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Saturn retrograde 1921

Saturn retrograde 1921: 1 period, 136 days inside the year — 37.4% of 1921. Saturn turned retrograde at 10:53 AM UTC on January 4 at 24°47′ Virgo and turned direct at 9:37 PM UTC on May 20 at 17°58′ Virgo.

Turns retrograde
Jan 4 10:53 AM UTC
Turns direct
May 20 9:37 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1921
136 days 37.4% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 6.83°
Saturn Retrograde 1921 Dates: Jan 4 – May 20

Saturn’s path through 1921, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1921
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1921. Saturn starts 1921 at 23°41′ Virgo and ends it at 6°16′ Libra — 12.6° of net progress: 19.4° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.83° in 136 days, from 24°48′ Virgo on Jan 4 back to 17°58′ Virgo on May 20. Fastest day: Sep 21, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 1921 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 1, 1920 – Jan 4, 1921Post-retrograde shadow: May 20, 1921 – Aug 26, 1921Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 14, 1921 – Jan 17, 1922Retrograde: Jan 4, 1921 – May 20, 192115° Virgo20° Virgo25° Virgo0° Libra5° LibraStations retrograde Jan 4, 1921, 10:53 AM UTC, 24°47′ VirgoR Jan 4Stations direct May 20, 1921, 9:37 PM UTC, 17°58′ VirgoD May 20JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1921. Saturn starts 1921 at 23°41′ Virgo and ends it at 6°16′ Libra — 12.6° of net progress: 19.4° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.83° in 136 days, from 24°48′ Virgo on Jan 4 back to 17°58′ Virgo on May 20. Fastest day: Sep 21, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 1921 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 1, 1920 – Jan 4, 1921Post-retrograde shadow: May 20, 1921 – Aug 26, 1921Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 14, 1921 – Jan 17, 1922Retrograde: Jan 4, 1921 – May 20, 192115° Virgo20° Virgo25° Virgo0° Libra5° LibraStations retrograde Jan 4, 1921, 10:53 AM UTC, 24°47′ VirgoR Jan 4Stations direct May 20, 1921, 9:37 PM UTC, 17°58′ VirgoD May 20JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1921 at 23°41′ Virgo and ends it at 6°16′ Libra — 12.6° of net progress: 19.4° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.83° in 136 days, from 24°48′ Virgo on Jan 4 back to 17°58′ Virgo on May 20. Fastest day: Sep 21, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 1921 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1921: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 10:53 AM UTC on January 4, 1921 at 24°47′ Virgo — 6:10 AM in Santiago, 5:53 AM in New York, 10:53 AM in London and 7:53 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Jan 4 · 24°47′ Virgo Fri, May 20 · 17°58′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 12:23 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−10:30 11:07 AM Fri, May 20 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 12:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−10 11:37 AM Fri, May 20 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 2:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−8 1:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 3:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−7 2:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−7
Denver United States 3:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−7 3:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 4:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−6 4:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 4:16 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−6:36 3:00 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−6:36
New York United States 5:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−5 5:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 5:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−5 5:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 5:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−5 4:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−5 4:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 6:23 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−4:30 5:07 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 6:10 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−4:42 4:54 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−4:42
Buenos Aires Argentina 6:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−4 5:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 7:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−3 6:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 9:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC−1 9:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC 10:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 11:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+1 10:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC 10:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 11:53 AM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+1 10:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 12:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+2 11:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 12:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+2 11:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 12:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+2 11:37 PM Fri, May 20 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 12:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+2 12:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 1:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+3 2:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+5
Nairobi Kenya 1:23 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+2:30 12:07 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+2:30
Tehran Iran 2:18 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+3:25 1:02 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+4 1:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:23 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+5:30 3:07 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 4:23 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+5:30 3:07 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 4:23 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+5:30 3:07 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:46 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+5:53 3:30 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 5:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+7 4:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:00 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+7:07 4:44 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+7:07
Singapore 5:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+7 4:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+7
Beijing China 6:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+8 5:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+8 5:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+8 5:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+9 6:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 7:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+9 6:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:23 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+9:30 7:07 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 8:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+10 7:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 8:53 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+10 7:37 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 10:23 PM Tue, Jan 4 · UTC+11:30 9:07 AM Sat, May 21 · UTC+11:30

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Saturn station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.2 minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

136 days · retreats 6.83°

January 4 → May 20, 1921 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Jan 4, 1921, 10:53 AM UTC at 24°47′ Virgo
Stations direct May 20, 1921, 9:37 PM UTC at 17°58′ Virgo
Shadow opens Oct 1, 1920, 8:43 PM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Aug 26, 1921, 9:08 AM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 329 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Virgo — Jan 4 to May 6, 1921 (122 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Leo — Jan 4 to Apr 22, 1921 (108 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Cancer — Jan 4 to Mar 21, 1921 (76 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — Feb 21 to Mar 16, 1921 (22 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Taurus — Apr 1 to May 14, 1921 (43 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Virgo and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1921

Previous

1920 Ended May 7, 1920 after 136 days, moving back 6.87° through the zodiac.

Next

1922 Begins January 17, 1922 and runs 137 days.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1921

Saturn through the zodiac in 1921

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1921, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Saturn in Virgo From Jan 1 – Oct 7
Saturn in Libra Oct 7 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 1921. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1921 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1921

Pluto in Cancer Oct 9, 1920 – Mar 21, 1921 · 163 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 16, 1920 – Apr 22, 1921 · 157 days
Jupiter in Virgo Jan 3, 1921 – May 6, 1921 · 122 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 21, 1921 – Mar 16, 1921 · 22 days
Venus in Taurus Apr 1, 1921 – May 14, 1921 · 43 days
Uranus in Pisces Jun 14, 1921 – Nov 15, 1921 · 154 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 25, 1921 – Jul 19, 1921 · 24 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 11, 1921 – Mar 22, 1922 · 163 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 19, 1921 – Nov 9, 1921 · 20 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 18, 1921 – Apr 24, 1922 · 157 days
← 1920 Saturn retrograde in 1920. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1922 → Saturn retrograde in 1922.

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