Jupiter retrograde 2002

2 periods, 87 days inside the year — 23.9% of 2002. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

100 days · retreats 9.45° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 1 March 2002 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 2001, 00:00 UTC at 15.07° Cancer
Stations direct 1 Mar 2002, 15:10 UTC at 5.62° Cancer
Shadow closes 24 May 2002 (84 days after)

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

68 days · retreats 6.02° · crosses the year boundary

4 December → 9 February 2003 in Leo

Stations retrograde 4 Dec 2002, 11:31 UTC at 18.07° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 2003, 23:59 UTC at 12.06° Leo
Shadow opens 30 Sep 2002 (65 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2002

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2001 Ended 9 February 2002 after 99 days, moving back 9.44° through the zodiac.

Next

2003 Begins 4 December 2002 and runs 121 days.

Gap across 2002

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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