Aug. Stations at 00:49 and 02:15 UT.
Retrograde 15 Nov – 05 Dec (3 weeks), 12°33' Sagittarius back to 26°22' Scorpio; shadow from 27 Oct to 22 Dec. Stations at 06:06 and 03:26 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2176· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2176; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2176· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jul – 04 Sep (9 weeks), 18°22' Aquarius back to 8°03' Aquarius; shadow from 22 May to 16 Oct. Stations at 19:41 and 21:47 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 2176· once this year
Retrograde 22 Jul – 17 Nov (17 weeks), 2°52' Aries back to 22°58' Pisces; shadow from 28 Apr to 07 Feb 2177. Stations at 02:11 and 10:56 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2176· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Aug 2175 – 05 Jan (19 weeks), 10°24' Taurus back to 3°32' Taurus; shadow from 17 May 2175 to 08 Apr. Stations at 14:10 and 06:51 UT.
Retrograde 04 Sep – 17 Jan 2177 (19 weeks), 24°05' Taurus back to 17°10' Taurus; shadow from 31 May to 21 Apr 2177. Stations at 23:16 and 22:13 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2176· once this year
Retrograde 29 Jun – 29 Nov (22 weeks), 25°00' Pisces back to 21°05' Pisces; shadow from 12 Mar to 15 Mar 2177. Stations at 01:55 and 18:11 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2176· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jun – 11 Nov (23 weeks), 3°39' Pisces back to 0°52' Pisces; shadow from 13 Feb to 02 Mar 2177. Stations at 00:55 and 12:13 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2176· twice this year
Retrograde 21 Oct 2175 – 31 Mar (23 weeks), 20°37' Cancer back to 18°27' Cancer; shadow from 22 Jun 2175 to 30 Jul. Stations at 13:04 and 15:10 UT.
Retrograde 22 Oct – 02 Apr 2177 (23 weeks), 21°51' Cancer back to 19°40' Cancer; shadow from 23 Jun to 31 Jul 2177. Stations at 03:09 and 01:43 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.