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Saturn retrograde 1939

Saturn retrograde 1939: 1 period, 136 days inside the year — 37.3% of 1939. Saturn turned retrograde at 1:03 AM UTC on August 14 at 1°16′ Taurus and turned direct at 1:12 AM UTC on December 28 at 24°25′ Aries.

Turns retrograde
Aug 14 1:03 AM UTC
Turns direct
Dec 28 1:12 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1939
136 days 37.3% of the year
Sign
Taurus retreats 6.86°
Saturn Retrograde 1939 Dates: Aug 14 – Dec 28

Saturn’s path through 1939, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1939
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1939. Saturn starts 1939 at 10°38′ Aries and ends it at 23°35′ Aries — 12.9° of net progress: 19.8° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 1°16′ Taurus on Aug 14 back to 24°24′ Aries on Dec 28. Fastest day: Apr 10, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 20, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1939 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 14, 1938 – Mar 19, 1939Pre-retrograde shadow: May 9, 1939 – Aug 14, 1939Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 28, 1939 – Mar 31, 1940Retrograde: Aug 14, 1939 – Dec 28, 193910° Aries15° Aries20° Aries25° Aries0° TaurusStations retrograde Aug 14, 1939, 1:03 AM UTC, 1°16′ TaurusR Aug 14Stations direct Dec 28, 1939, 1:12 AM UTC, 24°25′ AriesD Dec 28JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1939. Saturn starts 1939 at 10°38′ Aries and ends it at 23°35′ Aries — 12.9° of net progress: 19.8° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 1°16′ Taurus on Aug 14 back to 24°24′ Aries on Dec 28. Fastest day: Apr 10, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 20, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1939 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 14, 1938 – Mar 19, 1939Pre-retrograde shadow: May 9, 1939 – Aug 14, 1939Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 28, 1939 – Mar 31, 1940Retrograde: Aug 14, 1939 – Dec 28, 193910° Aries15° Aries20° Aries25° Aries0° TaurusStations retrograde Aug 14, 1939, 1:03 AM UTC, 1°16′ TaurusR Aug 14Stations direct Dec 28, 1939, 1:12 AM UTC, 24°25′ AriesD Dec 28JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1939 at 10°38′ Aries and ends it at 23°35′ Aries — 12.9° of net progress: 19.8° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 1°16′ Taurus on Aug 14 back to 24°24′ Aries on Dec 28. Fastest day: Apr 10, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 20, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1939 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1939: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 1:03 AM UTC on August 14, 1939 at 1°16′ Taurus — 9:03 PM on August 13 in Santiago, 9:03 PM on August 13 in New York, 2:03 AM in London and 10:03 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Mon, Aug 14 · 1°16′ Taurus Thu, Dec 28 · 24°25′ Aries
Honolulu United States 2:33 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−10:30 2:42 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 3:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−10 3:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 5:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−8 5:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 6:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−7 6:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−7
Denver United States 6:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−7 6:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 8:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−5 7:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 7:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−6 7:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−6
New York United States 9:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−4 8:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 9:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−4 8:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 8:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−5 8:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 8:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−5 9:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−4
Caracas Venezuela 8:33 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−4:30 8:42 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 9:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−4 9:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 9:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−4 10:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 10:03 PM Sun, Aug 13 · UTC−3 10:12 PM Wed, Dec 27 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 1:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC 12:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 2:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+1 1:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 2:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+1 2:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+1
Paris France 2:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+1 1:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC
Berlin Germany 2:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+1 2:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 3:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+2 3:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 3:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+2 3:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 3:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+2 3:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 3:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+2 3:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 4:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+3 4:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 3:48 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+2:45 3:57 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+2:45
Tehran Iran 4:33 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+3:30 4:42 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 5:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+4 5:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:33 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+5:30 6:42 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 6:33 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+5:30 6:42 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:33 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+5:30 6:42 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 6:56 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+5:53 7:05 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 8:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+7 8:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:33 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+7:30 8:42 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 8:23 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+7:20 8:32 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+7:20
Beijing China 9:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+8 9:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 9:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+8 9:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 9:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+8 9:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 10:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+9 10:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 10:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+9 10:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:33 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+9:30 10:42 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 11:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+10 11:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:03 AM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+10 11:12 AM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:33 PM Mon, Aug 14 · UTC+11:30 1:12 PM Thu, Dec 28 · UTC+12

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 6.86°

August 14 → December 28, 1939 in Taurus

Stations retrograde Aug 14, 1939, 1:03 AM UTC at 1°16′ Taurus
Stations direct Dec 28, 1939, 1:12 AM UTC at 24°25′ Aries
Shadow opens May 9, 1939, 4:36 AM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Mar 31, 1940, 1:30 AM UTC (94 days after)
Full window including shadows 327 days

Saturn retrograde in Taurus

Saturn retrograde in Taurus reviews financial security, possessions and values. Long-term financial plans are reassessed and resistance to change is examined. It suits strengthening practical foundations.

…and back into Aries

Saturn retrograde in Aries, its sign of fall, reviews independence, leadership and impulse. Plans launched too hastily need restructuring, and patience becomes the lesson. It suits rebuilding personal initiatives on firmer ground.

It begins in Leo season and ends in Capricorn season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Leo — Aug 14 to Aug 20, 1939 (7 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Aquarius — Aug 14 to Aug 23, 1939 (10 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — Aug 14 to Nov 24, 1939 (103 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — Aug 28 to Dec 28, 1939 (121 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Nov 4 to Dec 28, 1939 (54 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — Nov 18 to Dec 8, 1939 (20 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1939

Previous

1938 Ended December 14, 1938 after 137 days, moving back 6.82° through the zodiac.

Next

1940 Begins August 27, 1940 and runs 135 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 1939

Saturn through the zodiac in 1939

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1939, 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 Aries From Jan 1 – Jul 6
Saturn in Taurus Jul 6 – Sep 22
Saturn in Aries Sep 22 – Dec 31 and beyond

3 segments in 1939. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1939 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1939

Uranus in Taurus Aug 24, 1938 – Jan 22, 1939 · 151 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 2, 1938 – Apr 12, 1939 · 161 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 26, 1938 – Jun 1, 1939 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 24, 1939 – Apr 16, 1939 · 23 days
Mars in Aquarius Jun 22, 1939 – Aug 23, 1939 · 62 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 27, 1939 – Aug 20, 1939 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries Jul 29, 1939 – Nov 24, 1939 · 118 days
Uranus in Taurus Aug 28, 1939 – Jan 26, 1940 · 151 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 4, 1939 – Apr 13, 1940 · 161 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 18, 1939 – Dec 8, 1939 · 20 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 28, 1939 – Jun 3, 1940 · 158 days
← 1938 Saturn retrograde in 1938. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1940 → Saturn retrograde in 1940.

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