Saturn retrograde 1981

1 period, 137 days inside the year — 37.7% of 1981. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

137 days · retreats 6.8°

18 January → 5 June 1981 in Libra

Stations retrograde 18 Jan 1981, 14:46 UTC at 10.07° Libra

Stations direct 5 Jun 1981, 02:36 UTC at 3.26° Libra

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1981

1980 Ended 22 May 1980 after 137 days, moving back 6.84° through the zodiac.

1982 Begins 31 January 1982 and runs 138 days.

Gap across 1981

1.7 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.

← 1980 Saturn retrograde in 1980. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1982 → Saturn retrograde in 1982.