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Saturn retrograde 1968

Saturn retrograde 1968: 1 period, 136 days inside the year — 37.3% of 1968. Saturn turned retrograde at 2:23 AM UTC on August 7 at 25°33′ Aries and turned direct at 11:39 AM UTC on December 21 at 18°41′ Aries.

Turns retrograde
Aug 7 2:23 AM UTC
Turns direct
Dec 21 11:39 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1968
136 days 37.3% of the year
Sign
Aries retreats 6.86°
Saturn Retrograde 1968 Dates: Aug 7 – Dec 21

Saturn’s path through 1968, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1968
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1968. Saturn starts 1968 at 5°39′ Aries and ends it at 18°21′ Aries — 12.7° of net progress: 19.6° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 25°33′ Aries on Aug 7 back to 18°41′ Aries on Dec 21. Fastest day: Apr 3, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 15, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 1968 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 9, 1967 – Mar 12, 1968Pre-retrograde shadow: May 2, 1968 – Aug 7, 1968Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 21, 1968 – Mar 25, 1969Retrograde: Aug 7, 1968 – Dec 21, 19685° Aries10° Aries15° Aries20° Aries25° AriesStations retrograde Aug 7, 1968, 2:23 AM UTC, 25°33′ AriesR Aug 7Stations direct Dec 21, 1968, 11:39 AM UTC, 18°41′ AriesD Dec 21JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1968. Saturn starts 1968 at 5°39′ Aries and ends it at 18°21′ Aries — 12.7° of net progress: 19.6° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 25°33′ Aries on Aug 7 back to 18°41′ Aries on Dec 21. Fastest day: Apr 3, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 15, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 1968 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 9, 1967 – Mar 12, 1968Pre-retrograde shadow: May 2, 1968 – Aug 7, 1968Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 21, 1968 – Mar 25, 1969Retrograde: Aug 7, 1968 – Dec 21, 19685° Aries10° Aries15° Aries20° Aries25° AriesStations retrograde Aug 7, 1968, 2:23 AM UTC, 25°33′ AriesR Aug 7Stations direct Dec 21, 1968, 11:39 AM UTC, 18°41′ AriesD Dec 21JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1968 at 5°39′ Aries and ends it at 18°21′ Aries — 12.7° of net progress: 19.6° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 25°33′ Aries on Aug 7 back to 18°41′ Aries on Dec 21. Fastest day: Apr 3, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 15, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 1968 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1968: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 2:23 AM UTC on August 7, 1968 at 25°33′ Aries — 10:23 PM on August 6 in Santiago, 10:23 PM on August 6 in New York, 3:23 AM in London and 11:23 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, Aug 7 · 25°33′ Aries Sat, Dec 21 · 18°41′ Aries
Honolulu United States 4:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−10 1:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 4:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−10 1:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 7:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−7 3:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 7:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−7 4:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−6 4:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 9:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−5 5:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 8:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−6 5:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−4 6:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 10:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−4 6:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 9:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−5 6:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−5 6:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−4 7:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 10:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−4 8:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−4 8:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:23 PM Tue, Aug 6 · UTC−3 8:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC 11:39 AM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+1 12:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+1 12:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+1
Paris France 3:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+1 12:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 3:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+1 12:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 4:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+2 1:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 5:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+3 1:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 4:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+2 1:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 4:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+2 1:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 5:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+3 2:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+3 2:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 5:53 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+3:30 3:09 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+4 3:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+5 4:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:53 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+5:30 5:09 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:53 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+5:30 5:09 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+6 5:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+7 6:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+7 6:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+7
Singapore 9:53 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+7:30 7:09 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 10:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+8 7:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+8 7:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+8 7:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+9 8:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:23 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+9 8:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:53 AM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+9:30 9:09 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:23 PM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+10 9:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:23 PM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+10 9:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:23 PM Wed, Aug 7 · UTC+12 11:39 PM Sat, Dec 21 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Saturn station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.2 minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

136 days · retreats 6.86°

August 7 → December 21, 1968 in Aries

Stations retrograde Aug 7, 1968, 2:23 AM UTC at 25°33′ Aries
Stations direct Dec 21, 1968, 11:39 AM UTC at 18°41′ Aries
Shadow opens May 2, 1968, 12:13 AM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Mar 25, 1969, 3:05 PM UTC (94 days after)
Full window including shadows 328 days

Saturn retrograde in Aries

Saturn retrograde in Aries, its sign of fall, reviews independence, leadership and impulse. Plans launched too hastily need restructuring, and patience becomes the lesson. It suits rebuilding personal initiatives on firmer ground.

It begins in Leo season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

For the sign itself, see Aries and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1968

Previous

1967 Ended December 9, 1967 after 137 days, moving back 6.82° through the zodiac.

Next

1969 Begins August 21, 1969 and runs 136 days.

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.

Computed for 1968

Saturn through the zodiac in 1968

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1968, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Saturn in Aries From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Saturn moves.

1968 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1968

Jupiter in Virgo Dec 22, 1967 – Apr 21, 1968 · 122 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 26, 1967 – May 31, 1968 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo Jan 4, 1968 – Jun 2, 1968 · 150 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 6, 1968 – Feb 28, 1968 · 22 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 27, 1968 – Aug 5, 1968 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 6, 1968 – Jun 30, 1968 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 3, 1968 – Oct 24, 1968 · 21 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 27, 1968 – Jun 2, 1969 · 157 days
← 1967 Saturn retrograde in 1967. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Saturn retrograde in 1969.

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