Saturn retrograde 1969

1 period, 133 days inside the year — 36.3% of 1969. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

136 days · retreats 6.89° · crosses the year boundary

21 August → 3 January 1970 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 21 Aug 1969, 07:50 UTC at 9.51° Taurus

Stations direct 3 Jan 1970, 23:18 UTC at 2.62° Taurus

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1969

1968 Ended 21 December 1968 after 136 days, moving back 6.86° through the zodiac.

1970 Begins 22 November 1969 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1969

0.9 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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