♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 0♋︎12 – 7♋︎11Jun 17Oct 18Mar 1Jul 2⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jun 17 conjunction with the Sun26♊︎35 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJul 13 ♋︎ enters CancerJul 15 shadow begins0♋︎12Sep 29 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square6♋︎51 · high at dawnOct 18 stations retrograde7♋︎11Dec 24 opposition3♋︎41 · up all nightMar 1 stations direct0♋︎12Mar 20 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square0♋︎34 · high at duskJun 4 shadow ends7♋︎11Jul 2 conjunction with the Sun10♋︎46 · the next cycle begins
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  3. ♋︎
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  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. ♊︎