On the personal level, this is usually a time to quit whining and take responsibility for your own actions and circumstances. He's a very exacting karmic teacher, insuring that we get out of life precisely what we put into it. If you sabotage your own efforts, expect to fail, or feel unworthy of good rewards, he will see that your actions will fall short. If you apply discipline and perserverence with a faith in yourself, you will more likely experience success. Since this retrograde cycle falls mostly in the sign of Taurus , we are needing to look at issues of physical prosperity and comfort, of having the tools and resources to prosper in life and having the will to apply them.
Any privation experienced now is simply a goad to get moving and sieze the day.
We all need the proper resources to support our lives and our plans, just as we need food and water to support our bodies. Only through your own efforts will you succeed now. On a more societal level, this station can signal some kind of challenge or problem, possibly some kind of economic issue that we can't hide from anymore. Until we as a nation take responsibility for our actions instead of expecting a free ride from the rest of the world, we will remain in a dissatisfied state. 1-25 Jupiter stands still at 1Gm11 on the 25th.