Jupiter retrograde 2012

1 period, 89 days inside the year — 24.2% of 2012. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

118 days · retreats 10.06° · crosses the year boundary

4 October → 30 January 2013 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 4 Oct 2012, 10:19 UTC at 16.14° Gemini

Stations direct 30 Jan 2013, 09:31 UTC at 6.08° Gemini

Shadow opens 10 Jul 2012 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Apr 2013 (85 days after)

Full window including shadows 289 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2012

2011 Ended 25 December 2011 after 118 days, moving back 9.99° through the zodiac.

2013 Begins 22 November 2012 and runs 69 days.

Gap across 2012

0.9 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.

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