Saturn retrograde 1996

1 period, 138 days inside the year — 37.6% of 1996. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

138 days · retreats 6.8°

18 July → 3 December 1996 in Aries

Stations retrograde 18 Jul 1996, 15:47 UTC at 7.32° Aries
Stations direct 3 Dec 1996, 08:43 UTC at 0.52° Aries

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 — 18 Jul to 3 Sep 1996 (47 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 18 Jul to 9 Oct 1996 (83 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 18 Jul to 6 Oct 1996 (80 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 18 Jul to 10 Aug 1996 (23 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 4 Sep to 26 Sep 1996 (22 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1996

Previous

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

Next

1997 Begins 1 August 1997 and runs 137 days.

Gap across 1996

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.

1996 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1996

Mercury in Aquarius 9 Jan 1996 – 30 Jan 1996 · 21 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 5 Mar 1996 – 10 Aug 1996 · 158 days
Neptune in Capricorn 29 Apr 1996 – 6 Oct 1996 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus 3 May 1996 – 27 May 1996 · 24 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 4 May 1996 – 3 Sep 1996 · 122 days
Uranus in Aquarius 8 May 1996 – 9 Oct 1996 · 154 days
Venus in Gemini 20 May 1996 – 2 Jul 1996 · 43 days
Mercury in Libra 4 Sep 1996 – 26 Sep 1996 · 22 days
Mercury in Capricorn 23 Dec 1996 – 12 Jan 1997 · 20 days
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