♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 0♑︎27 – 7♑︎03Dec 20Apr 16Sep 5Dec 31⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 20 conjunction with the Sun28♐︎14 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJan 4 ♑︎ enters CapricornJan 9 shadow begins0♑︎27Mar 28 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square6♑︎52 · high at dawnApr 16 stations retrograde7♑︎03Jun 26 opposition3♑︎46 · up all nightSep 5 stations direct0♑︎27Sep 24 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square0♑︎52 · high at duskDec 11 shadow ends7♑︎03Dec 31 conjunction with the Sun9♑︎34 · 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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