Saturn retrograde 2030

2 periods, 120 days inside the year — 33% of 2030. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

58 days · retreats 2.76° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 19 January 2030 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 2029, 00:00 UTC at 20.49° Taurus
Stations direct 19 Jan 2030, 05:13 UTC at 17.73° Taurus
Shadow closes 16 Mar 2030 (56 days after)

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

134 days · retreats 6.95° · crosses the year boundary

20 September → 2 February 2031 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 20 Sep 2030, 20:30 UTC at 8.56° Gemini
Stations direct 2 Feb 2031, 03:49 UTC at 1.61° Gemini

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2030

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2029 Ended 19 January 2030 after 135 days, moving back 6.93° through the zodiac.

Next

2031 Begins 22 November 2030 and runs 72 days.

Gap across 2030

0.8 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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