Saturn retrograde 1948

2 periods, 122 days inside the year — 33.4% of 1948. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

135 days · retreats 6.93° · crosses the year boundary

4 December → 17 April 1948 in Leo

Stations retrograde 4 Dec 1947, 08:58 UTC at 23.39° Leo
Stations direct 17 Apr 1948, 02:53 UTC at 16.46° Leo

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

55 days · retreats 2.48° · crosses the year boundary

16 December → 9 February 1949 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 16 Dec 1948, 21:48 UTC at 6.91° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1949, 23:59 UTC at 4.43° Virgo
Shadow opens 24 Oct 1948 (53 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1948

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1947 Ended 9 February 1948 after 68 days, moving back 3.51° through the zodiac.

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1949 Begins 16 December 1948 and runs 135 days.

Gap across 1948

0.9 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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