♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 11♋︎56 – 18♋︎54Jun 30Oct 31Mar 14Jul 15⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jun 30 conjunction with the Sun8♋︎26 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJul 28 shadow begins11♋︎56Oct 12 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square18♋︎39 · high at dawnOct 31 stations retrograde18♋︎54Jan 6 opposition15♋︎25 · up all nightMar 14 stations direct11♋︎56Apr 2 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square12♋︎22 · high at duskJun 17 shadow ends18♋︎54Jul 15 conjunction with the Sun22♋︎35 · 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. ♋︎