Generally most of the people born with one or more than one retrograde planets in their birth charts. Retrograde planets act differently than direct planets. Retrograde planets need
extra understanding because retrograde planets do not give benefits as do direct planets. Retrograde planets show specific areas within consciousness indicated by the sign and house they occupy and along with the house they rule. These all are the issues repeated in order to be fully resolved. When the issues are resolved then the person can move further.
What is a retrograde planet ?
When a planet is retrograde it appears to be moving backward in the sky. A retrograde planet looks like it's going backwards in the sky but it is not. It is stationary in the sky and looks like it is moving back relative to the earth movement. Retrogression means reflection of things related to the planets. The Sun and Moon are never retrograde.
Generally retrograde planets are delayed things and do not give things easily. Depending on house placement and house rulership they delayed the things. You can understand this concept by thinking that they are not walking with you. They are just behind the pace of time and you need to wait for them to know what the planets signify and rules in your chart. In the birth chart each planet rules two houses for each ascendant except Sun and Moon. So any retrograde planet not just delays the things where it is placed but at the same time it delays which house it rules in your chart, and it also delays what they signify as a karaka in our life.
So what happened when Jupiter retrograde as a karaka, house placement and house rulership.
As a karaka (significator) Jupiter is the planet of hope, growth, opportunity, wisdom, belief, optimism, religion, marriage, children, higher education, and long distance travelling. All these things are automatically delayed for those people who have retrograde Jupiter. A retrograde Jupiter can cause the person to turn inward with their expression. They have different points of views of belief and religion. Therefore they may have conflict over their religion or spiritual beliefs with people around them. They have innate knowledge about the universe and they have good intuitive power. The placement of Jupiter and where it rules is the area the person is inwardly optimistic. From a health point of view Jupiter is the karaka of the liver, and retrograde Jupiter gives problems with the liver.
The effects for Retrograde Jupiter for each houses:
First Houses: Retrograde Jupiter for the first house. It means your identity, your health, the way you deal with the world or gather information is retrograde. You may have poor health or weak liver as Jupiter signifies liver in astrology. You may have a question about your identity. You are not able to handle or understand people around you or you may be deceived by people. The retrograde Jupiter is not giving all the benefits and protection that you're expecting and may be delaying opportunity and luck in your life.
Second House: Retrograde Jupiter for a second house. It means your money, family values, close friends, voice, security in life, and speech is retrograde. You may have problems saving money, at birth you may be delayed in your speech or not able to speak on time. You may have security issues, in other words not able to feel secure. You have questions about your family values or may not want to follow those. It is just going to delay the benefits of whatever you're expecting related to the second house and it may not be as grand in this helpful as you were hoping.
Third House: Retrograde Jupiter for third house. It means your siblings, neighbors, communications, meetings, interviews, learning, short distance traveling that become more delayed than your expectations. Your siblings come late in life or there is much age difference between you and them. You are not satisfied with the relationship you have with your siblings. Your relationship with your neighbor is not satisfactory. You may have communication problems or be weak in learning or you take a lot of time to learn something.
Fourth house: Retrograde Jupiter for fourth house. It means your mother, inner peace, vehicles, family and property are delayed in life. Your relationship with your mother is not good or you may be a stepmother. You may have a hard time being peaceful inside. You may have problems with your vehicles. Jupiter in the 4th house is always good for buying property, for moving and getting support from family. But when it goes retrograde, whatever your expectations the results may be more delayed or the outcome slower than you expected.
Fifth House: Retrograde Jupiter for the fifth house. It means your children, romance, education, investments, stock market, sports, and gambling all are retrograde. There will be problems in romance, or romance may not blossom into reality until later in life. Children also come very late in life. Since 5th house is romance, retrograde Jupiter may give a marriage without license in some instances. Jupiter retrograde in this position should never gamble. Any kind of high risk investments in the stock market your expectations may not turn out as great as you were hoping for or the benefits and may be more delayed.
Sixth House: Retrograde Jupiter retrograde for sixth house. It shows health, service, court, coworkers, conflicts, divorce, and unpleasant work in life. The sixth house is healthy. So physical well-being can be expected to be problematic. You may suffer from low blood sugar, because of high blood sugar. You could gain weight. Jupiter retrograde the results you expected could have delayed the outcome a little smaller than you had hoped. You may have a lot of burdensome unnecessary work in your office. A co worker will not be helpful and try to take advantage of you due to your generous nature.
Seventh House: Retrograde Jupiter for seventh house of relationships and partnership. The native will seek a generous, jovial, and moralistic partner. The native and the partner will want freedom and independence, but each will be met with unintended restrictions. There will not be the free-wheeling attachment hoped for. Since Jupiter represents marriage, retrograde promotes review or redoing ( second marriage). Jupiter rules honesty, retrogradation therefore could distort the truth between partners. Jupiter retrograde for 7th house means, what you're expecting from a partner or others, is not as grand as you are hoping or maybe delayed.
Eight House: Retrograde Jupiter for the eighth house. Eighth house deals with joint ventures, financial settlements, taxes, insurance, deals with gifts, loans and death. Jupiter retrograde for 8th house may return tax money to the native, but it will also delay inheritances. Much effort is required to get insurance benefits and exhausting work may be necessary before policies can be written. There is some dissatisfaction in the sex life, although the native has an active sex life. The spiritual quality of sex never satisfies the deepest desires. Spiritual beliefs are not totally fulfilling, and there is a spiritual restlessness.
Ninth House: Retrograde Jupiter for the ninth house. Ninth house represents higher education, guru, media, marketing, publishing, long-distance traveling and even legal matters. Higher education will be interrupted, but will be completed later. Education may be completed and not applied to the career. The native may attain qualifications as a teacher. Jupiter retrograde for the ninth house gives a different belief system, may not be able to along with gurus and may lead different faiths. Jupiter retrograde results in the house and the expectations get more delayed. The results are a little bit smaller, and a bit delayed and are not as grand as you are hoping.
Tenth House: Retrograde Jupiter for the 10th house of career reputation. Delay in career, you may face problems in career place, may have a double career, delay in promotion or need to do hard work for any promotion. Delay or difficulty in starting a new business venture. The results are a little smaller than you were hoping. So you might be more impatient and you might be wanting things a lot faster. There will be really great business and career opportunities, but the results of the benefits may be a little bit more delayed or a little bit more sluggish.
Eleventh House: Retrograde Jupiter for the 11th house of hopes, dreams, income and wishes. All these things will be retrograde. Means you have difficulty in fulfilling your desire, expectations, and hopes and dreams. Whatever you're hoping for and expecting Jupiter retrograde may be delayed or the results are smaller than what you hoped. Your long-range goals and your ambition are not fulfilled on time. Having a delay in income, you are not satisfied with social networks, elder siblings will not be helpful as you are thinking. The results are a bit delayed and are not as grand as you are hoping.
Twelfth house: Retrograde Jupiter for 12th house of isolation, jail, hospital, moksha, research, and bed pleasure. Jupiter retrograde is good for attaining higher wisdom, connecting for divine nature, meditation and research and for studying. The 12th house is more what's going on behind the scenes. Jupiter retrograde may also give some bad results depending on its house and sign placement. Sometimes your expectations may be more frustrated and Jupiter may not be as helpful as you were hoping.
Every planet rules two houses for each ascendant except Sun and Moon. For each ascendant Jupiter rules different houses.
Aries Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 9th and 12th house
Taurus Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 8th and 11th house
Gemini Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 7th and 10th house
Cancer Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 6th and 9th house
Leo Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 5th and 8th house
Virgo Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 4th and 7th house
Libra Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 3rd and 6th house
Scorpio Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 2nd and 5th house
Sagittarius Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 1st and 4th house
Capricorn Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 12th and 3rd house
Aquarius Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 11th and 2nd house
Pisces Ascendant: Jupiter rules your 1st and 9th house
So you need to check houses above according to your ascendant and what kind of result you may get in your life.
Results may vary according to the sign placement of the jupiter. Jupiter retrograde in its own sign or in a friendly sign is not bad as in its detrimental and debilitated sign.