Saturn retrograde 2008

2 periods, 123 days inside the year — 33.7% of 2008. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

136 days · retreats 6.89° · crosses the year boundary

19 December → 2 May 2008 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 19 Dec 2007, 09:20 UTC at 8.3° Virgo
Stations direct 2 May 2008, 21:36 UTC at 1.41° Virgo

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

40 days · retreats 1.4° · crosses the year boundary

31 December → 9 February 2009 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 31 Dec 2008, 13:52 UTC at 21.49° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 2009, 23:59 UTC at 20.09° Virgo
Shadow opens 21 Nov 2008 (40 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2008

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2007 Ended 9 February 2008 after 53 days, moving back 2.29° through the zodiac.

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2009 Begins 31 December 2008 and runs 136 days.

Gap across 2008

0.9 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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