# What Sign Is Saturn in Right Now? > Saturn is in Aries right now, at 11°33' Aries as of October 1, 2026 at 04:42 UTC. Saturn entered Aries on February 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM ET (00:39 UTC on February 14) and stays until April 13, 2028 at 12:04 AM ET (04:04 UTC), when it moves into Taurus. Saturn is retrograde. Computed October 1, 2026 at 04:42 UTC. Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/saturn | Body | Sign | Position | Motion | In sign since | Next sign change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Saturn | Aries | 11°33'37" Aries | retrograde | 2026-02-14 | 2028-04-13 04:04 UTC into Taurus | ## Retrograde Yes. Saturn has been retrograde since July 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM ET (19:58 UTC) and turns direct on December 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM ET (23:24 UTC) at 7°55' Aries. Its post-retrograde shadow ends on March 15, 2027. | Planet | Stations retrograde | Stations direct | Signs | Shadow | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Saturn | 2025-07-13 04:00 UTC at 1°55' Aries | 2025-11-28 03:49 UTC at 25°09' Pisces | Aries, Pisces | 2025-04-06 to 2026-03-02 | | Saturn | 2026-07-26 19:58 UTC at 14°44' Aries | 2026-12-10 23:24 UTC at 7°55' Aries | Aries | 2026-04-20 to 2027-03-15 | | Saturn | 2027-08-09 17:52 UTC at 27°52' Aries | 2027-12-24 02:49 UTC at 21°01' Aries | Aries | 2027-05-04 to 2028-03-27 | ## Sign Changes | Date (UTC) | Enters | Leaves | Retrograde | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2023-03-07 13:41 UTC | Pisces | Aquarius | no | | 2025-05-25 04:16 UTC | Aries | Pisces | no | | 2025-09-01 07:14 UTC | Pisces | Aries | yes | | 2026-02-14 00:39 UTC | Aries | Pisces | no | | 2028-04-13 04:04 UTC | Taurus | Aries | no | | 2030-06-01 02:32 UTC | Gemini | Taurus | no | | 2032-07-14 02:15 UTC | Cancer | Gemini | no | | 2034-08-27 03:03 UTC | Leo | Cancer | no | ## Aspects in the Next 30 Days | Date (UTC) | Event | Detail | | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-10-04 12:26 UTC | The Sun opposite Saturn | Exact opposition | | 2026-10-16 08:25 UTC | Mars trine Saturn | Exact trine | ## Questions ### What Sign Is Saturn in Right Now? Saturn is in Aries right now, at 11°33' Aries as of October 1, 2026 at 04:42 UTC. Saturn entered Aries on February 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM ET (00:39 UTC on February 14) and stays until April 13, 2028 at 12:04 AM ET (04:04 UTC), when it moves into Taurus. Saturn is retrograde. ### Is Saturn Retrograde Right Now? Yes. Saturn has been retrograde since July 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM ET (19:58 UTC) and turns direct on December 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM ET (23:24 UTC) at 7°55' Aries. Its post-retrograde shadow ends on March 15, 2027. ### When Is the Next Saturn Retrograde? The next Saturn retrograde begins on August 9, 2027 at 1:52 PM ET (17:52 UTC) at 27°52' Aries and ends on December 23, 2027 at 9:49 PM ET (02:49 UTC on December 24) at 21°01' Aries. The shadow period runs from May 4, 2027 to March 27, 2028. ### What Does Saturn in Aries Mean? Saturn represents structure, responsibility, limits, time, discipline, and maturity. In Aries, those themes take on a direct, fast, competitive, and self-starting quality. Saturn's sign shows where the collective is tested and asked to build something that lasts. ### How Long Does Saturn Stay in Each Sign? Saturn spends about two and a half years in each sign and returns to the same place about every 29.5 years, the Saturn return. It turns retrograde for about four and a half months every year. ### Why Do Some Sites List a Different Date for This Sign Change? Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser. ## Method Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time. Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/saturn). Free to cite with a link to the source page.