♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 4♉︎24 – 11♉︎18Apr 20Aug 22Jan 5May 4⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 20 conjunction with the Sun1♉︎00 · hidden in the Sun’s glareMay 18 shadow begins4♉︎24Aug 2 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square11♉︎01 · high at dawnAug 22 stations retrograde11♉︎18Oct 30 opposition7♉︎49 · up all nightJan 5 stations direct4♉︎24Jan 24 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square4♉︎49 · high at duskApr 9 shadow ends11♉︎18May 4 conjunction with the Sun14♉︎34 · 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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