Saturn retrograde 1961

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 1961. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.64°

9 May → 27 September 1961 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 9 May 1961, 17:18 UTC at 0.53° Aquarius

Stations direct 27 Sep 1961, 21:45 UTC at 23.9° Capricorn

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1961

1960 Ended 16 September 1960 after 141 days, moving back 6.63° through the zodiac.

1962 Begins 21 May 1962 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1961

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.

← 1960 Saturn retrograde in 1960. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1962 → Saturn retrograde in 1962.