♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 12♉︎41 – 19♉︎35Apr 28Aug 31Jan 13May 13⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 28 conjunction with the Sun8♉︎54 · hidden in the Sun’s glareMay 27 shadow begins12♉︎41Aug 11 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square18♉︎59 · high at dawnAug 31 stations retrograde19♉︎35Nov 8 opposition16♉︎06 · up all nightJan 13 stations direct12♉︎41Feb 1 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square12♉︎46 · high at duskApr 17 shadow ends19♉︎35May 13 conjunction with the Sun22♉︎37 · the next cycle begins
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  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. ♊︎→♉︎
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