Jupiter retrograde 1955

2 periods, 89 days inside the year — 24.3% of 1955. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

115 days · retreats 10.03° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 16 March 1955 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1954, 00:00 UTC at 0.45° Leo
Stations direct 16 Mar 1955, 17:37 UTC at 20.42° Cancer
Shadow closes 12 Jun 1955 (88 days after)

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

54 days · retreats 4.16° · crosses the year boundary

18 December → 9 February 1956 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 18 Dec 1955, 03:15 UTC at 2.07° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1956, 23:59 UTC at 27.91° Leo
Shadow opens 26 Oct 1955 (53 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 1955

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1954 Ended 9 February 1955 after 85 days, moving back 8.17° through the zodiac.

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1956 Begins 18 December 1955 and runs 121 days.

Gap across 1955

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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