♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 22♋︎52 – 29♋︎48Jul 11Nov 11Mar 23Jul 25⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jul 11 conjunction with the Sun19♋︎01 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 8 shadow begins22♋︎52Oct 22 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square29♋︎09 · high at dawnNov 11 stations retrograde29♋︎48Jan 16 opposition26♋︎21 · up all nightMar 23 stations direct22♋︎52Apr 12 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square22♋︎53 · high at duskJun 27 shadow ends29♋︎48Jul 1 ♌︎ enters LeoJul 25 conjunction with the Sun3♌︎04 · 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. ♋︎