Jupiter retrograde 2003

1 period, 93 days inside the year — 25.5% of 2003. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

121 days · retreats 10.05° · crosses the year boundary

4 December → 4 April 2003 in Leo

Stations retrograde 4 Dec 2002, 11:31 UTC at 18.07° Leo

Stations direct 4 Apr 2003, 02:42 UTC at 8.03° Leo

Shadow opens 8 Sep 2002 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 1 Jul 2003 (89 days after)

Full window including shadows 296 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2003

2002 Ended 9 February 2003 after 68 days, moving back 6.02° through the zodiac.

2004 Begins 3 January 2004 and runs 122 days.

Gap across 2003

0.9 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.

← 2002 Jupiter retrograde in 2002. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2004 → Jupiter retrograde in 2004.