Saturn retrograde 1953

1 period, 139 days inside the year — 38% of 1953. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

139 days · retreats 6.75°

5 February → 23 June 1953 in Libra

Stations retrograde 5 Feb 1953, 02:32 UTC at 28.02° Libra

Stations direct 23 Jun 1953, 18:48 UTC at 21.27° Libra

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1953

1952 Ended 10 June 1952 after 138 days, moving back 6.79° through the zodiac.

1954 Begins 17 February 1954 and runs 139 days.

Gap across 1953

1.7 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.

← 1952 Saturn retrograde in 1952. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1954 → Saturn retrograde in 1954.