Jupiter retrograde 1953

2 periods, 82 days inside the year — 22.5% of 1953. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

44 days · retreats 3.11° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 5 January 1953 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1952, 00:00 UTC at 14.65° Taurus
Stations direct 5 Jan 1953, 04:58 UTC at 11.53° Taurus
Shadow closes 18 Feb 1953 (44 days after)

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

118 days · retreats 10.07° · crosses the year boundary

15 October → 9 February 1954 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 15 Oct 1953, 00:15 UTC at 27.02° Gemini
Stations direct 9 Feb 1954, 23:59 UTC at 16.95° Gemini
Shadow opens 21 Jul 1953 (86 days before)
Shadow closes 7 May 1954 (86 days after)
Full window including shadows 290 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1953

Previous

1952 Ended 5 January 1953 after 118 days, moving back 10.02° through the zodiac.

Next

1954 Begins 22 November 1953 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 1953

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.

← 1952 Jupiter retrograde in 1952. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1954 → Jupiter retrograde in 1954.