Saturn retrograde 1947

2 periods, 120 days inside the year — 33% of 1947. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

133 days · retreats 6.95° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 3 April 1947 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1946, 00:00 UTC at 9.61° Leo
Stations direct 3 Apr 1947, 18:17 UTC at 2.66° Leo

Read against Leo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

68 days · retreats 3.51° · crosses the year boundary

4 December → 9 February 1948 in Leo

Stations retrograde 4 Dec 1947, 08:58 UTC at 23.39° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1948, 23:59 UTC at 19.88° Leo
Shadow opens 1 Oct 1947 (64 days before)

Read against Leo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1947

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1946 Ended 9 February 1947 after 81 days, moving back 4.65° through the zodiac.

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1948 Begins 4 December 1947 and runs 135 days.

Gap across 1947

0.8 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

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.

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