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

It begins in Aries season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Pluto in Scorpio — 31 Mar to 18 Jul 1987 (109 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 1 Apr to 19 Aug 1987 (140 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 9 Apr to 19 Aug 1987 (131 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 21 Jun to 15 Jul 1987 (24 days of overlap)

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

Previous

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

Next

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.

Computed for 1987

Saturn through the zodiac in 1987

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1987, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Saturn in Sagittarius From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Saturn moves.

1987 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1987

Pluto in Scorpio 11 Feb 1987 – 18 Jul 1987 · 157 days
Mercury in Pisces 18 Feb 1987 – 12 Mar 1987 · 22 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 1 Apr 1987 – 1 Sep 1987 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn 9 Apr 1987 – 17 Sep 1987 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer 21 Jun 1987 – 15 Jul 1987 · 24 days
Jupiter in Taurus 19 Aug 1987 – 15 Dec 1987 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio 16 Oct 1987 – 6 Nov 1987 · 21 days
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