Saturn retrograde 2012

1 period, 139 days inside the year — 37.9% of 2012. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

139 days · retreats 6.75°

7 February → 25 June 2012 in Libra

Stations retrograde 7 Feb 2012, 10:51 UTC at 29.26° Libra

Stations direct 25 Jun 2012, 05:04 UTC at 22.51° 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 2012

2011 Ended 13 June 2011 after 138 days, moving back 6.78° through the zodiac.

2013 Begins 18 February 2013 and runs 139 days.

Gap across 2012

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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