♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 22♍︎28 – 29♍︎17Sep 12Jan 8May 25Sep 25⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Sep 12 conjunction with the Sun19♍︎26 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 5 shadow begins22♍︎28Dec 20 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square28♍︎52 · high at dawnJan 8 stations retrograde29♍︎17Mar 16 opposition25♍︎55 · up all nightMay 25 stations direct22♍︎28Jun 13 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square22♍︎41 · high at duskAug 30 shadow ends29♍︎17Sep 6 ♎︎ enters LibraSep 25 conjunction with the Sun2♎︎21 · 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. ♍︎