Jupiter retrograde 2024

1 period, 84 days inside the year — 22.9% of 2024. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

118 days · retreats 10.06° · crosses the year boundary

9 October → 4 February 2025 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 9 Oct 2024, 06:00 UTC at 20.95° Gemini

Stations direct 4 Feb 2025, 08:26 UTC at 10.89° Gemini

Shadow opens 15 Jul 2024 (86 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Apr 2025 (85 days after)

Full window including shadows 289 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Jupiter retrogrades either side of 2024

2023 Ended 31 December 2023 after 118 days, moving back 10.01° through the zodiac.

2025 Begins 22 November 2024 and runs 74 days.

Gap across 2024

0.9 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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