♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 19♐︎05 – 25♐︎42Dec 9Apr 4Aug 24Dec 20⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 9 conjunction with the Sun16♐︎53 · hidden in the Sun’s glareDec 28 shadow begins19♐︎05Mar 16 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square25♐︎31 · high at dawnApr 4 stations retrograde25♐︎42Jun 13 opposition22♐︎25 · up all nightAug 24 stations direct19♐︎05Sep 12 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square19♐︎30 · high at duskNov 29 shadow ends25♐︎42Dec 20 conjunction with the Sun28♐︎14 · 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. ♐︎
  5. ♐︎