♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 2♉︎03 – 8♉︎56Apr 18Aug 21Jan 3May 3⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 18 conjunction with the Sun28♈︎44 · hidden in the Sun’s glareApr 28 ♉︎ enters TaurusMay 16 shadow begins2♉︎03Aug 1 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square8♉︎43 · high at dawnAug 21 stations retrograde8♉︎56Oct 29 opposition5♉︎27 · up all nightJan 3 stations direct2♉︎03Jan 22 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square2♉︎31 · high at duskApr 7 shadow ends8♉︎56May 3 conjunction with the Sun12♉︎16 · 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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