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Saturn retrograde dates in 1997

Saturn turns retrograde once in 1997.

Saturn turns retrograde once about every 12.5 months, and each retrograde lasts between 134 and 141 days, about four and a half months. It spends close to a third of every year retrograde.

A retrograde of Saturn is centred on its opposition to the Sun, when the Earth overtakes it. In tradition Saturn stands for structure, limits and responsibility, and astrologers who follow retrogrades read a Saturn retrograde as a time to revisit those themes. That is a tradition of interpretation, not a measured effect.

Stations in 1997

  • Turns retrograde

    Friday 1 August 1997, 20:03

    Aries 20°

  • Turns direct

    Tuesday 16 December 1997, 12:26

    Aries 13°

Stations are found by Astrely's own code from the planets' positions and are shown in Nicosia time. Mercury's stations are checked against NASA/JPL Horizons to within four minutes; the outer planets move so slowly around a station that their times are best read to the day. The method page has the details.

Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.