Saturn retrograde 2026

1 period, 137 days inside the year — 37.6% of 2026. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

137 days · retreats 6.82°

26 July → 11 December 2026 in Aries

Stations retrograde 26 Jul 2026, 19:38 UTC at 14.45° Aries

Stations direct 11 Dec 2026, 01:06 UTC at 7.63° Aries

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2026

2025 Ended 28 November 2025 after 138 days, moving back 6.79° through the zodiac.

2027 Begins 9 August 2027 and runs 136 days.

Gap across 2026

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.

← 2025 Saturn retrograde in 2025. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2027 → Saturn retrograde in 2027.