Saturn retrograde 1997

1 period, 137 days inside the year — 37.5% of 1997. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

137 days · retreats 6.84°

1 August → 16 December 1997 in Aries

Stations retrograde 1 Aug 1997, 11:02 UTC at 20.26° Aries

Stations direct 16 Dec 1997, 07:15 UTC at 13.42° Aries

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1997

1996 Ended 3 December 1996 after 138 days, moving back 6.8° through the zodiac.

1998 Begins 15 August 1998 and runs 136 days.

Gap across 1997

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 Saturn retrograde in 1996. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Saturn retrograde in 1998.