♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 27♎︎43 – 4♏︎26Oct 18Feb 12Jul 1Oct 31⊕☉︎

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Oct 18 conjunction with the Sun25♎︎11 · hidden in the Sun’s glareNov 9 shadow begins27♎︎43Nov 29 ♏︎ enters ScorpioJan 24 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square4♏︎08 · high at dawnFeb 12 stations retrograde4♏︎26Apr 21 opposition1♏︎07 · up all nightMay 6 ♎︎ re-enters Libramoving backwardJul 1 stations direct27♎︎43Jul 21 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square28♎︎03 · high at duskAug 24 ♏︎ enters ScorpioOct 7 shadow ends4♏︎26Oct 31 conjunction with the Sun7♏︎15 · 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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