Jupiter retrograde 2018

1 period, 124 days inside the year — 33.8% of 2018. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

124 days · retreats 9.88°

9 March → 10 July 2018 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 9 Mar 2018, 04:31 UTC at 23.03° Scorpio

Stations direct 10 Jul 2018, 17:35 UTC at 13.14° Scorpio

Shadow opens 12 Dec 2017 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Oct 2018 (88 days after)

Full window including shadows 299 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2018

2017 Ended 9 June 2017 after 123 days, moving back 9.93° through the zodiac.

2019 Begins 10 April 2019 and runs 123 days.

Gap across 2018

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.

← 2017 Jupiter retrograde in 2017. All Jupiter retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2019 → Jupiter retrograde in 2019.