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 2186· 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 22 Jan – 12 Feb (3 weeks), 18°40' Aquarius back to 2°51' Aquarius; shadow from 06 Jan to 04 Mar. Stations at 16:42 and 14:42 UT.
Retrograde 19 May – 12 Jun (3 weeks), 14°31' Gemini back to 5°54' Gemini; shadow from 05 May to 28 Jun. Stations at 21:39 and 18:03 UT.
Retrograde 18 Sep – 10 Oct (3 weeks), 17°30' Libra back to 2°31' Libra; shadow from 29 Aug to 25 Oct. Stations at 17:35 and 15:48 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2186· once this year
Retrograde 16 Aug – 28 Sep (6 weeks), 22°47' Virgo back to 6°34' Virgo; shadow from 14 Jul to 31 Oct. Stations at 19:22 and 12:47 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2186· not retrograde this year
Mars holds a straight course through 2186; 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 2186· once this year
Retrograde 14 May – 12 Sep (17 weeks), 26°55' Capricorn back to 17°04' Capricorn; shadow from 17 Feb to 06 Dec. Stations at 07:47 and 22:24 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2186· once this year
Retrograde 07 Jan – 23 May (19 weeks), 28°36' Virgo back to 21°45' Virgo; shadow from 04 Oct 2185 to 29 Aug. Stations at 11:47 and 22:44 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2186· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Aug 2185 – 04 Jan (22 weeks), 0°50' Taurus back to 26°53' Aries; shadow from 18 Apr 2185 to 21 Apr. Stations at 06:14 and 15:07 UT.
Retrograde 09 Aug – 08 Jan 2187 (22 weeks), 4°53' Taurus back to 0°55' Taurus; shadow from 22 Apr to 25 Apr 2187. Stations at 17:43 and 21:09 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2186· once this year
Retrograde 28 Jun – 04 Dec (23 weeks), 25°56' Pisces back to 23°08' Pisces; shadow from 07 Mar to 24 Mar 2187. Stations at 10:35 and 07:49 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2186· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Nov 2185 – 13 Apr (23 weeks), 3°36' Leo back to 1°19' Leo; shadow from 07 Jul 2185 to 10 Aug. Stations at 09:55 and 16:06 UT.
Retrograde 05 Nov – 15 Apr 2187 (23 weeks), 4°59' Leo back to 2°41' Leo; shadow from 09 Jul to 12 Aug 2187. Stations at 04:33 and 03:15 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.