♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 2♏︎38 – 9♏︎21Oct 23Feb 17Jul 6Nov 5⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Oct 23 conjunction with the Sun0♏︎13 · hidden in the Sun’s glareNov 13 shadow begins2♏︎38Jan 29 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square9♏︎07 · high at dawnFeb 17 stations retrograde9♏︎21Apr 26 opposition6♏︎02 · up all nightJul 6 stations direct2♏︎38Jul 26 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square3♏︎02 · high at duskOct 13 shadow ends9♏︎21Nov 5 conjunction with the Sun12♏︎10 · 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. ♎︎