Jupiter retrograde 2009

1 period, 120 days inside the year — 32.9% of 2009. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

120 days · retreats 9.86°

15 June → 13 October 2009 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 15 Jun 2009, 07:24 UTC at 26.93° Aquarius

Stations direct 13 Oct 2009, 05:08 UTC at 17.08° Aquarius

Shadow opens 22 Mar 2009 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 4 Jan 2010 (83 days after)

Full window including shadows 288 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2009

2008 Ended 8 September 2008 after 122 days, moving back 9.84° through the zodiac.

2010 Begins 23 July 2010 and runs 118 days.

Gap across 2009

1.9 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.

← 2008 Jupiter retrograde in 2008. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2010 → Jupiter retrograde in 2010.