Jupiter retrograde 2013

2 periods, 84 days inside the year — 23.1% of 2013. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

69 days · retreats 6.45° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 30 January 2013 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 2012, 00:00 UTC at 12.53° Gemini
Stations direct 30 Jan 2013, 09:31 UTC at 6.08° Gemini
Shadow closes 6 Apr 2013 (66 days after)

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

95 days · retreats 9.11° · crosses the year boundary

7 November → 9 February 2014 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 7 Nov 2013, 03:24 UTC at 20.26° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 2014, 23:59 UTC at 11.15° Cancer
Shadow opens 17 Aug 2013 (81 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2013

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2012 Ended 30 January 2013 after 118 days, moving back 10.06° through the zodiac.

Next

2014 Begins 22 November 2013 and runs 104 days.

Gap across 2013

0.8 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.

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