♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 5♓︎40 – 12♓︎24Feb 21Jun 23Nov 9Mar 5⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Feb 21 conjunction with the Sun2♓︎45 · hidden in the Sun’s glareMar 17 shadow begins5♓︎40Jun 2 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square11♓︎57 · high at dawnJun 23 stations retrograde12♓︎24Sep 1 opposition9♓︎00 · up all nightNov 9 stations direct5♓︎40Nov 28 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square5♓︎53 · high at duskFeb 12 shadow ends12♓︎24Mar 5 conjunction with the Sun14♓︎54 · 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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