Jupiter retrograde 1971

1 period, 123 days inside the year — 33.8% of 1971. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

123 days · retreats 9.87°

23 March → 24 July 1971 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 23 Mar 1971, 09:22 UTC at 6.82° Sagittarius

Stations direct 24 Jul 1971, 18:16 UTC at 26.96° Scorpio

Shadow opens 26 Dec 1970 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 20 Oct 1971 (88 days after)

Full window including shadows 298 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1971

1970 Ended 23 June 1970 after 124 days, moving back 9.91° through the zodiac.

1972 Begins 24 April 1972 and runs 122 days.

Gap across 1971

1.8 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.

← 1970 Jupiter retrograde in 1970. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1972 → Jupiter retrograde in 1972.