♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 1♌︎56 – 8♌︎53Jul 21Nov 20Apr 3Aug 5⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jul 21 conjunction with the Sun28♋︎28 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 2 ♌︎ enters LeoAug 18 shadow begins1♌︎56Nov 1 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square8♌︎32 · high at dawnNov 20 stations retrograde8♌︎53Jan 26 opposition5♌︎26 · up all nightApr 3 stations direct1♌︎56Apr 23 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square2♌︎16 · high at duskJul 8 shadow ends8♌︎53Aug 5 conjunction with the Sun12♌︎25 · the next cycle begins
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  2. ♋︎
  3. ♌︎
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  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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  3. ♌︎→♋︎
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