Jupiter retrograde 2011

1 period, 118 days inside the year — 32.2% of 2011. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

118 days · retreats 9.99°

30 August → 25 December 2011 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 30 Aug 2011, 07:54 UTC at 10.15° Taurus

Stations direct 25 Dec 2011, 21:13 UTC at 0.15° Taurus

Shadow opens 6 Jun 2011 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 18 Mar 2012 (83 days after)

Full window including shadows 286 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2011

2010 Ended 18 November 2010 after 118 days, moving back 9.91° through the zodiac.

2012 Begins 4 October 2012 and runs 118 days.

Gap across 2011

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.

← 2010 Jupiter retrograde in 2010. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2012 → Jupiter retrograde in 2012.