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Saturn retrograde 1996

Saturn retrograde 1996: 1 period, 138 days inside the year — 37.6% of 1996. Saturn turned retrograde at 8:29 PM UTC on July 18 at 7°23′ Aries and turned direct at 12:39 PM UTC on December 3 at 0°36′ Aries.

Turns retrograde
Jul 18 8:29 PM UTC
Turns direct
Dec 3 12:39 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1996
138 days 37.6% of the year
Sign
Aries retreats 6.79°
Saturn Retrograde 1996 Dates: Jul 18 – Dec 3

Saturn’s path through 1996, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1996
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1996. Saturn starts 1996 at 19°23′ Pisces and ends it at 1°20′ Aries — 11.9° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.79° in 138 days, from 7°24′ Aries on Jul 18 back to 0°36′ Aries on Dec 3. Fastest day: Mar 1, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Sep 12, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 318 days of 1996 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Nov 21, 1995 – Feb 24, 1996Pre-retrograde shadow: Apr 12, 1996 – Jul 18, 1996Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 3, 1996 – Mar 7, 1997Retrograde: Jul 18, 1996 – Dec 3, 199620° Pisces25° Pisces0° Aries5° AriesStations retrograde Jul 18, 1996, 8:29 PM UTC, 7°23′ AriesR Jul 18Stations direct Dec 3, 1996, 12:39 PM UTC, 0°36′ AriesD Dec 3JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1996. Saturn starts 1996 at 19°23′ Pisces and ends it at 1°20′ Aries — 11.9° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.79° in 138 days, from 7°24′ Aries on Jul 18 back to 0°36′ Aries on Dec 3. Fastest day: Mar 1, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Sep 12, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 318 days of 1996 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Nov 21, 1995 – Feb 24, 1996Pre-retrograde shadow: Apr 12, 1996 – Jul 18, 1996Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 3, 1996 – Mar 7, 1997Retrograde: Jul 18, 1996 – Dec 3, 199620° Pisces25° Pisces0° Aries5° AriesStations retrograde Jul 18, 1996, 8:29 PM UTC, 7°23′ AriesR Jul 18Stations direct Dec 3, 1996, 12:39 PM UTC, 0°36′ AriesD Dec 3JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1996 at 19°23′ Pisces and ends it at 1°20′ Aries — 11.9° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.79° in 138 days, from 7°24′ Aries on Jul 18 back to 0°36′ Aries on Dec 3. Fastest day: Mar 1, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Sep 12, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 318 days of 1996 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1996: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 8:29 PM UTC on July 18, 1996 at 7°23′ Aries — 4:29 PM in Santiago, 4:29 PM in New York, 9:29 PM in London and 5:29 AM on July 19 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Thu, Jul 18 · 7°23′ Aries Tue, Dec 3 · 0°36′ Aries
Honolulu United States 10:29 AM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−10 2:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 12:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−8 3:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 1:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−7 4:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 1:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−7 5:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−6 5:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 3:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−5 6:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 3:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−5 6:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−6
New York United States 4:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−4 7:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 4:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−4 7:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 3:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−5 7:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 3:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−5 7:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 4:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−4 8:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 4:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−4 9:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 5:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−3 9:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 5:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC−3 10:39 AM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC−2
Reykjavík Iceland 8:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC 12:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC
London United Kingdom 9:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+1 12:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 9:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+1 1:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+2 1:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 10:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+2 1:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 10:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+2 2:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 11:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+3 2:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+3 2:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 11:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+3 2:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 12:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+4 3:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 11:29 PM Thu, Jul 18 · UTC+3 3:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 12:59 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+4:30 4:09 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 12:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+4 4:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 1:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+5 5:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 1:59 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+5:30 6:09 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 2:14 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+5:45 6:24 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 2:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+6 6:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 3:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+7 7:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 3:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+7 7:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+7
Singapore 4:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+8 8:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+8
Beijing China 4:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+8 8:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 4:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+8 8:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 4:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+8 8:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 5:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+9 9:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 5:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+9 9:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 5:59 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+9:30 11:09 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 6:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+10 10:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 6:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+10 11:39 PM Tue, Dec 3 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 8:29 AM Fri, Jul 19 · UTC+12 1:39 AM Wed, Dec 4 · UTC+13

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Saturn station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.2 minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

138 days · retreats 6.79°

July 18 → December 3, 1996 in Aries

Stations retrograde Jul 18, 1996, 8:29 PM UTC at 7°23′ Aries
Stations direct Dec 3, 1996, 12:39 PM UTC at 0°36′ Aries
Shadow opens Apr 12, 1996, 11:22 AM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Mar 7, 1997, 10:01 PM UTC (94 days after)
Full window including shadows 329 days

Saturn retrograde in Aries

Saturn retrograde in Aries, its sign of fall, reviews independence, leadership and impulse. Plans launched too hastily need restructuring, and patience becomes the lesson. It suits rebuilding personal initiatives on firmer ground.

It begins in Cancer season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Capricorn — Jul 18 to Sep 3, 1996 (47 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — Jul 18 to Oct 10, 1996 (83 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — Jul 18 to Oct 6, 1996 (80 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — Jul 18 to Aug 10, 1996 (23 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — Sep 4 to Sep 26, 1996 (22 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Aries and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1996

Previous

1995 Ended November 21, 1995 after 139 days, moving back 6.76° through the zodiac.

Next

1997 Begins August 1, 1997 and runs 137 days.

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 1996

Saturn through the zodiac in 1996

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1996, 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 Pisces From Jan 1 – Apr 7
Saturn in Aries Apr 7 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 1996. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1996 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1996

Mercury in Aquarius Jan 9, 1996 – Jan 30, 1996 · 21 days
Pluto in Sagittarius Mar 5, 1996 – Aug 10, 1996 · 158 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 29, 1996 – Oct 6, 1996 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus May 3, 1996 – May 27, 1996 · 24 days
Jupiter in Capricorn May 4, 1996 – Sep 3, 1996 · 122 days
Uranus in Aquarius May 8, 1996 – Oct 10, 1996 · 154 days
Venus in Gemini May 20, 1996 – Jul 2, 1996 · 43 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 4, 1996 – Sep 26, 1996 · 22 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 23, 1996 – Jan 12, 1997 · 20 days
← 1995 Saturn retrograde in 1995. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1997 → Saturn retrograde in 1997.

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