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All aboard the retreating gravy train, folks.
Jupiter, our planet of fortune, luck, and popped champagne corks, stations retrograde on November 11, 2025, in the intuitive, capricious depths of Cancer.
Our big spending planet of rolled dice, games of chance, and excess as best, will remain retrograde until March 10, 2026.
Retrograde is understandably a trigger word for anyone who has accidentally sexted the office Slack during Mercury retrograde or lost love when Venus was backspinning.
But take heed, my babies: all retrogrades are meant to push us toward resolution and evolution, and Jupiter does so in subtler ways that can mean more sex, better luck and personal satisfaction.
Can dig.
Jupiter retrograde meaning
Retrogrades herald a time of introspection; when planets slow down, we turn in and tune in.
Jupiter is associated with abundance, good fortune and the search for truth, knowledge, and spiritual enlightenment.
Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of god daddy Zeus, and we can think of the planet as the deity himself: hair flowing, belly full, one defiant nipple free from a semi-sheer toga, casting down lightning bolts and blessing us our way.
If Jupiter were a person, it would be Jeff Bridges in “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”
If Jupiter retrograde were a person, it would be Jeff Bridges in “The Big Lebowski.”
When the planet goes into retrograde, we are called to direct our search for richness and meaning inward.
Jupiter is considered an outer planet, so its effect on day-to-day life is less intense than that of inner planets like Venus, Mercury, and Mars. Jupiter’s pull is more closely related to our philosophical approach to life and assessing how, where, and why we invest our energy.
Jupiter spends roughly one year in each sign and about four months of that cycle in retrograde.
Jupiter retrograde in Cancer 2025-2026
Because Jupiter is known as the “great benefic,” the celestial body that rains down blessings and boons, its retrograde often brings the possibility of making good on missed chances and the opportunity to honestly assess our attachments.
If the return on investment doesn’t include cash, delirious joy, hallowed truth, steady orgasms or personal advancement, then it’s “trash, trash, trash, not for you.”
Because this retrograde is going down — or back, as it were — in the cardinal waters of Moon-ruled Cancer, themes of this transit will be introspection, inquiry, and culling regarding relationships, family dynamics, caretaking, attachment, energetic exchange, obligation, nurturance, the past, and the motives of others.
Woof.
Jupiter seeks truth and enlightenment, while Cancer wants the security of needing and being needed.
This transit’s energy = what is the difference between a nest and a cage.
Because Jupiter is retrograding in a cardinal sign, those with personal planets in Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn will feel the effects of this transit more than most.
Read on to learn more.
ARIES (March 21 – April 19)
Jupiter in Cancer is throwing the reverse switch on your fourth house of home and ancestry, family, origins, and obligations, Aries.
You are normally a balls-to-the-wall, direct-to-the-heart sort, but when it comes to these tender territories, you can veer more towards avoidance than accountability.
Jupiter retrograde is having none of that s–t.
You cannot grow in the direction of safety until you know what safety feels like in your body and your immediate environment.
Whether you’re throwing away the dingy couch cushions or cutting ties with a vampiric person, consider this retrograde your opportunity to renovate from the inside out.
CANCER (June 21 – July 22)
When the planet of expansion flips and reverses in your first house of the self, the question becomes: who are you becoming, Cancer?
This is not about a sudden, radical overhaul but rather a purposeful reclamation. Go back, remember what you wanted before you became what everyone else needed.
You are not only allowed, but encouraged to redirect your energy inward and upward.
CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 19)
Jupiter retrograde in Cancer is forcing an audit in your sector of trusted relationships, Capricorn. Be it your best friend, your long-time lover, or a business associate, the time is nigh to assess whether your loyalty is appropriately channeled or deeply misplaced.
Shutting a door, closing a chapter, or setting a different course is how you signal to the force field of the universe that you deserve better and are at long last, ready to accept it.
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
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