♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 10♉︎17 – 17♉︎10Apr 27Aug 30Jan 12May 10⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 27 conjunction with the Sun6♉︎36 · hidden in the Sun’s glareMay 25 shadow begins10♉︎17Aug 9 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square16♉︎41 · high at dawnAug 30 stations retrograde17♉︎10Nov 6 opposition13♉︎41 · up all nightJan 12 stations direct10♉︎17Jan 31 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square10♉︎28 · high at duskApr 15 shadow ends17♉︎10May 10 conjunction with the Sun20♉︎18 · 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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