♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 23♋︎39 – 0♌︎36Jul 13Nov 12Mar 26Jul 27⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jul 13 conjunction with the Sun20♋︎16 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 9 shadow begins23♋︎39Oct 14 ♌︎ enters LeoOct 24 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square0♌︎24 · high at dawnNov 12 stations retrograde0♌︎36Dec 10 ♋︎ re-enters Cancermoving backwardJan 17 opposition27♋︎08 · up all nightMar 26 stations direct23♋︎39Apr 14 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square24♋︎08 · high at duskJun 23 ♌︎ enters LeoJun 29 shadow ends0♌︎36Jul 27 conjunction with the Sun4♌︎19 · 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. ♋︎