Jupiter retrograde 1997

1 period, 120 days inside the year — 32.9% of 1997. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

120 days · retreats 9.85°

10 June → 8 October 1997 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 10 Jun 1997, 02:23 UTC at 22.05° Aquarius

Stations direct 8 Oct 1997, 06:13 UTC at 12.2° Aquarius

Shadow opens 16 Mar 1997 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Dec 1997 (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 1997

1996 Ended 3 September 1996 after 122 days, moving back 9.84° through the zodiac.

1998 Begins 18 July 1998 and runs 118 days.

Gap across 1997

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.

← 1996 Jupiter retrograde in 1996. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Jupiter retrograde in 1998.