♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♒︎43 – 27♒︎23Feb 6Jun 6Oct 24Feb 18⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Feb 6 conjunction with the Sun18♒︎04 · hidden in the Sun’s glareFeb 28 shadow begins20♒︎43May 17 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square27♒︎04 · high at dawnJun 6 stations retrograde27♒︎23Aug 16 opposition24♒︎02 · up all nightOct 24 stations direct20♒︎43Nov 12 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square21♒︎02 · high at duskJan 28 shadow ends27♒︎23Feb 18 conjunction with the Sun29♒︎54 · 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. ♒︎