Saturn retrograde 1971

2 periods, 120 days inside the year — 33% of 1971. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

57 days · retreats 2.63° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 17 January 1971 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1970, 00:00 UTC at 18.87° Taurus
Stations direct 17 Jan 1971, 14:49 UTC at 16.24° Taurus
Shadow closes 13 Mar 1971 (55 days after)

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

134 days · retreats 6.95° · crosses the year boundary

19 September → 31 January 1972 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 19 Sep 1971, 04:36 UTC at 7.05° Gemini
Stations direct 31 Jan 1972, 12:49 UTC at 0.1° Gemini

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1971

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1970 Ended 17 January 1971 after 135 days, moving back 6.92° through the zodiac.

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1972 Begins 22 November 1971 and runs 71 days.

Gap across 1971

0.8 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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