♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 18♑︎42 – 25♑︎20Jan 6May 4Sep 23Jan 18⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jan 6 conjunction with the Sun16♑︎14 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJan 27 shadow begins18♑︎42Apr 15 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square24♑︎57 · high at dawnMay 4 stations retrograde25♑︎20Jul 14 opposition22♑︎01 · up all nightSep 23 stations direct18♑︎42Oct 12 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square18♑︎57 · high at duskDec 29 shadow ends25♑︎20Jan 18 conjunction with the Sun27♑︎38 · 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. ♑︎