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 2195· 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 14 Dec 2194 – 03 Jan (3 weeks), 10°06' Capricorn back to 23°48' Sagittarius; shadow from 26 Nov 2194 to 22 Jan. Stations at 07:55 and 03:43 UT.
Retrograde 03 Apr – 27 Apr (3 weeks), 28°42' Aries back to 17°21' Aries; shadow from 21 Mar to 15 May. Stations at 20:12 and 10:11 UT.
Retrograde 07 Aug – 30 Aug (3 weeks), 5°35' Virgo back to 22°59' Leo; shadow from 19 Jul to 13 Sep. Stations at 03:19 and 20:14 UT.
Retrograde 28 Nov – 17 Dec (3 weeks), 24°18' Sagittarius back to 8°01' Sagittarius; shadow from 09 Nov to 05 Jan 2196. Stations at 03:17 and 21:51 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2195· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2195; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2195· once this year
Retrograde 20 Oct – 31 Dec (10 weeks), 13°33' Gemini back to 27°05' Taurus; shadow from 27 Aug to 28 Feb 2196. Stations at 02:58 and 01:41 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 2195· once this year
Retrograde 10 Feb – 14 Jun (18 weeks), 27°31' Libra back to 17°36' Libra; shadow from 15 Nov 2194 to 11 Sep. Stations at 19:39 and 03:51 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2195· once this year
Retrograde 24 Apr – 12 Sep (20 weeks), 15°19' Capricorn back to 8°42' Capricorn; shadow from 16 Jan to 19 Dec. Stations at 05:15 and 14:10 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2195· twice this year
Retrograde 12 Sep 2194 – 10 Feb (22 weeks), 8°00' Gemini back to 3°59' Gemini; shadow from 27 May 2194 to 28 May. Stations at 19:00 and 13:52 UT.
Retrograde 17 Sep – 15 Feb 2196 (22 weeks), 12°15' Gemini back to 8°13' Gemini; shadow from 01 Jun to 31 May 2196. Stations at 08:58 and 00:34 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2195· once this year
Retrograde 19 Jul – 24 Dec (23 weeks), 16°07' Aries back to 13°18' Aries; shadow from 28 Mar to 13 Apr 2196. Stations at 10:49 and 16:17 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2195· twice this year
Retrograde 17 Nov 2194 – 26 Apr (23 weeks), 16°51' Leo back to 14°28' Leo; shadow from 23 Jul 2194 to 22 Aug. Stations at 14:49 and 12:12 UT.
Retrograde 19 Nov – 27 Apr 2196 (23 weeks), 18°26' Leo back to 16°02' Leo; shadow from 25 Jul to 22 Aug 2196. Stations at 13:16 and 08:23 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.