♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 26♉︎29 – 3♊︎25May 13Sep 15Jan 27May 27⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉May 13 conjunction with the Sun22♉︎37 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJun 11 shadow begins26♉︎29Jul 15 ♊︎ enters GeminiAug 26 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square2♊︎49 · high at dawnSep 15 stations retrograde3♊︎25Nov 18 ♉︎ re-enters Taurusmoving backwardNov 22 opposition29♉︎55 · up all nightJan 27 stations direct26♉︎29Feb 15 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square26♉︎34 · high at duskApr 2 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 30 shadow ends3♊︎25May 27 conjunction with the Sun6♊︎34 · 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. ♉︎