♄ Saturn

Saturn retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 0♌︎48 – 7♌︎45Jul 19Nov 18Apr 1Aug 2⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jul 19 conjunction with the Sun27♋︎13 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 9 ♌︎ enters LeoAug 15 shadow begins0♌︎48Oct 29 ♄︎□︎☉︎ opening square7♌︎18 · high at dawnNov 18 stations retrograde7♌︎45Jan 23 opposition4♌︎17 · up all nightApr 1 stations direct0♌︎48Apr 20 ♄︎□︎☉︎ closing square1♌︎02 · high at duskJul 5 shadow ends7♌︎45Aug 2 conjunction with the Sun11♌︎11 · 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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