Saturn is retrograde right now
It has been retrograde since and turns direct on at . 124 days left.
10% complete
Now in
aAries,
14°35′
Saturn runs commitments and time. Saturn retrograde returns whatever was done in a rush: unfinished, underpaid, left unsaid. On average a period lasts 137 days,
happens roughly 1
time a year.
Retrograde periods Saturn: 2021–2031
Eastern Time, to the minute. "Shadow before" is when the planet first crossed the degree of the coming
station; "shadow after" is when it returned direct to where the retrograde began.
Look honestly at where you took on someone else's load
Where to leave yourself margin
Taking on new long commitments with no margin
Hoping it will resolve itself: Saturn brings the question back
These are not prohibitions. A retrograde does not cancel your life – it shows you where the wind is
behind you and where it is in your face. If something cannot be moved, it can be done
with margin: re-read it, ask again, leave an extra day.
How this is calculated.
Our numbers come from the Moira 6.1.0 engine running on
NASA JPL DE440 ephemerides, tropical zodiac,
Eastern Time, data updated Aug 8, 2026.
More on our method →
The wheel uses the tropical zodiac, 0° Aries on the left, signs running counterclockwise.
The lines in the middle are the exact angles between planets at that moment.
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