♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 24♊︎36 – 1♋︎33Jun 11Oct 13Feb 24Jun 26⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jun 11 conjunction with the Sun20♊︎40 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJul 10 shadow begins24♊︎36Sep 4 ♋︎ enters CancerSep 23 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square0♋︎56 · high at dawnOct 13 stations retrograde1♋︎33Nov 20 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardDec 19 opposition28♊︎04 · up all nightFeb 24 stations direct24♊︎36Mar 14 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square24♊︎40 · high at duskMay 18 ♋︎ enters CancerMay 29 shadow ends1♋︎33Jun 26 conjunction with the Sun4♋︎51 · 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. ♊︎