Saturn retrograde 1986

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.6% of 1986. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.65°

19 March → 7 August 1986 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 19 Mar 1986, 06:41 UTC at 9.87° Sagittarius

Stations direct 7 Aug 1986, 03:29 UTC at 3.22° Sagittarius

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1986

1985 Ended 25 July 1985 after 140 days, moving back 6.67° through the zodiac.

1987 Begins 31 March 1987 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1986

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.

← 1985 Saturn retrograde in 1985. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1987 → Saturn retrograde in 1987.