Jupiter retrograde 1977

2 periods, 83 days inside the year — 22.7% of 1977. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

54 days · retreats 4.44° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 15 January 1977 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1976, 00:00 UTC at 25.89° Taurus
Stations direct 15 Jan 1977, 08:36 UTC at 21.44° Taurus
Shadow closes 9 Mar 1977 (53 days after)

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

109 days · retreats 9.91° · crosses the year boundary

24 October → 9 February 1978 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 24 Oct 1977, 09:26 UTC at 6.43° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 1978, 23:59 UTC at 26.53° Gemini
Shadow opens 31 Jul 1977 (85 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1977

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1976 Ended 15 January 1977 after 118 days, moving back 10.04° through the zodiac.

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1978 Begins 22 November 1977 and runs 90 days.

Gap across 1977

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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