Saturn retrograde 1990

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 1990. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.63°

4 May → 23 September 1990 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 4 May 1990, 20:11 UTC at 25.41° Capricorn
Stations direct 23 Sep 1990, 03:03 UTC at 18.77° Capricorn

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Taurus — 4 May to 17 May 1990 (12 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Capricorn — 4 May to 14 Sep 1990 (133 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 4 May to 23 Sep 1990 (141 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 4 May to 25 Jul 1990 (82 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 25 Aug to 17 Sep 1990 (23 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1990

Previous

1989 Ended 11 September 1989 after 141 days, moving back 6.63° through the zodiac.

Next

1991 Begins 17 May 1991 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1990

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 1990

Saturn through the zodiac in 1990

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1990, 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 Capricorn From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1990 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1990

Jupiter in Cancer 22 Nov 1989 – 24 Feb 1990 · 95 days
Venus in Aquarius 29 Dec 1989 – 8 Feb 1990 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn 30 Dec 1989 – 20 Jan 1990 · 20 days
Pluto in Scorpio 18 Feb 1990 – 25 Jul 1990 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn 13 Apr 1990 – 14 Sep 1990 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn 16 Apr 1990 – 23 Sep 1990 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus 23 Apr 1990 – 17 May 1990 · 24 days
Mercury in Virgo 25 Aug 1990 – 17 Sep 1990 · 23 days
Mars in Gemini 20 Oct 1990 – 1 Jan 1991 · 73 days
Jupiter in Leo 30 Nov 1990 – 9 Feb 1991 · 72 days
Mercury in Capricorn 14 Dec 1990 – 3 Jan 1991 · 20 days
← 1989 Saturn retrograde in 1989. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1991 → Saturn retrograde in 1991.