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

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 Leo season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 1 Aug to 8 Oct 1997 (68 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 1 Aug to 14 Oct 1997 (74 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 1 Aug to 9 Oct 1997 (69 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 1 Aug to 13 Aug 1997 (12 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 17 Aug to 10 Sep 1997 (23 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 7 Dec to 16 Dec 1997 (9 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 1997

Previous

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

Next

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.

1997 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1997

Mercury in Capricorn 23 Dec 1996 – 12 Jan 1997 · 20 days
Mars in Libra 6 Feb 1997 – 27 Apr 1997 · 81 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 8 Mar 1997 – 13 Aug 1997 · 158 days
Mercury in Taurus 14 Apr 1997 – 8 May 1997 · 24 days
Neptune in Capricorn 1 May 1997 – 9 Oct 1997 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 12 May 1997 – 14 Oct 1997 · 154 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 10 Jun 1997 – 8 Oct 1997 · 120 days
Mercury in Virgo 17 Aug 1997 – 10 Sep 1997 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 7 Dec 1997 – 27 Dec 1997 · 20 days
Venus in Aquarius 26 Dec 1997 – 5 Feb 1998 · 41 days
← 1996 Saturn retrograde in 1996. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Saturn retrograde in 1998.