Jupiter retrograde 2020

1 period, 121 days inside the year — 33.2% of 2020. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

121 days · retreats 9.84°

14 May → 13 September 2020 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 14 May 2020, 12:48 UTC at 26.97° Capricorn

Stations direct 13 Sep 2020, 00:25 UTC at 17.13° Capricorn

Shadow opens 18 Feb 2020 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 6 Dec 2020 (85 days after)

Full window including shadows 292 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2020

2019 Ended 11 August 2019 after 123 days, moving back 9.85° through the zodiac.

2021 Begins 20 June 2021 and runs 120 days.

Gap across 2020

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.

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