Jupiter retrograde 1961

1 period, 121 days inside the year — 33.1% of 1961. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

121 days · retreats 9.84°

25 May → 23 September 1961 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 25 May 1961, 16:02 UTC at 7.63° Aquarius

Stations direct 23 Sep 1961, 14:09 UTC at 27.79° Capricorn

Shadow opens 1 Mar 1961 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 16 Dec 1961 (84 days after)

Full window including shadows 290 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 1961

1960 Ended 20 August 1960 after 123 days, moving back 9.84° through the zodiac.

1962 Begins 2 July 1962 and runs 119 days.

Gap across 1961

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.

← 1960 Jupiter retrograde in 1960. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1962 → Jupiter retrograde in 1962.