♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 16♐︎36 – 23♐︎13Dec 5Apr 1Aug 20Dec 17⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 5 conjunction with the Sun14♐︎09 · hidden in the Sun’s glareDec 25 shadow begins16♐︎36Mar 13 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square22♐︎48 · high at dawnApr 1 stations retrograde23♐︎13Jun 10 opposition19♐︎56 · up all nightAug 20 stations direct16♐︎36Sep 9 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square16♐︎47 · high at duskNov 26 shadow ends23♐︎13Dec 17 conjunction with the Sun25♐︎32 · the next cycle begins
  1. ♐︎→♏︎
  2. ♐︎
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  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. ♐︎
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