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 2180· 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 13 Jan – 03 Feb (3 weeks), 9°21' Aquarius back to 23°19' Capricorn; shadow from 28 Dec 2179 to 23 Feb. Stations at 17:35 and 07:08 UT.
Retrograde 08 May – 31 May (3 weeks), 3°07' Gemini back to 24°12' Taurus; shadow from 23 Apr to 16 Jun. Stations at 01:09 and 21:04 UT.
Retrograde 08 Sep – 30 Sep (3 weeks), 7°47' Libra back to 23°14' Virgo; shadow from 18 Aug to 15 Oct. Stations at 04:00 and 13:49 UT.
Retrograde 27 Dec – 16 Jan 2181 (3 weeks), 23°24' Capricorn back to 7°09' Capricorn; shadow from 10 Dec to 05 Feb 2181. Stations at 15:31 and 17:12 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2180· once this year
Retrograde 28 Mar – 10 May (6 weeks), 8°00' Taurus back to 21°38' Aries; shadow from 25 Feb to 12 Jun. Stations at 22:32 and 08:22 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2180· once this year
Retrograde 05 Nov – 19 Jan 2181 (11 weeks), 2°18' Cancer back to 14°36' Gemini; shadow from 08 Sep to 22 Mar 2181. Stations at 06:40 and 00:36 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 2180· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Nov 2179 – 05 Mar (17 weeks), 20°14' Cancer back to 10°10' Cancer; shadow from 13 Aug 2179 to 31 May. Stations at 06:09 and 07:55 UT.
Retrograde 08 Dec – 07 Apr 2181 (17 weeks), 22°33' Leo back to 12°30' Leo; shadow from 12 Sep to 05 Jul 2181. Stations at 02:14 and 19:04 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2180· twice this year
Retrograde 18 Oct 2179 – 29 Feb (19 weeks), 6°12' Cancer back to 29°15' Gemini; shadow from 15 Jul 2179 to 02 Jun. Stations at 15:02 and 07:12 UT.
Retrograde 01 Nov – 14 Mar 2181 (19 weeks), 20°21' Cancer back to 13°24' Cancer; shadow from 29 Jul to 17 Jun 2181. Stations at 00:13 and 18:01 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2180· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jul – 15 Dec (22 weeks), 10°52' Aries back to 6°57' Aries; shadow from 28 Mar to 01 Apr 2181. Stations at 09:56 and 14:40 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2180· once this year
Retrograde 14 Jun – 20 Nov (23 weeks), 12°34' Pisces back to 9°46' Pisces; shadow from 22 Feb to 11 Mar 2181. Stations at 03:07 and 09:07 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2180· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Oct 2179 – 05 Apr (23 weeks), 25°38' Cancer back to 23°25' Cancer; shadow from 28 Jun 2179 to 03 Aug. Stations at 16:44 and 10:43 UT.
Retrograde 27 Oct – 06 Apr 2181 (23 weeks), 26°55' Cancer back to 24°42' Cancer; shadow from 29 Jun to 04 Aug 2181. Stations at 07:13 and 22:10 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.