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 2189· 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 23 Mar – 16 Apr (3 weeks), 18°24' Aries back to 6°10' Aries; shadow from 10 Mar to 04 May. Stations at 22:54 and 07:05 UT.
Retrograde 27 Jul – 20 Aug (3 weeks), 24°54' Leo back to 13°04' Leo; shadow from 08 Jul to 03 Sep. Stations at 02:54 and 02:54 UT.
Retrograde 18 Nov – 07 Dec (3 weeks), 15°06' Sagittarius back to 28°54' Scorpio; shadow from 30 Oct to 25 Dec. Stations at 01:57 and 22:22 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2189· once this year
Retrograde 29 Oct – 09 Dec (6 weeks), 4°32' Sagittarius back to 19°09' Scorpio; shadow from 26 Sep to 09 Jan 2190. Stations at 02:11 and 07:59 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2189· once this year
Retrograde 04 Apr – 19 Jun (11 weeks), 28°01' Scorpio back to 11°04' Scorpio; shadow from 01 Feb to 14 Aug. Stations at 08:32 and 03:17 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 2189· once this year
Retrograde 03 Sep – 29 Dec (17 weeks), 15°06' Taurus back to 5°06' Taurus; shadow from 10 Jun to 23 Mar 2190. Stations at 08:39 and 20:35 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2189· once this year
Retrograde 13 Feb – 02 Jul (20 weeks), 6°03' Scorpio back to 29°19' Libra; shadow from 09 Nov 2188 to 08 Oct. Stations at 00:24 and 00:37 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2189· twice this year
Retrograde 17 Aug 2188 – 16 Jan (22 weeks), 13°01' Taurus back to 9°03' Taurus; shadow from 30 Apr 2188 to 03 May. Stations at 15:51 and 09:42 UT.
Retrograde 22 Aug – 20 Jan 2190 (22 weeks), 17°07' Taurus back to 13°09' Taurus; shadow from 05 May to 07 May 2190. Stations at 02:44 and 16:25 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2189· once this year
Retrograde 05 Jul – 10 Dec (23 weeks), 2°39' Aries back to 29°51' Pisces; shadow from 14 Mar to 31 Mar 2190. Stations at 02:23 and 15:39 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2189· twice this year
Retrograde 07 Nov 2188 – 17 Apr (23 weeks), 7°49' Leo back to 5°30' Leo; shadow from 12 Jul 2188 to 14 Aug. Stations at 17:35 and 09:35 UT.
Retrograde 09 Nov – 19 Apr 2190 (23 weeks), 9°16' Leo back to 6°56' Leo; shadow from 14 Jul to 15 Aug 2190. Stations at 10:52 and 01:35 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.