Jupiter retrograde 2017

1 period, 123 days inside the year — 33.8% of 2017. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

123 days · retreats 9.93°

6 February → 9 June 2017 in Libra

Stations retrograde 6 Feb 2017, 07:16 UTC at 22.94° Libra

Stations direct 9 Jun 2017, 14:42 UTC at 13.01° Libra

Shadow opens 11 Nov 2016 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Sep 2017 (89 days after)

Full window including shadows 300 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2017

2016 Ended 9 May 2016 after 122 days, moving back 9.99° through the zodiac.

2018 Begins 9 March 2018 and runs 124 days.

Gap across 2017

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.

← 2016 Jupiter retrograde in 2016. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2018 → Jupiter retrograde in 2018.