♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 1♐︎01 – 7♐︎40Nov 21Mar 18Aug 5Dec 3⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Nov 21 conjunction with the Sun28♏︎42 · hidden in the Sun’s glareDec 2 ♐︎ enters SagittariusDec 11 shadow begins1♐︎01Feb 26 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square7♐︎23 · high at dawnMar 18 stations retrograde7♐︎40May 26 opposition4♐︎22 · up all nightAug 5 stations direct1♐︎01Aug 25 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square1♐︎21 · high at duskNov 11 shadow ends7♐︎40Dec 3 conjunction with the Sun10♐︎11 · 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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