Saturn retrograde 1956

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.4% of 1956. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.66°

12 March → 30 July 1956 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 12 Mar 1956, 04:55 UTC at 3.53° Sagittarius

Stations direct 30 Jul 1956, 19:58 UTC at 26.87° Scorpio

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1956

1955 Ended 19 July 1955 after 140 days, moving back 6.69° through the zodiac.

1957 Begins 24 March 1957 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1956

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.

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