Saturn retrograde 1983

1 period, 139 days inside the year — 38.1% of 1983. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

139 days · retreats 6.73°

12 February → 1 July 1983 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 12 Feb 1983, 09:21 UTC at 4.69° Scorpio

Stations direct 1 Jul 1983, 11:45 UTC at 27.96° Libra

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1983

1982 Ended 18 June 1982 after 138 days, moving back 6.77° through the zodiac.

1984 Begins 24 February 1984 and runs 140 days.

Gap across 1983

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.

← 1982 Saturn retrograde in 1982. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Saturn retrograde in 1984.