♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 4♑︎38 – 11♑︎14Dec 23Apr 19Sep 7Jan 3⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 23 conjunction with the Sun2♑︎12 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJan 12 shadow begins4♑︎38Mar 30 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square10♑︎51 · high at dawnApr 19 stations retrograde11♑︎14Jun 29 opposition7♑︎56 · up all nightSep 7 stations direct4♑︎38Sep 27 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square4♑︎51 · high at duskDec 14 shadow ends11♑︎14Jan 3 conjunction with the Sun13♑︎33 · the next cycle begins
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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.

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