♃ Jupiter Retrograde
Happens once a year · lasts about four months
Upcoming Jupiter retrograde dates (computed live)
- December 13, 2026 → April 13, 2027
- January 12, 2028 → May 13, 2028
Solved to the minute from the VSOP87 ephemeris and refreshed daily, not copied from a table. Track the whole sky in the Transit Command Center.
Jupiter retrograde is an annual four-month interior audit of growth itself. The planet of expansion, belief, and opportunity reviews instead of distributes: the question moves from what can grow to whether it should.
Because it happens every year, this retrograde is background weather rather than crisis: a long season in which faith, plans, and big commitments mature privately before their next public push.
What it feels like
External luck quiets and internal conviction does the growing. Opportunities still arrive but ask for diligence; beliefs you imported wholesale come up for personal verification.
How to work with Jupiter retrograde
Grow the roots, not the canopy
Deepen skills and consolidate gains; the expansion season returns when the planet stations direct.
Re-examine the borrowed beliefs
Philosophies, mentors, and plans adopted on enthusiasm get their review window now.
Myths worth dropping
Myth: Luck turns off.
Jupiter retrograde redirects benefit inward. The wins are real, just quieter: clarity, conviction, and consolidation.
Born with Jupiter retrograde?
Natal Jupiter retrograde people grow on their own syllabus, suspicious of handed-down doctrine, and typically flourish in these transits.
Check your own chart free: calculate your birth chart and look for the Rx mark beside Jupiter.
Common questions
How long is Jupiter retrograde?
About four months, once a year. It is a normal annual rhythm rather than a special event.