Yes. Saturn has been retrograde since July 26, at 11°31′ Aries today. It stands still and turns forward on December 10 and is clear of its shadow on March 15. Day 67 of 137.
Saturn walks back over ground it has already surveyed, checking the joinery, testing each beam with the whole of its weight.
| Entered shadow | April 20 at 12:10 PM | 7°55′ Aries |
| Stood still, turned back | July 26 at 7:57 PM | 14°44′ Aries |
| Stands still, turns forward | December 10 at 11:23 PM | 7°55′ Aries |
| Leaves shadow | March 15 at 6:48 AM | 14°44′ Aries |
Retrograde is a trick of vantage: from here the slow planet seems to reverse through Aries while the Earth overtakes it. In the sky nothing runs backward. What changes is where we stand to look. Astrologers read the interval as a review of Saturn’s business, which is the business of what holds: the structures, the limits, the promises kept past the point of pleasure, the walls one has built and the walls one has been kept behind. Before it resumes its course over the same degrees a third time, the inspection is made, beam by beam, in silence. Work done during the review is said to last. Work done to avoid it is said not to. The retrograde ends when Saturn stands still and turns on December 10; it clears its shadow on March 15.
Retrograde from 14°44′ Aries, the degree of a weaver patiently shaping a sacred pattern, thread by deliberate thread, back to 7°55′ Aries, the degree of a wide-brimmed hat with long streamers, caught and lifted by an east wind. One hundred thirty-seven days.
Saturn today: 11°31′ Aries, the twelfth degree. A flock of wild geese crossing the open sky.
Retrograde is a trick of vantage: from here the slow planet seems to reverse through Aries while the Earth overtakes it. In the sky nothing runs backward. What changes is where we stand to look. Astrologers read the interval as a review of Saturn’s business, which is the business of what holds: the structures, the limits, the promises kept past the point of pleasure, the walls one has built and the walls one has been kept behind. Before it resumes its course over the same degrees a third time, the inspection is made, beam by beam, in silence. Work done during the review is said to last. Work done to avoid it is said not to. The retrograde ends when Saturn stands still and turns on ; it clears its shadow on .
Saturn retrogrades once a year for about four and a half months, and spends more than a third of its long life appearing to move backward.
| Enters shadow | Stands still, turns back | Stands still, turns forward | Leaves shadow |
|---|---|---|---|
14°44′ Aries | 7°55′ Aries | ||
27°52′ Aries | 21°01′ Aries |
About 37 percent of people were born with Saturn retrograde. Enter a date and time and Moondark will tell you, along with the Moon’s sign and phase and whether she was void.
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