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 2179· 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 29 Jan – 20 Feb (3 weeks), 25°27' Aquarius back to 9°51' Aquarius; shadow from 14 Jan to 12 Mar. Stations at 21:10 and 02:32 UT.
Retrograde 28 May – 21 Jun (3 weeks), 22°53' Gemini back to 14°20' Gemini; shadow from 13 May to 06 Jul. Stations at 11:30 and 10:03 UT.
Retrograde 26 Sep – 17 Oct (3 weeks), 24°26' Libra back to 9°12' Libra; shadow from 05 Sep to 02 Nov. Stations at 06:53 and 21:03 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2179· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2179; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2179· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2179; 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 2179· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Oct 2178 – 30 Jan (17 weeks), 15°54' Gemini back to 5°52' Gemini; shadow from 10 Jul 2178 to 25 Apr. Stations at 08:57 and 05:34 UT.
Retrograde 07 Nov – 05 Mar 2180 (17 weeks), 20°14' Cancer back to 10°10' Cancer; shadow from 13 Aug to 31 May 2180. Stations at 06:09 and 07:55 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2179· twice this year
Retrograde 04 Oct 2178 – 14 Feb (19 weeks), 22°03' Gemini back to 15°06' Gemini; shadow from 30 Jun 2178 to 20 May. Stations at 02:32 and 22:36 UT.
Retrograde 18 Oct – 29 Feb 2180 (19 weeks), 6°12' Cancer back to 29°15' Gemini; shadow from 15 Jul to 02 Jun 2180. Stations at 15:02 and 07:12 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2179· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jul – 12 Dec (22 weeks), 6°54' Aries back to 2°59' Aries; shadow from 25 Mar to 27 Mar 2180. Stations at 00:39 and 09:07 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2179· once this year
Retrograde 12 Jun – 18 Nov (23 weeks), 10°20' Pisces back to 7°32' Pisces; shadow from 20 Feb to 08 Mar 2180. Stations at 12:52 and 22:32 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2179· twice this year
Retrograde 25 Oct 2178 – 05 Apr (23 weeks), 24°21' Cancer back to 22°09' Cancer; shadow from 26 Jun 2178 to 03 Aug. Stations at 02:21 and 01:35 UT.
Retrograde 26 Oct – 05 Apr 2180 (23 weeks), 25°38' Cancer back to 23°25' Cancer; shadow from 28 Jun to 03 Aug 2180. Stations at 16:44 and 10:43 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.