What this period actually is
Between April 15, 2031 and August 16, 2031 Jupiter moves back through 9.8 degrees of the zodiac, from 28°59' Sagittarius to 19°09' Sagittarius, without changing its own direction at any point. Jupiter is further out than Earth, so the 123 days between April 15, 2031 and August 16, 2031 are the stretch in which Earth overtakes it on the inside track and the planet appears to fall behind.
The mechanism behind the Jupiter station of April 15, 2031 is the same one described in what retrograde motion is. Read astrologically, the convention is that Jupiter — scale, belief, growth and the appetite for more — turns inward between April 15, 2031 and August 16, 2031, which is a habit of reading rather than a claim about the sky.
The dates in full
Station retrograde: April 15, 2031 at 28°59' Sagittarius, 12:04 UTC. Station direct: August 16, 2031 at 19°09' Sagittarius, 04:59 UTC. The whole retrograde stays inside Sagittarius: the band from 28°59' Sagittarius back to 19°09' Sagittarius is the stretch Jupiter crosses three times.
Jupiter first reaches 19°09' Sagittarius — the degree it will retrograde back to — on January 19, 2031, and does not clear 28°59' Sagittarius, the degree it stationed at, until November 10, 2031, so counting both shadows the passage runs 295 days rather than 123.
What the period is good for
For the 123 days between April 15, 2031 and August 16, 2031 the workable version of the advice is narrow: take stock of what you actually believe before enlarging anything.
If one thing is worth timing around the stretch that ends August 16, 2031, it is over-committing on the strength of a forecast — not because the sky forbids it, but because a marked period is a reasonable prompt to check work you would otherwise wave through. Treating the whole of April 15, 2031 to August 16, 2031 as a general curse is the version worth ignoring.
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this Jupiter retrograde, stationing at 28°59' Sagittarius falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Taurus | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Gemini | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Cancer | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Leo | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Virgo | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Libra | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Scorpio | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Sagittarius | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Capricorn | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Aquarius | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Pisces | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
The cycle either side of this one
The previous Jupiter retrograde ended 274 days before this one began, and the next station comes 277 days after August 16, 2031.
- Previous: March 13, 2030 to July 15, 2030
- Next: May 19, 2032 to September 17, 2032
- All Jupiter retrograde periods: the full list
Questions people ask about this
When does Jupiter go retrograde in 2031?
On April 15, 2031 at 12:04 UTC, at 28°59' Sagittarius.
When does it end?
The direct station falls on August 16, 2031 at 19°09' Sagittarius, 123 days after the turn.
What is the shadow period?
For this passage it runs January 19, 2031 to November 10, 2031: the stretch in which Jupiter crosses the same degrees it covers three times in all.
Does Jupiter retrograde break things?
No. Between April 15, 2031 and August 16, 2031 the planet only appears to reverse, and the tradition reads that as a stretch better suited to review than to launch.