Jupiter retrograde 1985

1 period, 120 days inside the year — 33% of 1985. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

120 days · retreats 9.85°

4 June → 3 October 1985 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 4 Jun 1985, 22:07 UTC at 17.21° Aquarius

Stations direct 3 Oct 1985, 08:03 UTC at 7.36° Aquarius

Shadow opens 11 Mar 1985 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Dec 1985 (83 days after)

Full window including shadows 289 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 1985

1984 Ended 29 August 1984 after 122 days, moving back 9.84° through the zodiac.

1986 Begins 12 July 1986 and runs 119 days.

Gap across 1985

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.

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