Saturn retrograde 2006

2 periods, 120 days inside the year — 33% of 2006. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

134 days · retreats 6.95° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 5 April 2006 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 2005, 02:32 UTC at 11.07° Leo
Stations direct 5 Apr 2006, 09:20 UTC at 4.13° Leo

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

66 days · retreats 3.39° · crosses the year boundary

5 December → 9 February 2007 in Leo

Stations retrograde 5 Dec 2006, 21:29 UTC at 24.82° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 2007, 23:59 UTC at 21.43° Leo
Shadow opens 3 Oct 2006 (63 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2006

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2005 Ended 9 February 2006 after 80 days, moving back 4.53° through the zodiac.

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2007 Begins 5 December 2006 and runs 135 days.

Gap across 2006

0.8 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.

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