♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♉︎27 – 27♉︎22May 6Sep 8Jan 20May 21⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉May 6 conjunction with the Sun16♉︎53 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJun 3 shadow begins20♉︎27Aug 19 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square27♉︎02 · high at dawnSep 8 stations retrograde27♉︎22Nov 15 opposition23♉︎53 · up all nightJan 20 stations direct20♉︎27Feb 8 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square20♉︎48 · high at duskApr 24 shadow ends27♉︎22May 15 ♊︎ enters GeminiMay 21 conjunction with the Sun0♊︎44 · the next cycle begins
  1. ♉︎→♈︎
  2. ♉︎
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  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.

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  2. ♊︎→♉︎
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