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 2183· 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 14 Mar – 06 Apr (3 weeks), 8°20' Aries back to 25°16' Pisces; shadow from 28 Feb to 25 Apr. Stations at 07:02 and 08:25 UT.
Retrograde 16 Jul – 10 Aug (3 weeks), 13°57' Leo back to 2°56' Leo; shadow from 29 Jun to 24 Aug. Stations at 23:41 and 03:34 UT.
Retrograde 08 Nov – 28 Nov (3 weeks), 5°55' Sagittarius back to 19°48' Scorpio; shadow from 20 Oct to 16 Dec. Stations at 23:24 and 23:51 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2183· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jun – 20 Jul (6 weeks), 15°37' Cancer back to 29°05' Gemini; shadow from 04 May to 23 Aug. Stations at 11:57 and 14:53 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2183· once this year
Retrograde 13 Dec 2182 – 02 Mar (11 weeks), 12°04' Leo back to 22°50' Cancer; shadow from 10 Oct 2182 to 08 May. 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 2183· once this year
Retrograde 06 Feb – 09 Jun (18 weeks), 23°13' Libra back to 13°17' Libra; shadow from 11 Nov 2182 to 07 Sep. Stations at 14:22 and 20:23 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2183· twice this year
Retrograde 29 Nov 2182 – 12 Apr (19 weeks), 18°22' Leo back to 11°26' Leo; shadow from 26 Aug 2182 to 17 Jul. Stations at 06:19 and 14:47 UT.
Retrograde 12 Dec – 25 Apr 2184 (19 weeks), 2°04' Virgo back to 25°09' Leo; shadow from 09 Sep to 31 Jul 2184. Stations at 23:57 and 22:13 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2183· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jul – 28 Dec (22 weeks), 22°49' Aries back to 18°52' Aries; shadow from 10 Apr to 12 Apr 2184. Stations at 10:48 and 04:52 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2183· once this year
Retrograde 21 Jun – 27 Nov (23 weeks), 19°14' Pisces back to 16°26' Pisces; shadow from 28 Feb to 17 Mar 2184. Stations at 18:58 and 20:25 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2183· twice this year
Retrograde 30 Oct 2182 – 09 Apr (23 weeks), 29°33' Cancer back to 27°18' Cancer; shadow from 02 Jul 2182 to 07 Aug. Stations at 14:16 and 23:49 UT.
Retrograde 01 Nov – 10 Apr 2184 (23 weeks), 0°53' Leo back to 28°37' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jul to 08 Aug 2184. Stations at 04:43 and 14:13 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.