Jupiter retrograde 1949

1 period, 121 days inside the year — 33.2% of 1949. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

121 days · retreats 9.84°

20 May → 18 September 1949 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 20 May 1949, 14:23 UTC at 2.9° Aquarius

Stations direct 18 Sep 1949, 18:27 UTC at 23.06° Capricorn

Shadow opens 23 Feb 1949 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 11 Dec 1949 (84 days after)

Full window including shadows 291 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1949

1948 Ended 16 August 1948 after 123 days, moving back 9.85° through the zodiac.

1950 Begins 26 June 1950 and runs 119 days.

Gap across 1949

1.9 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.

← 1948 Jupiter retrograde in 1948. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1950 → Jupiter retrograde in 1950.