♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 1♊︎59 – 8♊︎56May 19Sep 20Feb 2Jun 3⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉May 19 conjunction with the Sun28♉︎24 · hidden in the Sun’s glareMay 31 ♊︎ enters GeminiJun 16 shadow begins1♊︎59Aug 31 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square8♊︎38 · high at dawnSep 20 stations retrograde8♊︎56Nov 27 opposition5♊︎26 · up all nightFeb 2 stations direct1♊︎59Feb 21 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square2♊︎23 · high at duskMay 7 shadow ends8♊︎56Jun 3 conjunction with the Sun12♊︎26 · 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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