♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 23♌︎39 – 0♍︎32Aug 13Dec 11Apr 25Aug 27⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Aug 13 conjunction with the Sun20♌︎26 · hidden in the Sun’s glareSep 8 shadow begins23♌︎39Nov 16 ♍︎ enters VirgoNov 22 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square0♍︎15 · high at dawnDec 11 stations retrograde0♍︎32Jan 5 ♌︎ re-enters Leomoving backwardFeb 16 opposition27♌︎07 · up all nightApr 25 stations direct23♌︎39May 15 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square24♌︎01 · high at duskJul 26 ♍︎ enters VirgoJul 31 shadow ends0♍︎32Aug 27 conjunction with the Sun4♍︎00 · 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. ♌︎