Jupiter retrograde 1909

1 period, 121 days inside the year — 33% of 1909. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

122 days · retreats 10° · crosses the year boundary

30 December → 1 May 1909 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 30 Dec 1908, 14:13 UTC at 15.8° Virgo

Stations direct 1 May 1909, 14:54 UTC at 5.81° Virgo

Shadow opens 4 Oct 1908 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Jul 1909 (90 days after)

Full window including shadows 299 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1909

1908 Ended 9 February 1909 after 41 days, moving back 2.59° through the zodiac.

1910 Begins 29 January 1910 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 1909

1 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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