Retrograde Calendar
About 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 2193· four 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 15 Jan – 05 Feb (3 weeks), 11°56' Aquarius back to 25°57' Capricorn; shadow from 30 Dec 2192 to 25 Feb. Stations at 12:32 and 04:07 UT.
Retrograde 11 May – 04 Jun (3 weeks), 6°14' Gemini back to 27°25' Taurus; shadow from 27 Apr to 19 Jun. Stations at 07:45 and 03:34 UT.
Retrograde 11 Sep – 03 Oct (3 weeks), 10°30' Libra back to 25°49' Virgo; shadow from 21 Aug to 18 Oct. Stations at 02:55 and 09:48 UT.
Retrograde 30 Dec – 19 Jan 2194 (3 weeks), 25°58' Capricorn back to 9°44' Capricorn; shadow from 13 Dec to 08 Feb 2194. Stations at 10:24 and 13:26 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2193· once this year
Retrograde 11 Jan – 21 Feb (6 weeks), 20°45' Aquarius back to 5°07' Aquarius; shadow from 10 Dec 2192 to 25 Mar. Stations at 13:43 and 17:06 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2193· once this year
Retrograde 23 Aug – 24 Oct (9 weeks), 7°57' Aries back to 26°53' Pisces; shadow from 11 Jul to 08 Dec. Stations at 14:14 and 08:21 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 2193· once this year
Retrograde 12 Dec 2192 – 12 Apr (17 weeks), 27°06' Leo back to 17°04' Leo; shadow from 16 Sep 2192 to 10 Jul. Stations at 09:32 and 08:32 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2193· once this year
Retrograde 31 Mar – 19 Aug (20 weeks), 22°39' Sagittarius back to 16°01' Sagittarius; shadow from 24 Dec 2192 to 25 Nov. Stations at 13:28 and 18:24 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2193· twice this year
Retrograde 03 Sep 2192 – 01 Feb (22 weeks), 29°35' Taurus back to 25°35' Taurus; shadow from 18 May 2192 to 19 May. Stations at 16:29 and 18:09 UT.
Retrograde 08 Sep – 06 Feb 2194 (22 weeks), 3°47' Gemini back to 29°46' Taurus; shadow from 22 May to 23 May 2194. Stations at 04:59 and 03:34 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2193· once this year
Retrograde 14 Jul – 19 Dec (23 weeks), 11°38' Aries back to 8°49' Aries; shadow from 23 Mar to 09 Apr 2194. Stations at 08:18 and 16:11 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2193· twice this year
Retrograde 13 Nov 2192 – 23 Apr (23 weeks), 13°45' Leo back to 11°23' Leo; shadow from 19 Jul 2192 to 18 Aug. Stations at 19:12 and 00:27 UT.
Retrograde 15 Nov – 24 Apr 2194 (23 weeks), 15°17' Leo back to 12°55' Leo; shadow from 21 Jul to 20 Aug 2194. Stations at 17:52 and 16:43 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.