♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 6♉︎44 – 13♉︎38Apr 23Aug 25Jan 8May 6⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 23 conjunction with the Sun3♉︎17 · hidden in the Sun’s glareMay 21 shadow begins6♉︎44Aug 5 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square13♉︎19 · high at dawnAug 25 stations retrograde13♉︎38Nov 2 opposition10♉︎09 · up all nightJan 8 stations direct6♉︎44Jan 27 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square7♉︎06 · high at duskApr 11 shadow ends13♉︎38May 6 conjunction with the Sun16♉︎53 · 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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