Saturn retrograde 1970

2 periods, 121 days inside the year — 33.2% of 1970. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 1.59° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 3 January 1970 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1969, 00:00 UTC at 4.21° Taurus
Stations direct 3 Jan 1970, 23:18 UTC at 2.62° Taurus
Shadow closes 15 Feb 1970 (42 days after)

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

135 days · retreats 6.92° · crosses the year boundary

4 September → 17 January 1971 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 4 Sep 1970, 16:43 UTC at 23.17° Taurus
Stations direct 17 Jan 1971, 14:49 UTC at 16.24° 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 1970

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1969 Ended 3 January 1970 after 136 days, moving back 6.89° through the zodiac.

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1971 Begins 22 November 1970 and runs 57 days.

Gap across 1970

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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