Saturn retrograde 1991

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.6% of 1991. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.65°

17 May → 5 October 1991 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 17 May 1991, 00:27 UTC at 6.89° Aquarius
Stations direct 5 Oct 1991, 00:34 UTC at 0.24° Aquarius

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Capricorn — 17 May to 19 Sep 1991 (125 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 17 May to 26 Sep 1991 (132 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 17 May to 28 Jul 1991 (73 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — 1 Aug to 13 Sep 1991 (43 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 7 Aug to 31 Aug 1991 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1991

Previous

1990 Ended 23 September 1990 after 141 days, moving back 6.63° through the zodiac.

Next

1992 Begins 28 May 1992 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1991

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 1991

Saturn through the zodiac in 1991

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1991, 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 – 6 Feb
Saturn in Aquarius 6 Feb – 31 Dec and beyond

2 segments in 1991. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1991 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1991

Mars in Gemini 22 Nov 1990 – 1 Jan 1991 · 41 days
Jupiter in Leo 30 Nov 1990 – 30 Mar 1991 · 120 days
Mercury in Capricorn 14 Dec 1990 – 3 Jan 1991 · 20 days
Pluto in Scorpio 21 Feb 1991 – 28 Jul 1991 · 157 days
Mercury in Aries 4 Apr 1991 – 28 Apr 1991 · 24 days
Uranus in Capricorn 18 Apr 1991 – 19 Sep 1991 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn 18 Apr 1991 – 26 Sep 1991 · 160 days
Venus in Virgo 1 Aug 1991 – 13 Sep 1991 · 43 days
Mercury in Virgo 7 Aug 1991 – 31 Aug 1991 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 28 Nov 1991 – 18 Dec 1991 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo 30 Dec 1991 – 9 Feb 1992 · 41 days
← 1990 Saturn retrograde in 1990. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1992 → Saturn retrograde in 1992.