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 2184· 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 25 Feb – 18 Mar (3 weeks), 21°25' Pisces back to 7°06' Pisces; shadow from 10 Feb to 07 Apr. Stations at 09:37 and 18:57 UT.
Retrograde 27 Jun – 21 Jul (3 weeks), 24°29' Cancer back to 14°48' Cancer; shadow from 10 Jun to 04 Aug. Stations at 09:57 and 14:56 UT.
Retrograde 22 Oct – 11 Nov (3 weeks), 20°00' Scorpio back to 4°07' Scorpio; shadow from 02 Oct to 28 Nov. Stations at 10:35 and 22:18 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2184· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2184; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2184· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2184; 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 2184· once this year
Retrograde 08 Mar – 09 Jul (18 weeks), 23°14' Scorpio back to 13°21' Scorpio; shadow from 12 Dec 2183 to 06 Oct. Stations at 08:40 and 21:26 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2184· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Dec 2183 – 25 Apr (19 weeks), 2°04' Virgo back to 25°09' Leo; shadow from 09 Sep 2183 to 31 Jul. Stations at 23:57 and 22:13 UT.
Retrograde 25 Dec – 10 May 2185 (19 weeks), 15°29' Virgo back to 8°37' Virgo; shadow from 21 Sep to 15 Aug 2185. Stations at 09:33 and 01:24 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2184· once this year
Retrograde 31 Jul – 31 Dec (22 weeks), 26°49' Aries back to 22°52' Aries; shadow from 13 Apr to 17 Apr 2185. Stations at 21:27 and 10:26 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2184· once this year
Retrograde 23 Jun – 29 Nov (23 weeks), 21°28' Pisces back to 18°40' Pisces; shadow from 02 Mar to 20 Mar 2185. Stations at 08:49 and 09:02 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2184· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Nov 2183 – 10 Apr (23 weeks), 0°53' Leo back to 28°37' Cancer; shadow from 04 Jul 2183 to 08 Aug. Stations at 04:43 and 14:13 UT.
Retrograde 01 Nov – 12 Apr 2185 (23 weeks), 2°14' Leo back to 29°58' Cancer; shadow from 05 Jul to 09 Aug 2185. Stations at 18:45 and 03:00 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.