♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 23♈︎19 – 0♉︎10Apr 9Aug 11Dec 25Apr 23⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 9 conjunction with the Sun19♈︎59 · hidden in the Sun’s glareMay 6 shadow begins23♈︎19Jul 22 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square29♈︎51 · high at dawnJul 26 ♉︎ enters TaurusAug 11 stations retrograde0♉︎10Aug 27 ♈︎ re-enters Ariesmoving backwardOct 19 opposition26♈︎42 · up all nightDec 25 stations direct23♈︎19Jan 13 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square23♈︎41 · high at duskMar 27 ♉︎ enters TaurusMar 29 shadow ends0♉︎10Apr 23 conjunction with the Sun3♉︎17 · 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. ♉︎→♈︎