Saturn retrograde dates in 2021
Saturn turns retrograde once in 2021.
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 2021
Turns retrograde
Sunday 23 May 2021, 12:30
Aquarius 13°
Turns direct
Monday 11 October 2021, 05:27
Aquarius 6°
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.