Jupiter retrograde 1908

2 periods, 91 days inside the year — 24.8% of 1908. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

120 days · retreats 10.05° · crosses the year boundary

1 December → 30 March 1908 in Leo

Stations retrograde 1 Dec 1907, 00:14 UTC at 14.9° Leo
Stations direct 30 Mar 1908, 11:41 UTC at 4.84° Leo
Shadow opens 5 Sep 1907 (87 days before)
Shadow closes 27 Jun 1908 (89 days after)
Full window including shadows 296 days

Read against Leo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

41 days · retreats 2.59° · crosses the year boundary

30 December → 9 February 1909 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 30 Dec 1908, 14:13 UTC at 15.8° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1909, 23:59 UTC at 13.21° Virgo
Shadow opens 19 Nov 1908 (41 days before)

Read against Virgo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1908

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1907 Ended 9 February 1908 after 71 days, moving back 6.48° through the zodiac.

Next

1909 Begins 30 December 1908 and runs 122 days.

Gap across 1908

0.9 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

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