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.
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☿︎Mercury retrograde 2200· 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 09 Jan – 29 Jan (3 weeks), 5°13' Aquarius back to 19°06' Capricorn; shadow from 23 Dec 2199 to 18 Feb. Stations at 08:48 and 18:38 UT.
Retrograde 03 May – 27 May (3 weeks), 28°04' Taurus back to 18°54' Taurus; shadow from 19 Apr to 12 Jun. Stations at 19:28 and 15:18 UT.
Retrograde 04 Sep – 27 Sep (3 weeks), 3°23' Libra back to 19°03' Virgo; shadow from 15 Aug to 11 Oct. Stations at 11:26 and 02:25 UT.
Retrograde 24 Dec – 13 Jan 2201 (3 weeks), 19°18' Capricorn back to 3°01' Capricorn; shadow from 06 Dec to 01 Feb 2201. Stations at 06:38 and 06:07 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2200· not retrograde this year
Venus holds a straight course through 2200; no spell, no shadow, no station to mark.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2200· once this year
Retrograde 03 Jan – 24 Mar (12 weeks), 3°19' Virgo back to 13°49' Leo; shadow from 29 Oct 2199 to 31 May. Stations at 06:50 and 20:41 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 2200· once this year
Retrograde 02 Aug – 28 Nov (17 weeks), 13°31' Aries back to 3°36' Aries; shadow from 09 May to 19 Feb 2201. Stations at 21:48 and 21:59 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2200· once this year
Retrograde 24 Jun – 10 Nov (20 weeks), 13°28' Pisces back to 6°46' Pisces; shadow from 18 Mar to 13 Feb 2201. Stations at 00:44 and 09:55 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2200· twice this year
Retrograde 05 Oct 2199 – 04 Mar (21 weeks), 29°33' Gemini back to 25°29' Gemini; shadow from 19 Jun 2199 to 18 Jun. Stations at 02:18 and 01:57 UT.
Retrograde 09 Oct – 08 Mar 2201 (21 weeks), 3°58' Cancer back to 29°53' Gemini; shadow from 24 Jun to 23 Jun 2201. Stations at 20:26 and 15:47 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2200· twice this year
Retrograde 28 Jul 2199 – 02 Jan (23 weeks), 25°06' Aries back to 22°17' Aries; shadow from 06 Apr 2199 to 23 Apr. Stations at 14:14 and 11:27 UT.
Retrograde 31 Jul – 04 Jan 2201 (23 weeks), 27°21' Aries back to 24°33' Aries; shadow from 08 Apr to 26 Apr 2201. Stations at 04:52 and 23:03 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2200· twice this year
Retrograde 26 Nov 2199 – 04 May (23 weeks), 25°02' Leo back to 22°34' Leo; shadow from 02 Aug 2199 to 29 Aug. Stations at 05:42 and 14:33 UT.
Retrograde 28 Nov – 06 May 2201 (23 weeks), 26°45' Leo back to 24°16' Leo; shadow from 04 Aug to 30 Aug 2201. Stations at 08:46 and 11:07 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.