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 2178· 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 15 Feb – 09 Mar (3 weeks), 11°47' Pisces back to 26°54' Aquarius; shadow from 31 Jan to 29 Mar. Stations at 04:52 and 03:50 UT.
Retrograde 16 Jun – 10 Jul (3 weeks), 12°58' Cancer back to 3°54' Cancer; shadow from 01 Jun to 25 Jul. Stations at 20:05 and 22:11 UT.
Retrograde 13 Oct – 03 Nov (3 weeks), 10°42' Scorpio back to 25°00' Libra; shadow from 22 Sep to 18 Nov. Stations at 03:57 and 00:03 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2178· once this year
Retrograde 19 Aug – 30 Sep (6 weeks), 25°01' Virgo back to 8°49' Virgo; shadow from 16 Jul to 02 Nov. Stations at 04:33 and 20:36 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2178· once this year
Retrograde 17 Sep – 22 Nov (9 weeks), 6°46' Taurus back to 23°22' Aries; shadow from 01 Aug to 13 Jan 2179. Stations at 23:09 and 22:53 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 2178· once this year
Retrograde 04 Oct – 30 Jan 2179 (17 weeks), 15°54' Gemini back to 5°52' Gemini; shadow from 10 Jul to 25 Apr 2179. Stations at 08:57 and 05:34 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2178· twice this year
Retrograde 19 Sep 2177 – 31 Jan (19 weeks), 7°59' Gemini back to 1°03' Gemini; shadow from 15 Jun 2177 to 05 May. Stations at 12:19 and 19:09 UT.
Retrograde 04 Oct – 14 Feb 2179 (19 weeks), 22°03' Gemini back to 15°06' Gemini; shadow from 30 Jun to 20 May 2179. Stations at 02:32 and 22:36 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2178· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jul – 08 Dec (22 weeks), 2°56' Aries back to 29°01' Pisces; shadow from 21 Mar to 24 Mar 2179. Stations at 17:49 and 04:33 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2178· once this year
Retrograde 10 Jun – 16 Nov (23 weeks), 8°07' Pisces back to 5°19' Pisces; shadow from 17 Feb to 07 Mar 2179. Stations at 01:25 and 10:32 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2178· twice this year
Retrograde 23 Oct 2177 – 03 Apr (23 weeks), 23°06' Cancer back to 20°54' Cancer; shadow from 24 Jun 2177 to 01 Aug. Stations at 14:11 and 14:07 UT.
Retrograde 25 Oct – 05 Apr 2179 (23 weeks), 24°21' Cancer back to 22°09' Cancer; shadow from 26 Jun to 03 Aug 2179. Stations at 02:21 and 01:35 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.