Saturn retrograde 1968

1 period, 136 days inside the year — 37.3% of 1968. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

136 days · retreats 6.86°

7 August → 21 December 1968 in Aries

Stations retrograde 7 Aug 1968, 03:41 UTC at 26.13° Aries

Stations direct 21 Dec 1968, 14:43 UTC at 19.27° Aries

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1968

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

1969 Begins 21 August 1969 and runs 136 days.

Gap across 1968

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.

← 1967 Saturn retrograde in 1967. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Saturn retrograde in 1969.