How long does a Jupiter transit last?

A median 31 days inside the 3° envelope — about a month — with the longest tenth running to 98 days when the retrograde loop catches the contact and stretches it across three crossings.

How often does Jupiter retrograde?

Once a year, for about 121 days, retracing 10° — the widest retrograde arc of the outer planets. Even so, Jupiter moves fast enough that 70% of its contacts still perfect only once.

How long is Jupiter in one sign?

Close to a year, which is why "Jupiter in Leo" is a yearly rather than a generational label. The ingress table below is computed and includes retrograde re-ingresses.

When is my Jupiter return?

Every twelve years or so — near ages 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72. The Jupiter return calculator on this site computes the exact dates from your birth date, and the Life Cycles guide covers what the tradition makes of the cycle.

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Jupiter transits

♃ — a year to a sign, and the only outer-planet cycle most people complete more than twice.

Jupiter transits are the contacts transiting Jupiter makes to the points of your birth chart as it crosses the zodiac once every 11.9 years — about a year per sign. Jupiter is the fastest of the slow planets, which is why its contacts are the ones most people experience repeatedly rather than once. Jupiter is at 11.9° Leo as of 2026-08-24.

11.9° Leo

position

direct motion

11.86 yr

one orbit

≈ 12 months per sign, so a normal lifespan holds six or seven complete Jupiter cycles.

31 days

median contact (3° orb)

p90 98 days. Short enough to be dated usefully, long enough not to be a single day.

70%

perfect just once

190 of 272 sampled conjunctions cross once and 82 cross three times — the reverse of the outer planets, because Jupiter usually clears its own retrograde arc before the loop can catch it.

Computed 2026-08-24 · Swiss Ephemeris 2.10.03 (pyswisseph) via POST /api/scan · 3° canonical envelope (CANONICAL_PRESSURE_ORB). Recomputed on every deploy.

Jupiter's retrograde periods

Jupiter retrograde periods, computed
Stations retrograde	At	Stations direct	At	Days	Arc retraced
13 Dec 2026	27.0° Leo	13 Apr 2027	16.9° Leo	121	10°
12 Jan 2028	27.5° Virgo	13 May 2028	17.5° Virgo	122	10°
10 Feb 2029	27.4° Libra	13 Jun 2029	17.5° Libra	123	9.9°
13 Mar 2030	27.6° Scorpio	15 Jul 2030	17.7° Scorpio	123	9.9°
15 Apr 2031	28.9° Sagittarius	16 Aug 2031	19.1° Sagittarius	123	9.8°
19 May 2032	2.1° Aquarius	17 Sep 2032	22.3° Capricorn	121	9.8°

Jupiter's sign changes

Jupiter sign changes, computed
Date	Enters	Motion
27 Jul 2027	Virgo	moving direct
25 Aug 2028	Libra	moving direct
25 Sep 2029	Scorpio	moving direct
23 Oct 2030	Sagittarius	moving direct
16 Nov 2031	Capricorn	moving direct
13 Apr 2032	Aquarius	moving direct
27 Jun 2032	Capricorn	crossing back while retrograde
1 Dec 2032	Aquarius	moving direct

Jupiter to each natal point

Each page carries its own computed windows, recurrence interval and retrograde-pass distribution.

Jupiter trine Moon

How Jupiter appears in Cosmic KPI

Jupiter is the fastest signal the pressure timeline treats as structural rather than daily: a month-wide bump rather than the multi-year shelf Neptune and Pluto draw, and frequent enough that a year of your own history gives you several to compare against. That is what makes it the most useful outer planet for testing a reading against evidence.

The Cosmic KPI transit terminal listing live transit contacts with their orb readings.

Common questions

How long does a Jupiter transit last?: A median 31 days inside the 3° envelope — about a month — with the longest tenth running to 98 days when the retrograde loop catches the contact and stretches it across three crossings.
How often does Jupiter retrograde?: Once a year, for about 121 days, retracing 10° — the widest retrograde arc of the outer planets. Even so, Jupiter moves fast enough that 70% of its contacts still perfect only once.
How long is Jupiter in one sign?: Close to a year, which is why "Jupiter in Leo" is a yearly rather than a generational label. The ingress table below is computed and includes retrograde re-ingresses.
When is my Jupiter return?: Every twelve years or so — near ages 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72. The Jupiter return calculator on this site computes the exact dates from your birth date, and the Life Cycles guide covers what the tradition makes of the cycle.

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