♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 14♋︎21 – 21♋︎19Jul 2Nov 2Mar 16Jul 17⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jul 2 conjunction with the Sun10♋︎46 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJul 30 shadow begins14♋︎21Oct 14 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square20♋︎58 · high at dawnNov 2 stations retrograde21♋︎19Jan 8 opposition17♋︎50 · up all nightMar 16 stations direct14♋︎21Apr 4 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square14♋︎42 · high at duskJun 19 shadow ends21♋︎19Jul 17 conjunction with the Sun24♋︎54 · the next cycle begins
  1. ♊︎
  2. ♋︎
  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.

  1. ♌︎→♋︎
  2. ♋︎
  3. ♋︎
  4. ♋︎
  5. ♋︎