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Jupiter retrograde 2004

Jupiter retrograde 2004: 1 period, 122 days inside the year — 33.4% of 2004. Jupiter turned retrograde at 11:57 PM UTC on January 3 at 18°53′ Virgo and turned direct at 3:07 AM UTC on May 5 at 8°54′ Virgo.

Turns retrograde
Jan 3 11:57 PM UTC
Turns direct
May 5 3:07 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2004
122 days 33.4% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 9.99°
Jupiter Retrograde 2004 Dates: Jan 3 – May 5

Jupiter’s path through 2004, day by day

Apparent position of Jupiter against the zodiac, 2004
Apparent position of Jupiter against the zodiac, 2004. Jupiter starts 2004 at 18°53′ Virgo and ends it at 17°17′ Libra — 28.4° of net progress: 38.4° forward, 10° given back. The loop retraces 9.99° in 122 days, from 18°54′ Virgo on Jan 3 back to 8°54′ Virgo on May 5. Fastest day: Sep 2, 0.22° forward; fastest backward: Mar 12, 0.13°. Counting the shadows, 270 days of 2004 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 8, 2003 – Jan 3, 2004Post-retrograde shadow: May 5, 2004 – Aug 2, 2004Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 6, 2004 – Feb 2, 2005Retrograde: Jan 3, 2004 – May 5, 200410° Virgo20° Virgo0° Libra10° Libra20° LibraStations retrograde Jan 3, 2004, 11:57 PM UTC, 18°53′ VirgoR Jan 3Stations direct May 5, 2004, 3:07 AM UTC, 8°54′ VirgoD May 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Jupiter against the zodiac, 2004. Jupiter starts 2004 at 18°53′ Virgo and ends it at 17°17′ Libra — 28.4° of net progress: 38.4° forward, 10° given back. The loop retraces 9.99° in 122 days, from 18°54′ Virgo on Jan 3 back to 8°54′ Virgo on May 5. Fastest day: Sep 2, 0.22° forward; fastest backward: Mar 12, 0.13°. Counting the shadows, 270 days of 2004 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 8, 2003 – Jan 3, 2004Post-retrograde shadow: May 5, 2004 – Aug 2, 2004Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 6, 2004 – Feb 2, 2005Retrograde: Jan 3, 2004 – May 5, 200410° Virgo20° Virgo0° Libra10° Libra20° LibraStations retrograde Jan 3, 2004, 11:57 PM UTC, 18°53′ VirgoR Jan 3Stations direct May 5, 2004, 3:07 AM UTC, 8°54′ VirgoD May 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Jupiter starts 2004 at 18°53′ Virgo and ends it at 17°17′ Libra — 28.4° of net progress: 38.4° forward, 10° given back. The loop retraces 9.99° in 122 days, from 18°54′ Virgo on Jan 3 back to 8°54′ Virgo on May 5. Fastest day: Sep 2, 0.22° forward; fastest backward: Mar 12, 0.13°. Counting the shadows, 270 days of 2004 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Jupiter retrograde 2004: exact times in your city

Jupiter turned retrograde at 11:57 PM UTC on January 3, 2004 at 18°53′ Virgo — 8:57 PM in Santiago, 6:57 PM in New York, 11:57 PM in London and 8:57 AM on January 4 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sat, Jan 3 · 18°53′ Virgo Wed, May 5 · 8°54′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 1:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−10 5:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−9 7:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 3:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−8 8:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−7 8:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−7 9:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 5:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−6 10:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−6 10:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−5
New York United States 6:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−5 11:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 6:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−5 11:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−5 10:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−5 10:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−4 11:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 8:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−3 11:07 PM Tue, May 4 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−3 12:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 9:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC−2 12:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC 3:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:57 PM Sat, Jan 3 · UTC 4:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+1 4:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+1 5:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 12:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+1 5:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 1:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+2 5:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+2 6:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 1:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+2 6:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 1:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+2 6:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+3 7:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 2:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+3 6:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:27 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+3:30 7:37 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+4 7:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+5 8:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 5:27 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+5:30 8:37 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:42 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+5:45 8:52 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+6 9:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+7 10:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+7 10:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+8 11:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+8
Beijing China 7:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+8 11:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+8 11:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+8 11:07 AM Wed, May 5 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+9 12:07 PM Wed, May 5 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+9 12:07 PM Wed, May 5 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:27 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+10:30 12:37 PM Wed, May 5 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+10 1:07 PM Wed, May 5 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:57 AM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+11 1:07 PM Wed, May 5 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:57 PM Sun, Jan 4 · UTC+13 3:07 PM Wed, May 5 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Jupiter station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

122 days · retreats 9.99°

January 3 → May 5, 2004 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Jan 3, 2004, 11:57 PM UTC at 18°53′ Virgo
Stations direct May 5, 2004, 3:07 AM UTC at 8°54′ Virgo
Shadow opens Oct 8, 2003, 10:15 PM UTC (87 days before)
Shadow closes Aug 2, 2004, 7:09 PM UTC (90 days after)
Full window including shadows 299 days

Jupiter retrograde in Virgo

Jupiter retrograde in Virgo reviews work, health and service. Expansion in career slows for reassessment, health routines are reconsidered and perfectionism is questioned. It suits improving systems quietly.

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Capricorn — Jan 3 to Jan 6, 2004 (3 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Cancer — Jan 3 to Mar 7, 2004 (64 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — Mar 24 to May 5, 2004 (41 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — Apr 6 to Apr 30, 2004 (24 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Virgo and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2004

Previous

2003 Ended April 4, 2003 after 121 days, moving back 10.04° through the zodiac.

Next

2005 Begins February 2, 2005 and runs 123 days.

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 2004

Jupiter through the zodiac in 2004

Every sign Jupiter occupies during 2004, 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 Virgo From Jan 1 – Sep 25
Jupiter in Libra Sep 25 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 2004. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2004 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2004

Saturn in Cancer Oct 25, 2003 – Mar 7, 2004 · 134 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 17, 2003 – Jan 6, 2004 · 20 days
Pluto in Sagittarius Mar 24, 2004 – Aug 30, 2004 · 159 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 6, 2004 – Apr 30, 2004 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius May 17, 2004 – Oct 24, 2004 · 160 days
Venus in Gemini May 17, 2004 – Jun 29, 2004 · 43 days
Uranus in Pisces Jun 10, 2004 – Nov 11, 2004 · 154 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 10, 2004 – Sep 2, 2004 · 24 days
Saturn in Cancer Nov 8, 2004 – Mar 22, 2005 · 134 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 30, 2004 – Dec 20, 2004 · 20 days
← 2003 Jupiter retrograde in 2003. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2005 → Jupiter retrograde in 2005.

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