♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 25♍︎32 – 2♎︎21Sep 16Jan 12May 29Sep 29⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Sep 16 conjunction with the Sun22♍︎42 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 9 shadow begins25♍︎32Nov 20 ♎︎ enters LibraDec 24 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square2♎︎04 · high at dawnJan 12 stations retrograde2♎︎21Mar 7 ♍︎ re-enters Virgomoving backwardMar 20 opposition28♍︎59 · up all nightMay 29 stations direct25♍︎32Jun 17 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square25♍︎54 · high at duskAug 13 ♎︎ enters LibraSep 3 shadow ends2♎︎21Sep 29 conjunction with the Sun5♎︎31 · 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. ♍︎
  4. ♍︎