Saturn retrograde 1977

2 periods, 121 days inside the year — 33.1% of 1977. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

134 days · retreats 6.94° · crosses the year boundary

27 November → 11 April 1977 in Leo

Stations retrograde 27 Nov 1976, 18:23 UTC at 17.25° Leo
Stations direct 11 Apr 1977, 06:20 UTC at 10.31° Leo

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

61 days · retreats 2.93° · crosses the year boundary

11 December → 9 February 1978 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 11 Dec 1977, 10:19 UTC at 0.89° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1978, 23:59 UTC at 27.96° Leo
Shadow opens 14 Oct 1977 (58 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1977

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1976 Ended 9 February 1977 after 74 days, moving back 4.06° through the zodiac.

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1978 Begins 11 December 1977 and runs 135 days.

Gap across 1977

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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