Jupiter retrograde – · 118 days
Jupiter
Jupiter retrograde 2081: dates
Jupiter goes retrograde once a year for about four months. With its shadow periods, one cycle spreads across most of the year.
Times for UTC
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19,969 daysuntil retrograde
Direct now
Jupiter is direct
The next retrograde begins on at 27° Pisces and ends on at 18° Pisces.
- Turns retrograde
- · 27° Pisces
- Retrograde ends
- · 18° Pisces
- Shadow
- –
- Duration
- 118 days retrograde
Jupiter in 20811 retrograde
Pisces 27° → Pisces 18°
RetrogradeShadow
Themes
GrowthBeliefsLearningOpportunity
While Jupiter is retrograde, review your goals and make the most of what you already have rather than taking big, overly optimistic leaps.
Jupiter retrograde periods in 2081
Times shown in: UTCShadow periods are the dates when the planet first and last crosses the degrees where its retrograde begins and ends.
Frequently asked questions
When is Jupiter retrograde in 2081?
July 17, 2081 – November 12, 2081 (27° Pisces → 18° Pisces)
How often does Jupiter go retrograde?
Once a year; each retrograde lasts about four months.
What is Jupiter retrograde good for?
Reviewing goals and beliefs, finishing a course or project you left half done and putting growth plans on firmer ground.
Does Jupiter retrograde bring bad luck?
Not in the traditional reading: growth doesn't stop, it moves more slowly and inwardly. Opportunities often come through old connections rather than new doors.
Jupiter describes growth, belief, learning, travel and luck. During the retrograde outward expansion slows down; growth turns inward, and beliefs and goals come up for review.
It's seen as a good time to review plans before big commitments and to finish a course or project you left half done. The sign of the retrograde hints at where the rethink will happen.
What is Jupiter retrograde?
Jupiter takes almost twelve years to orbit the Sun, so it moves through roughly one sign of the zodiac per year. Earth, much faster on its inner track, overtakes it once every 399 days or so, the length of the Sun–Jupiter synodic cycle. Each overtaking produces one retrograde lasting about four months, during which Jupiter backs up by around ten degrees. In total Jupiter spends close to a third of its time retrograde, so a Jupiter retrograde is a regular feature of almost every year rather than a rare event.
At the centre of the retrograde Jupiter reaches opposition: Earth lies between it and the Sun, and Jupiter rises at sunset, crosses the sky at midnight and sets at dawn. It is then at its closest and brightest for the year, usually outshone in the night sky only by the Moon and Venus. Even small binoculars show its four largest moons as points of light lined up beside it. So while astrologers describe a period of inner growth and rethinking, the planet itself is at its most visible.
How the dates on this page are calculated
The site tracks Jupiter's apparent geocentric longitude in the tropical zodiac. The retrograde station is the moment its daily motion turns from forward to backward, the direct station the moment it turns forward again. Both are located by a scan and refined by bisection to under a second, and each is listed with its sign and degree. Because Jupiter moves only a tiny fraction of a degree per day near its stations, it can sit on practically the same degree for a week or more, so the precise time matters less than the degree itself.
The pre-shadow begins when Jupiter first reaches the degree where it will later turn direct, and the post-shadow ends when it returns to the degree where it turned retrograde. Each shadow typically lasts a couple of months, which is why one complete Jupiter cycle covers much of the year. All times are calculated in UTC and shown in the time zone you select.
How to read it
The synodic cycle of about 399 days is roughly 34 days longer than a calendar year, so each Jupiter retrograde starts about a month later than the previous one and falls about one sign further along the zodiac. Over twelve years the retrogrades work their way through the whole zodiac and touch every house of your chart in turn.
That makes the degree range of the retrograde the key detail. Note the two station degrees for 2081 and check whether they overlap a planet, the Ascendant, the Midheaven or another sensitive point in your natal chart; astrologers expect the retrograde to be felt most there. Then read the related sign meanings to see how Jupiter's growth and faith express themselves in that sign. The live status ring shows whether Jupiter is currently in its pre-shadow, retrograde, post-shadow or direct, with a countdown to the next station.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Jupiter's retrograde start later every year?
Earth needs about 399 days, not 365, to catch up with Jupiter again, because Jupiter has moved on along its own orbit in the meantime. The difference of roughly a month accumulates, so the stations slide through the calendar and come back to similar dates about every twelve years.
Can Jupiter move back into the previous sign while retrograde?
Yes, when the retrograde station falls in the first degrees of a sign. Jupiter then re-enters the sign it just left for part of the retrograde, and the earlier sign's themes get a second look. The ingress calendar marks such retrograde ingresses.
How is Jupiter retrograde different from Saturn retrograde?
Both happen once a year and both are centred on opposition, but Saturn's lasts longer, about four and a half months, and covers a smaller arc of around seven degrees. Traditionally Jupiter's retrograde is read as a review of growth and belief, Saturn's as a review of structures, duties and limits.
Is a Jupiter station more important than the rest of the retrograde?
Many astrologers think so. Because Jupiter barely moves for days around each station, any natal planet near that degree receives a long, concentrated contact, which is often described as the most noticeable part of the whole cycle.