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)

Jupiter retrograde in Gemini

Jupiter retrograde in Gemini reviews learning, networks and ideas. Too many interests get pruned, contacts are reassessed and plans for study or writing are rethought. It suits deepening knowledge rather than collecting more.

…and back into Taurus

Jupiter retrograde in Taurus reviews growth in money, possessions and comfort. Investments are reconsidered, overindulgence becomes visible and people ask what security really means. It suits consolidating resources rather than expanding them.

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aquarius — 16 Jan to 20 Jan 1989 (4 days of overlap)

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)

Jupiter retrograde in Cancer

Jupiter retrograde in Cancer, its sign of exaltation, reviews growth through family and home. Questions of belonging, emotional security and generosity towards relatives return. It suits healing family ties and reconsidering living arrangements.

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Venus in Aquarius — 29 Dec to 8 Feb 1990 (41 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 30 Dec to 20 Jan 1990 (20 days of overlap)

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

Previous

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.

Computed for 1989

Jupiter through the zodiac in 1989

Every sign Jupiter occupies during 1989, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Jupiter in Taurus From 1 Jan – 9 Mar
Jupiter in Gemini 9 Mar – 29 Jul
Jupiter in Cancer 29 Jul – 31 Dec and beyond

3 segments in 1989. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1989 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1989

Mercury in Aquarius 16 Jan 1989 – 5 Feb 1989 · 21 days
Pluto in Scorpio 16 Feb 1989 – 22 Jul 1989 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn 9 Apr 1989 – 10 Sep 1989 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn 13 Apr 1989 – 21 Sep 1989 · 160 days
Saturn in Capricorn 22 Apr 1989 – 11 Sep 1989 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 12 May 1989 – 5 Jun 1989 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra 11 Sep 1989 – 3 Oct 1989 · 22 days
Venus in Aquarius 29 Dec 1989 – 8 Feb 1990 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn 30 Dec 1989 – 20 Jan 1990 · 20 days
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