♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 27♉︎09 – 4♊︎06May 14Sep 16Jan 28May 29⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉May 14 conjunction with the Sun23♉︎44 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJun 12 shadow begins27♉︎09Jul 5 ♊︎ enters GeminiAug 27 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square3♊︎57 · high at dawnSep 16 stations retrograde4♊︎06Nov 23 opposition0♊︎36 · up all nightDec 3 ♉︎ re-enters Taurusmoving backwardJan 28 stations direct27♉︎09Feb 16 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square27♉︎43 · high at duskMar 24 ♊︎ enters GeminiMay 2 shadow ends4♊︎06May 29 conjunction with the Sun7♊︎44 · the next cycle begins
  1. ♉︎→♈︎
  2. ♉︎
  3. ♊︎→♉︎
  4. ♊︎
  5. ♋︎→♊︎

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.

  1. ♊︎→♉︎
  2. ♉︎
  3. ♉︎