Jupiter retrograde 1978

2 periods, 86 days inside the year — 23.6% of 1978. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

90 days · retreats 8.73° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 20 February 1978 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1977, 00:00 UTC at 5.09° Cancer
Stations direct 20 Feb 1978, 00:51 UTC at 26.36° Gemini
Shadow closes 10 May 1978 (79 days after)

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

76 days · retreats 7.15° · crosses the year boundary

25 November → 9 February 1979 in Leo

Stations retrograde 25 Nov 1978, 19:12 UTC at 9.35° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1979, 23:59 UTC at 2.2° Leo
Shadow opens 15 Sep 1978 (71 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1978

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1977 Ended 9 February 1978 after 109 days, moving back 9.91° through the zodiac.

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1979 Begins 25 November 1978 and runs 120 days.

Gap across 1978

0.8 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.

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