♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♑︎46 – 27♑︎24Jan 8May 6Sep 24Jan 19⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jan 8 conjunction with the Sun18♑︎14 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJan 28 shadow begins20♑︎46Apr 16 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square26♑︎58 · high at dawnMay 6 stations retrograde27♑︎24Jul 16 opposition24♑︎05 · up all nightSep 24 stations direct20♑︎46Oct 13 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square20♑︎57 · high at duskDec 30 shadow ends27♑︎24Jan 19 conjunction with the Sun29♑︎39 · 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. ♑︎