Jupiter retrograde 2021

1 period, 120 days inside the year — 32.8% of 2021. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

120 days · retreats 9.86°

20 June → 18 October 2021 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 20 Jun 2021, 13:05 UTC at 1.85° Pisces

Stations direct 18 Oct 2021, 04:48 UTC at 21.99° Aquarius

Shadow opens 27 Mar 2021 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 9 Jan 2022 (83 days after)

Full window including shadows 288 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2021

2020 Ended 13 September 2020 after 121 days, moving back 9.84° through the zodiac.

2022 Begins 28 July 2022 and runs 118 days.

Gap across 2021

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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