Jupiter retrograde 1956

1 period, 107 days inside the year — 29.4% of 1956. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

121 days · retreats 10.02° · crosses the year boundary

18 December → 17 April 1956 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 18 Dec 1955, 03:15 UTC at 2.07° Virgo

Stations direct 17 Apr 1956, 11:50 UTC at 22.05° Leo

Shadow opens 22 Sep 1955 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Jul 1956 (89 days after)

Full window including shadows 298 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 1956

1955 Ended 9 February 1956 after 54 days, moving back 4.16° through the zodiac.

1957 Begins 16 January 1957 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 1956

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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