♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 0♎︎48 – 7♎︎36Sep 21Jan 17Jun 3Oct 4⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Sep 21 conjunction with the Sun28♍︎05 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 7 ♎︎ enters LibraOct 14 shadow begins0♎︎48Dec 29 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square7♎︎22 · high at dawnJan 17 stations retrograde7♎︎36Mar 25 opposition4♎︎15 · up all nightJun 3 stations direct0♎︎48Jun 23 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square1♎︎13 · high at duskSep 9 shadow ends7♎︎36Oct 4 conjunction with the Sun10♎︎45 · 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.

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  2. ♎︎→♍︎
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