♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 16♋︎45 – 23♋︎43Jul 4Nov 4Mar 17Jul 19⊕☉︎

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jul 4 conjunction with the Sun13♋︎06 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 1 shadow begins16♋︎45Oct 15 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square23♋︎18 · high at dawnNov 4 stations retrograde23♋︎43Jan 9 opposition20♋︎14 · up all nightMar 17 stations direct16♋︎45Apr 6 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square17♋︎01 · high at duskJun 21 shadow ends23♋︎43Jul 19 conjunction with the Sun27♋︎13 · 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. ♋︎