Jupiter retrograde 1973

1 period, 121 days inside the year — 33.1% of 1973. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

121 days · retreats 9.84°

30 May → 28 September 1973 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 30 May 1973, 18:39 UTC at 12.4° Aquarius

Stations direct 28 Sep 1973, 10:42 UTC at 2.56° Aquarius

Shadow opens 6 Mar 1973 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 21 Dec 1973 (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 1973

1972 Ended 25 August 1972 after 122 days, moving back 9.84° through the zodiac.

1974 Begins 7 July 1974 and runs 119 days.

Gap across 1973

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.

← 1972 Jupiter retrograde in 1972. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1974 → Jupiter retrograde in 1974.