♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 27♊︎46 – 4♋︎45Jun 15Oct 17Feb 27Jun 30⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jun 15 conjunction with the Sun24♊︎14 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJul 14 shadow begins27♊︎46Jul 31 ♋︎ enters CancerSep 27 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square4♋︎30 · high at dawnOct 17 stations retrograde4♋︎45Dec 23 opposition1♋︎15 · up all nightJan 9 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardFeb 27 stations direct27♊︎46Mar 19 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square28♊︎14 · high at duskApr 17 ♋︎ enters CancerJun 2 shadow ends4♋︎45Jun 30 conjunction with the Sun8♋︎26 · 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. ♊︎