Jupiter Goes Direct 2027
Exact on April 13, 2027 at 04:11 (CEST). Read what this moment in the sky means and how it might play out for your zodiac sign.
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Jupiter Goes Direct
Exact moment
April 13, 2027, 04:11
CEST · 02:11 UT
Countdown
155 days
until the exact moment
Zodiac
Leo
16°59'
Event type
Goes direct
Jupiter Goes Direct
How often?
121 days
is how long a phase lasts on average
Next time
May 13, 2028
Jupiter Goes Direct
Many feel a moment like this in the days before: themes come up, conversations turn to it. The exact time is the peak, not the start.
How we calculated this
Computed to the minute with the Swiss Ephemeris (NASA JPL data), tropical zodiac. The time is German time, Universal Time (UT) is the time at the prime meridian.
Source: planet positions from the Swiss Ephemeris (NASA JPL data), the same basis professional astrology software uses.
16°59' Leo
On April 13, 2027 Jupiter goes direct again (in Leo).
What Leo adds
The sign gives the moment its colour. Leo stands for the themes of the day for everyone; for you it depends on where Leo sits in your chart.
Jupiter Direct Bingo
Which of these do you know around this day? Tap what fits. Three in a row is bingo.
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Who notices it most
- LeoThe sign itself
- AquariusOpposite
- ScorpioAt a right angle
- TaurusAt a right angle
With the Sun, Moon or Ascendant in one of these signs, many notice a day like this more clearly. Who do you know with one of them?
Why these four?
The moment sits at 16°59' Leo. The four signs lie right there, opposite, or at a right angle to it. Astrology counts these angles as the most noticeable: what happens there nudges, challenges or sets something in motion.
What Jupiter's direct station can do
Depending on the area of life it falls into in a chart, it shows up differently. These are the twelve possibilities:
- Fresh startSelf & new starts
- Treasure huntMoney & values
- SignalTalk & close circle
- NestingHome & family
- HeartbeatLove & joy
- Clear-outRoutine & health
- MirrorRelationships
- Deep diveIntimacy & change
- WanderlustTravel & meaning
- SummitCareer & goals
- NetworkFriends & plans
- RetreatRetreat & dreams
A note to future you
Open on
May 13, 2028
Jupiter Goes Direct
- 1What is on your mind most right now?
- 2What should be different by then?
- 3Who do you want to tell about it then?
Write down the three answers today and read them again on May 13, 2028. Who joins you?
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Jupiter moves forward again
On April 13, 2027, Jupiter stations direct. This is an invitation to get plans you've been reviewing back in motion. Find out which area of life this affects in your chart.
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Does it feel like one of your big projects has been on hold? On April 13, 2027, the planet Jupiter stations direct. This means it resumes its forward motion. Every planet in the chart has a job. Jupiter is like a friendly mentor for your personal growth. Imagine a train that has been waiting at the station. Now it gets the signal to depart. Whatever you have been reviewing can now start to move forward. See for yourself where this fits. Find out which area of life this is for you for free at theastroacademy.com.
What does this mean?
On April 13, 2027 at 04:11 (CEST), Jupiter stations direct. The apparent backward motion ends and the planet moves forward across the sky again. Whatever you have reviewed and sorted these past weeks can start rolling, the way traffic eases forward after a jam.
What does Jupiter mean?
Jupiter makes things bigger: trust, meaning, growth. Where it works, doors open and chances pile up, sometimes too many. Jupiter shows what you believe in and which larger story gives you direction. It also shows where life turns generous once you step past your own edge.
What does a direct station mean?
Direct station: seen from Earth, the planet moves forward again. What you rethought during the retrograde can now get going, like a train rolling on after a long stop.
What does Leo mean?
Leo shows up. Heart, stage, the generous gesture, and the nerve to really play a part instead of half hiding behind it. Where Leo is active, something gets lit up, celebrated or given away. Life gets a stage, and you let yourself step onto it.
Jupiter Goes Direct
After its retrograde, Jupiter speeds up again in Leo. What you decided quietly in the meantime can now show up.
What it means for your zodiac sign?
A short reading for each sun sign. You feel the moment most where it hits a point in your own chart directly.
Aries
For Aries, a moment like this often just rolls along, like a tailwind on a bike ride. Where does something come easier right now? The focus is growth, opportunities and your horizon: what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Taurus
As Taurus, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on growth, opportunities and your horizon, and what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Gemini
The sign Gemini sits at an easy angle to this event. Many people find days like this lighter. Is that true for you? These days, look closely at growth, opportunities and your horizon, since what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Cancer
As Cancer, you will probably pick up the undertones more than the main tune. They are quiet and can still be useful. The focus is growth, opportunities and your horizon: what you have been rethinking starts moving again. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Leo
As Leo, you are standing in the middle of this one, since it happens in your sign. Can you feel it? This moment shines a light on growth, opportunities and your horizon, and what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Virgo
For Virgo this mostly happens in the background. Rather than an upheaval, maybe one small thing shifts. These days, look closely at growth, opportunities and your horizon, since what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Libra
For Libra, a moment like this often just rolls along, like a tailwind on a bike ride. Where does something come easier right now? The focus is growth, opportunities and your horizon: what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Scorpio
As Scorpio, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on growth, opportunities and your horizon, and what you have been rethinking starts moving again. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Sagittarius
The sign Sagittarius sits at an easy angle to this event. Many people find days like this lighter. Is that true for you? These days, look closely at growth, opportunities and your horizon, since what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Capricorn
As Capricorn, you will probably pick up the undertones more than the main tune. They are quiet and can still be useful. The focus is growth, opportunities and your horizon: what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Aquarius
As Aquarius, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on growth, opportunities and your horizon, and what you have been rethinking starts moving again. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Pisces
For Pisces this mostly happens in the background. Rather than an upheaval, maybe one small thing shifts. These days, look closely at growth, opportunities and your horizon, since what you have been rethinking starts moving again. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Tips & rituals
4 ideas for this day
- 1Bring out the decision you put off during the retrograde. It can take hold now.
- 2Send the message or calendar invite that gets things going again.
- 3Tick off the last items still marked "double-check". The review phase is over.
- 4Allow a few days of run-up, because right after the turn the momentum only comes back bit by bit.
Where does this moment hit your chart?
The sky does the same thing for everyone. What reaches you depends on where this moment touches your birth chart. Take a free look at where it lands for you.
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- Your windowsCheck, prepare, act
- Emotional seasonWhich phase you are in
- DirectionWhere your focus is shifting
- Work & pressureWhat your work demands
- What emergesWhat ends and begins
- Your 90 daysA plan for three months
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Jupiter Goes Direct 2027 by the numbers
The retrograde is over at 04:11 (CEST), when Jupiter turns direct at 16°59' Leo. A station just means that from Earth the planet seems to stop for a few days, then turn. It never truly reverses, much like the train beside yours at the platform that only seems to roll back.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Exact moment | April 13, 2027, 04:11 (CEST) |
| Universal Time | 02:11 UT |
| Event type | Goes direct |
| Jupiter | 16°59' Leo |
| Retrograde since | December 13, 2026 · 27°01' Leo (121 days) |
| Next occurrence | Jupiter Goes Direct · May 13, 2028 |
The retrograde stretch began 121 days earlier, on December 13, 2026 at 27°01' Leo. Jupiter turns direct again on May 13, 2028.
Check the current planetary positions to see where Jupiter is today. Your free birth chart tells you which house Leo occupies in your chart, and the house hints at the area of life this phase may stir up for you. The Leo sign profile has more on the sign itself, and retrograde planets lists every phase of every planet.
How to read the data
- Degree: from this point on, the planet moves forward again.
- Duration: counted from one station to the next, from the first standstill to the turnaround.
- A small test: on April 13, jot down which thing you put off is now starting to move. Reread the note four weeks later.
How long is Jupiter retrograde?
Jupiter goes retrograde about once a year. Each phase runs 121 days on average, ranging from 118 days to 124 days. Put together, Jupiter spends 30.2 % of all days retrograde.
Jupiter keeps moving forward the whole time. Earth, on the faster inside track, simply passes it, the way a truck you overtake on the highway seems to roll backwards for a moment. The farther out a planet orbits, the longer that passing takes.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Counted | 1900–2100 |
| Retrograde per year | 0.92 |
| Average length | 121 days |
| Shortest / longest phase | 118 days / 124 days |
| Share of retrograde days | 30.2 % |
| Previous direct station | 11 March 2026 |
| Next direct station | 13 May 2028 |
We ran every day from 1900 to 2100 through the Swiss Ephemeris, using the same rules as this calendar. All dates are in German time.
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Common questions
- When does Jupiter go direct in 2027?
- Jupiter stations direct on April 13, 2027 at 04:11 CEST (02:11 UT).
- What does Jupiter's direct station mean?
- Jupiter gets moving again in Leo. Decisions that ripened during the retrograde phase can now start to work.
- Which zodiac signs does Jupiter's direct station affect most?
- Usually it's Leo, because the event takes place in that sign. Scorpio, Aquarius, Taurus often notice it as well. They sit square or opposite, and a tense angle like that simply means these signs rub against the theme. Check it against your own chart. Further down you'll find a short reading for all 12 signs.