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 2185· 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 07 Feb – 01 Mar (3 weeks), 4°54' Pisces back to 19°41' Aquarius; shadow from 23 Jan to 21 Mar. Stations at 22:11 and 13:25 UT.
Retrograde 08 Jun – 02 Jul (3 weeks), 4°31' Cancer back to 25°46' Gemini; shadow from 24 May to 16 Jul. Stations at 07:54 and 08:38 UT.
Retrograde 05 Oct – 26 Oct (3 weeks), 3°54' Scorpio back to 18°23' Libra; shadow from 15 Sep to 11 Nov. Stations at 16:50 and 20:20 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2185· once this year
Retrograde 13 Jan – 24 Feb (6 weeks), 23°12' Aquarius back to 7°32' Aquarius; shadow from 13 Dec 2184 to 28 Mar. Stations at 23:51 and 04:07 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2185· once this year
Retrograde 15 Jan – 06 Apr (12 weeks), 16°03' Virgo back to 26°33' Leo; shadow from 10 Nov 2184 to 13 Jun. Stations at 14:22 and 14:11 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 2185· once this year
Retrograde 09 Apr – 10 Aug (18 weeks), 24°13' Sagittarius back to 14°22' Sagittarius; shadow from 13 Jan to 05 Nov. Stations at 16:29 and 16:00 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2185· once this year
Retrograde 25 Dec 2184 – 10 May (19 weeks), 15°29' Virgo back to 8°37' Virgo; shadow from 21 Sep 2184 to 15 Aug. Stations at 09:33 and 01:24 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2185· once this year
Retrograde 05 Aug – 04 Jan 2186 (22 weeks), 0°50' Taurus back to 26°53' Aries; shadow from 18 Apr to 21 Apr 2186. Stations at 06:14 and 15:07 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2185· once this year
Retrograde 25 Jun – 01 Dec (23 weeks), 23°42' Pisces back to 20°54' Pisces; shadow from 05 Mar to 22 Mar 2186. Stations at 22:04 and 19:31 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2185· twice this year
Retrograde 01 Nov 2184 – 12 Apr (23 weeks), 2°14' Leo back to 29°58' Cancer; shadow from 05 Jul 2184 to 09 Aug. Stations at 18:45 and 03:00 UT.
Retrograde 03 Nov – 13 Apr 2186 (23 weeks), 3°36' Leo back to 1°19' Leo; shadow from 07 Jul to 10 Aug 2186. Stations at 09:55 and 16:06 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.