♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 1♍︎40 – 8♍︎34Aug 21Dec 19May 3Sep 3⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Aug 21 conjunction with the Sun28♌︎22 · hidden in the Sun’s glareSep 3 ♍︎ enters VirgoSep 16 shadow begins1♍︎40Nov 30 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square8♍︎05 · high at dawnDec 19 stations retrograde8♍︎34Feb 24 opposition5♍︎09 · up all nightMay 3 stations direct1♍︎40May 22 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square1♍︎51 · high at duskAug 8 shadow ends8♍︎34Sep 3 conjunction with the Sun11♍︎46 · the next cycle begins
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  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.

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  2. ♍︎
  3. ♍︎
  4. ♍︎→♌︎
  5. ♌︎