Saturn retrograde 1987

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 1987. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.63°

31 March → 19 August 1987 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 31 Mar 1987, 02:20 UTC at 21.3° Sagittarius

Stations direct 19 Aug 1987, 07:06 UTC at 14.67° 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 1987

1986 Ended 7 August 1986 after 141 days, moving back 6.65° through the zodiac.

1988 Begins 10 April 1988 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1987

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.

← 1986 Saturn retrograde in 1986. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1988 → Saturn retrograde in 1988.