Saturn retrograde 2011

1 period, 138 days inside the year — 37.8% of 2011. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

138 days · retreats 6.78°

26 January → 13 June 2011 in Libra

Stations retrograde 26 Jan 2011, 01:59 UTC at 16.96° Libra

Stations direct 13 Jun 2011, 00:55 UTC at 10.18° Libra

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2011

2010 Ended 30 May 2010 after 137 days, moving back 6.82° through the zodiac.

2012 Begins 7 February 2012 and runs 139 days.

Gap across 2011

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.

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