Jupiter retrograde 2004

1 period, 122 days inside the year — 33.4% of 2004. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

122 days · retreats 9.99°

3 January → 5 May 2004 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 3 Jan 2004, 23:33 UTC at 18.87° Virgo

Stations direct 5 May 2004, 03:13 UTC at 8.87° Virgo

Shadow opens 8 Oct 2003 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Aug 2004 (90 days after)

Full window including shadows 299 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2004

2003 Ended 4 April 2003 after 121 days, moving back 10.05° through the zodiac.

2005 Begins 2 February 2005 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 2004

1.8 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.

← 2003 Jupiter retrograde in 2003. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2005 → Jupiter retrograde in 2005.