What to do
- Review long-term goals and plans for growth
- Study, read and reflect
- Revisit opportunities you passed over
- Check whether your optimism matches the facts
Jupiter retrograde: now and in 2026
Jupiter is not retrograde right now — it is direct in Leo and turns retrograde on December 13, 2026. Jupiter retrograde covers 88 days of 2026, 24.1% of the year. It turns back once every 398.88 days, which is why the count drifts from one year to the next.
- Right now
- Direct since Mar 11, 2026
- Turns retrograde
- Dec 13 2026, 12:57 AM UTC
- Retrograde in 2026
- 88 days 24.1% of the year
- On average
- 30.9% of days, 2016–2036
Exact times
Next Jupiter stations: exact times in your city
Jupiter turns retrograde at 12:57 AM UTC on December 13, 2026 at 27°01′ Leo — 9:57 PM on December 12 in Santiago, 7:57 PM on December 12 in New York, 12:57 AM in London and 9:57 AM in Tokyo.
| City | Turns retrograde · Dec 13, 2026 | Turns direct · Apr 13, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · 27°01′ Leo | Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · 16°59′ Leo |
| Honolulu United States | 2:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−10 | 4:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 3:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−9 | 6:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−8 |
| Los Angeles United States | 4:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−8 | 7:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−7 |
| Phoenix United States | 5:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−7 | 7:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 5:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−7 | 8:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−6 |
| Chicago United States | 6:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−6 | 9:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 6:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−6 | 8:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 7:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−5 | 10:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−4 |
| Toronto Canada | 7:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−5 | 10:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−4 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 7:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−5 | 9:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 7:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−5 | 9:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 8:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−4 | 10:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 9:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−3 | 10:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 9:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−3 | 11:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 9:57 PM Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · UTC−3 | 11:11 PM Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 12:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC | 2:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 12:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC | 3:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+1 |
| Lagos Nigeria | 1:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+1 | 3:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 1:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+1 | 4:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Berlin Germany | 1:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+1 | 4:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 2:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+2 | 4:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 2:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+2 | 4:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 2:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+2 | 5:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 3:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+3 | 5:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 3:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+3 | 5:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 3:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+3 | 5:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 4:27 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+3:30 | 5:41 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 4:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+4 | 6:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 5:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+5 | 7:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 6:27 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+5:30 | 7:41 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 6:42 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+5:45 | 7:56 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 6:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+6 | 8:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 7:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+7 | 9:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 7:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+7 | 9:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 8:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+8 | 10:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 8:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+8 | 10:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 8:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+8 | 10:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 8:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+8 | 10:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 9:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+9 | 11:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 9:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+9 | 11:11 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 11:27 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+10:30 | 11:41 AM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 10:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+10 | 12:11 PM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 11:57 AM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+11 | 12:11 PM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 1:57 PM Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · UTC+13 | 2:11 PM Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · UTC+12 |
Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Jupiter station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Every retrograde, eclipse, new and full moon of 2027 to the minute, already converted to your city. A month to a page, ready to print.
Is Jupiter retrograde right now?
Right now · October 29, 2026
No — direct
♃ Leo 23.96°
Moving forward 0.1282° per day. Next retrograde begins December 13, 2026.
The traditional reading
What does Jupiter retrograde mean?
Jupiter rules growth, luck, learning and belief. It is retrograde for about four months every year, so the period is ordinary rather than dramatic. Tradition reads it as growth turning inward: a time to review plans for expansion, question beliefs and develop internally rather than chase outside opportunities. Things promised earlier may arrive late.
What to avoid
- Over-committing or over-expanding
- Gambling on growth that has not appeared yet
- Taking advice from overconfident sources without checking
What the other pages do not tell you
The part that is measurable
30.9%
of all days in 2016–2036,
113 a year on average — about one day in 3.
262 days
of 2026 with the shadows counted, against 88 of
retrograde proper — 72% of the year.
83–124
days in the lightest and heaviest year of 2016–2036.
Jupiter is retrograde 88 days in 2026 — 80 of the 101 years from 1950 to 2050 have more. The most is 124 days, in 4 of those years, first in 1982; the fewest is 82, in 1953.
2026 in detail
Jupiter's stations in 2026, in UTC, with the degree inside the sign.
Period 1 of 2 · 119 days · retreats 10.07°
November 11 → March 11, 2026
Stations retrograde
Nov 11, 2025, 4:41 PM UTC ·
Cancer 25.15°
Stations direct
Mar 11, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC ·
Cancer 15.09°
Pre-retrograde shadow opens
Aug 17, 2025 · 86 days early
Post-retrograde shadow closes
Jun 6, 2026 · 88 days after
Full affected window
293 days
Falls in Cancer, which traditionally colors it toward protection, memory and deep attachment
Period 2 of 2 · 121 days · retreats 10.03°
December 13 → April 13, 2027
Stations retrograde
Dec 13, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC ·
Leo 27.02°
Stations direct
Apr 13, 2027, 2:11 AM UTC ·
Leo 17°
Pre-retrograde shadow opens
Sep 17, 2026 · 87 days early
Post-retrograde shadow closes
Jul 11, 2027 · 89 days after
Full affected window
297 days
Falls in Leo, which traditionally colors it toward warmth, presence and the need to be seen doing it
Which signs it happens in
46 retrograde periods of Jupiter between 2000 and 2050, grouped by the sign the station falls in. They spread across all twelve signs, with no more than 5 in any one.
Answered from the ephemeris, 1950–2050
Jupiter retrograde in numbers
How often is Jupiter retrograde?
Once a year, give or take: every 399 days on average, so each loop starts about 33.7 days later in the calendar than the one before. That makes 92 loops between 1950 and 2050.
How long does Jupiter retrograde last?
120.5 days on average, from 117.5 to 123.6 days in 1950–2050. The longest of them began on February 28, 1994. Counting both shadows, the whole window averages 292.8 days, which leaves about 106 days between one window and the next.
When is the next Jupiter retrograde?
The next Jupiter retrograde starts on December 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM UTC, at 27°01′ Leo, and ends on April 13, 2027 — 121 days.
When is Jupiter retrograde in 2027?
Once: December 13, 2026 to April 13, 2027 in Leo.
Why Jupiter turns back
Jupiter orbits outside Earth's path, so it appears to reverse around opposition — the weeks when Earth overtakes it on the inside track. Earth and Jupiter line up again every 398.88 days, and across 2016–2036 a single retrograde lasted 121 days on average. Not one of those 21 years went without one.
Jupiter retrograde on 30.9% of days, 2016–2036
Tradition ties Jupiter to expansion, belief, luck and where you were overreaching, and reads its retrograde as the time to go back over them. In practice that advice applies on about one day in three. The shadow dates in the table are explained on the retrograde overview.
Sources
- Park, Folkner, Williams & Boggs, “The JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides DE440 and DE441”, The Astronomical Journal 161:105 (2021)
- Astrodienst, Swiss Ephemeris
Statements of fact on this page were checked against these sources in October 2026. How we choose and check sources: editorial policy.
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