Jupiter retrograde 2006

1 period, 124 days inside the year — 33.9% of 2006. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

124 days · retreats 9.89°

4 March → 6 July 2006 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 4 Mar 2006, 19:32 UTC at 18.84° Scorpio

Stations direct 6 Jul 2006, 09:03 UTC at 8.95° Scorpio

Shadow opens 7 Dec 2005 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Oct 2006 (89 days after)

Full window including shadows 299 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2006

2005 Ended 5 June 2005 after 123 days, moving back 9.94° through the zodiac.

2007 Begins 6 April 2007 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 2006

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.

← 2005 Jupiter retrograde in 2005. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2007 → Jupiter retrograde in 2007.