Saturn retrograde 1998

1 period, 136 days inside the year — 37.3% of 1998. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

136 days · retreats 6.88°

15 August → 29 December 1998 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 15 Aug 1998, 12:41 UTC at 3.51° Taurus
Stations direct 29 Dec 1998, 12:43 UTC at 26.63° Aries

Saturn retrograde in Taurus

Saturn retrograde in Taurus reviews financial security, possessions and values. Long-term financial plans are reassessed and resistance to change is examined. It suits strengthening practical foundations.

…and back into 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 Capricorn season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Leo — 15 Aug to 23 Aug 1998 (8 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Pisces — 15 Aug to 13 Nov 1998 (90 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 15 Aug to 18 Oct 1998 (64 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 15 Aug to 11 Oct 1998 (57 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 15 Aug to 16 Aug 1998 (1 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 21 Nov to 11 Dec 1998 (20 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1998

Previous

1997 Ended 16 December 1997 after 137 days, moving back 6.84° through the zodiac.

Next

1999 Begins 29 August 1999 and runs 135 days.

Gap across 1998

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.

1998 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1998

Venus in Aquarius 26 Dec 1997 – 5 Feb 1998 · 41 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 11 Mar 1998 – 16 Aug 1998 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries 27 Mar 1998 – 20 Apr 1998 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 4 May 1998 – 11 Oct 1998 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 17 May 1998 – 18 Oct 1998 · 154 days
Jupiter in Pisces 18 Jul 1998 – 13 Nov 1998 · 118 days
Mercury in Leo 31 Jul 1998 – 23 Aug 1998 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 21 Nov 1998 – 11 Dec 1998 · 20 days
← 1997 Saturn retrograde in 1997. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1999 → Saturn retrograde in 1999.