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 2177· 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 03 Mar – 26 Mar (3 weeks), 28°27' Pisces back to 14°38' Pisces; shadow from 17 Feb to 15 Apr. Stations at 20:07 and 12:17 UT.
Retrograde 05 Jul – 29 Jul (3 weeks), 2°46' Leo back to 22°33' Cancer; shadow from 18 Jun to 13 Aug. Stations at 16:35 and 21:53 UT.
Retrograde 29 Oct – 19 Nov (3 weeks), 26°42' Scorpio back to 10°42' Scorpio; shadow from 09 Oct to 05 Dec. Stations at 19:26 and 01:31 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2177· once this year
Retrograde 16 Jan – 26 Feb (6 weeks), 25°38' Aquarius back to 9°57' Aquarius; shadow from 15 Dec 2176 to 30 Mar. Stations at 09:45 and 15:08 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2177· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2177; 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 2177· once this year
Retrograde 28 Aug – 24 Dec (17 weeks), 9°46' Taurus back to 29°47' Aries; shadow from 04 Jun to 17 Mar 2178. Stations at 23:57 and 13:59 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2177· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Sep 2176 – 17 Jan (19 weeks), 24°05' Taurus back to 17°10' Taurus; shadow from 31 May 2176 to 21 Apr. Stations at 23:16 and 22:13 UT.
Retrograde 19 Sep – 31 Jan 2178 (19 weeks), 7°59' Gemini back to 1°03' Gemini; shadow from 15 Jun to 05 May 2178. Stations at 12:19 and 19:09 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2177· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jul – 03 Dec (22 weeks), 28°58' Pisces back to 25°03' Pisces; shadow from 16 Mar to 20 Mar 2178. Stations at 08:36 and 22:45 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2177· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jun – 14 Nov (23 weeks), 5°53' Pisces back to 3°05' Pisces; shadow from 15 Feb to 04 Mar 2178. Stations at 12:19 and 00:36 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2177· twice this year
Retrograde 22 Oct 2176 – 02 Apr (23 weeks), 21°51' Cancer back to 19°40' Cancer; shadow from 23 Jun 2176 to 31 Jul. Stations at 03:09 and 01:43 UT.
Retrograde 23 Oct – 03 Apr 2178 (23 weeks), 23°06' Cancer back to 20°54' Cancer; shadow from 24 Jun to 01 Aug 2178. Stations at 14:11 and 14:07 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.