♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 16♈︎22 – 23♈︎13Apr 3Aug 5Dec 19Apr 17⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 3 conjunction with the Sun13♈︎16 · hidden in the Sun’s glareApr 30 shadow begins16♈︎22Jul 16 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square23♈︎04 · high at dawnAug 5 stations retrograde23♈︎13Oct 13 opposition19♈︎45 · up all nightDec 19 stations direct16♈︎22Jan 8 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square16♈︎55 · high at duskMar 24 shadow ends23♈︎13Apr 17 conjunction with the Sun26♈︎27 · the next cycle begins
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Every 29 years, Saturn turns retrograde again near the same spot: 4½–6° further back along the zodiac, and four to seven days earlier in the year.

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