♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 7♉︎53 – 14♉︎46Apr 24Aug 27Jan 9May 9⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 24 conjunction with the Sun4♉︎19 · hidden in the Sun’s glareMay 22 shadow begins7♉︎53Aug 7 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square14♉︎22 · high at dawnAug 27 stations retrograde14♉︎46Nov 3 opposition11♉︎18 · up all nightJan 9 stations direct7♉︎53Jan 28 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square8♉︎10 · high at duskApr 13 shadow ends14♉︎46May 9 conjunction with the Sun17♉︎59 · 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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