Saturn retrograde 2013

1 period, 139 days inside the year — 38.2% of 2013. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

139 days · retreats 6.71°

18 February → 8 July 2013 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 18 Feb 2013, 14:47 UTC at 11.29° Scorpio

Stations direct 8 Jul 2013, 02:41 UTC at 4.57° Scorpio

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2013

2012 Ended 25 June 2012 after 139 days, moving back 6.75° through the zodiac.

2014 Begins 2 March 2014 and runs 140 days.

Gap across 2013

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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