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 2182· 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 31 Mar – 24 Apr (3 weeks), 25°49' Aries back to 14°15' Aries; shadow from 17 Mar to 12 May. Stations at 18:55 and 07:28 UT.
Retrograde 04 Aug – 27 Aug (3 weeks), 2°40' Virgo back to 20°15' Leo; shadow from 16 Jul to 10 Sep. Stations at 02:07 and 20:58 UT.
Retrograde 25 Nov – 15 Dec (3 weeks), 21°44' Sagittarius back to 5°28' Sagittarius; shadow from 06 Nov to 02 Jan 2183. Stations at 07:51 and 02:39 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2182· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2182; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2182· once this year
Retrograde 13 Dec – 02 Mar 2183 (11 weeks), 12°04' Leo back to 22°50' Cancer; shadow from 10 Oct to 08 May 2183. Stations at 03:36 and 09:02 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 2182· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jan – 09 May (17 weeks), 23°17' Virgo back to 13°18' Virgo; shadow from 12 Oct 2181 to 07 Aug. Stations at 11:41 and 16:47 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2182· twice this year
Retrograde 15 Nov 2181 – 29 Mar (19 weeks), 4°26' Leo back to 27°30' Cancer; shadow from 12 Aug 2181 to 02 Jul. Stations at 05:39 and 04:59 UT.
Retrograde 29 Nov – 12 Apr 2183 (19 weeks), 18°22' Leo back to 11°26' Leo; shadow from 26 Aug to 17 Jul 2183. Stations at 06:19 and 14:47 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2182· once this year
Retrograde 24 Jul – 24 Dec (22 weeks), 18°50' Aries back to 14°53' Aries; shadow from 06 Apr to 09 Apr 2183. Stations at 02:52 and 00:33 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2182· once this year
Retrograde 19 Jun – 25 Nov (23 weeks), 17°01' Pisces back to 14°13' Pisces; shadow from 26 Feb to 16 Mar 2183. Stations at 05:57 and 09:02 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2182· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Oct 2181 – 08 Apr (23 weeks), 28°13' Cancer back to 26°00' Cancer; shadow from 30 Jun 2181 to 06 Aug. Stations at 00:11 and 09:15 UT.
Retrograde 30 Oct – 09 Apr 2183 (23 weeks), 29°33' Cancer back to 27°18' Cancer; shadow from 02 Jul to 07 Aug 2183. Stations at 14:16 and 23:49 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.