Jupiter turns retrograde in Leo

Jupiter comes to a standstill at 27°03′ Leo on 13 December 2026, 01:38 UTC, and begins to move backwards against the fixed stars.

Nothing is actually reversing. Retrograde motion is a perspective effect: Earth and Jupiter are on different tracks at different speeds, and for a stretch of weeks we overtake it — or it overtakes us — so it appears to slide backwards across the sky. Astrologers have read that apparent hesitation for two thousand years, and the reading has stayed roughly the same.

Jupiter governs growth, belief and the appetite for more, so its retrograde turns that expansion inward: the question shifts from how far you can get to whether you actually wanted the destination. The station itself is usually the most noticeable part: motion slows to nothing before it changes direction, and things governed by Jupiter tend to stall, repeat or need redoing in the days either side.