Jupiter retrograde 1979

2 periods, 89 days inside the year — 24.5% of 1979. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

120 days · retreats 10.06° · crosses the year boundary

25 November → 25 March 1979 in Leo

Stations retrograde 25 Nov 1978, 19:12 UTC at 9.35° Leo
Stations direct 25 Mar 1979, 23:36 UTC at 29.29° Cancer
Shadow opens 31 Aug 1978 (87 days before)
Shadow closes 22 Jun 1979 (88 days after)
Full window including shadows 295 days

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

45 days · retreats 3.07° · crosses the year boundary

26 December → 9 February 1980 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 26 Dec 1979, 14:00 UTC at 10.51° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1980, 23:59 UTC at 7.43° Virgo
Shadow opens 11 Nov 1979 (45 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 1979

Previous

1978 Ended 9 February 1979 after 76 days, moving back 7.15° through the zodiac.

Next

1980 Begins 26 December 1979 and runs 122 days.

Gap across 1979

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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