Jupiter retrograde 2023

1 period, 118 days inside the year — 32.2% of 2023. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

118 days · retreats 10.01°

4 September → 31 December 2023 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 4 Sep 2023, 11:09 UTC at 15.18° Taurus

Stations direct 31 Dec 2023, 00:16 UTC at 5.17° Taurus

Shadow opens 11 Jun 2023 (85 days before)

Shadow closes 23 Mar 2024 (83 days after)

Full window including shadows 286 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2023

2022 Ended 23 November 2022 after 118 days, moving back 9.92° through the zodiac.

2024 Begins 9 October 2024 and runs 118 days.

Gap across 2023

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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