Station
A station is the moment a planet appears to stand still before it turns retrograde or direct.
What it is
Before a planet turns retrograde, and again before it turns forward (direct), its apparent motion slows almost to zero. For a day or two it seems to hang at one degree of the zodiac. That pause is called a station: a station retrograde when the backward phase begins, a station direct when it ends.
Why the tradition gives it weight
Astrologers have long treated the station as the most concentrated part of a retrograde cycle, because the planet sits on the same point for longer than usual. The days around a station are read as turning points for the themes the planet rules. AstroFinex marks station days in its sky calendar and lets them weigh into that day's reading.
How to use it
Read a station as a date to circle, not as a forecast. The engine shows which planet is stationing, on which day, and how the tradition interprets it for the market as a whole and for each instrument's own chart.