Jupiter retrograde 1989

2 periods, 83 days inside the year — 22.8% of 1989. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

59 days · retreats 5.13° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 20 January 1989 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1988, 00:00 UTC at 1.48° Gemini
Stations direct 20 Jan 1989, 09:34 UTC at 26.35° Taurus
Shadow closes 19 Mar 1989 (58 days after)

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

104 days · retreats 9.71° · crosses the year boundary

29 October → 9 February 1990 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 29 Oct 1989, 00:26 UTC at 11.08° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 1990, 23:59 UTC at 1.37° Cancer
Shadow opens 5 Aug 1989 (84 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 1989

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1988 Ended 20 January 1989 after 118 days, moving back 10.05° through the zodiac.

Next

1990 Begins 22 November 1989 and runs 95 days.

Gap across 1989

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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