Saturn retrograde 1974

2 periods, 119 days inside the year — 32.7% of 1974. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

98 days · retreats 5.83° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 27 February 1974 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1973, 00:00 UTC at 4.09° Cancer
Stations direct 27 Feb 1974, 23:55 UTC at 28.26° Gemini
Shadow closes 24 May 1974 (85 days after)

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

101 days · retreats 6.02° · crosses the year boundary

31 October → 9 February 1975 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 31 Oct 1974, 14:57 UTC at 19.35° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 1975, 23:59 UTC at 13.33° Cancer
Shadow opens 5 Aug 1974 (87 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1974

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1973 Ended 9 February 1974 after 116 days, moving back 6.67° through the zodiac.

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1975 Begins 22 November 1974 and runs 112 days.

Gap across 1974

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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