Saturn Return Calculator

Saturn comes back to the exact degree it held at your birth roughly every 29.5 years. Enter your birth date to get every exact return date and your age at each.

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Result

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Saturn and its rings (NASA, Cassini)

Worked example

Born 5 May 1990, 14:30 UTC

Natal Saturn: Capricorn 25°20′

Earth · Cardinal

  1. First return: 3 Feb 2020 (age 29), 27 Sep 2020 (age 30), 30 Sep 2020 (age 30). Three crossings because Saturn was retrograde near Capricorn 25°20′.
  2. Second return: 16 Mar 2049 (age 58), 28 Jun 2049 (age 59), 11 Dec 2049 (age 59). Three crossings because Saturn was retrograde near Capricorn 25°20′.
  3. Third return: 18 Jan 2079 (age 88).
Milky way

Saturn by birth year

Where Saturn was, and when it comes back

Saturn sign and first return by birth year, 1930–2035

The sign or signs Saturn occupied in each birth year, and the year of the first exact Saturn return for someone born on 1 January and on 31 December of that year. Your own dates come from the calculator above.

1930s10 years
Saturn, 1930s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
1930Capricorn1959–1960
1931Capricorn1960–1961
1932Capricorn → Aquarius → Capricorn → Aquarius1961–1962
1933Aquarius1962–1963
1934Aquarius1963–1964
1935Aquarius → Pisces1964–1965
1936Pisces1965–1966
1937Pisces → Aries → Pisces1966
1938Pisces → Aries1966–1967
1939Aries → Taurus → Aries1967–1968
1940s10 years
Saturn, 1940s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
1940Aries → Taurus1968–1969
1941Taurus1969–1970
1942Taurus → Gemini1970–1972
1943Gemini1972–1973
1944Gemini → Cancer1973–1974
1945Cancer1974–1975
1946Cancer → Leo1975–1976
1947Leo1976–1977
1948Leo → Virgo1977–1978
1949Virgo → Leo → Virgo1978–1979
1950s10 years
Saturn, 1950s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
1950Virgo → Libra1979–1980
1951Libra → Virgo → Libra1980–1981
1952Libra1981–1982
1953Libra → Scorpio1982–1983
1954Scorpio1983–1984
1955Scorpio1984–1985
1956Scorpio → Sagittarius → Scorpio → Sagittarius1985–1986
1957Sagittarius1986–1987
1958Sagittarius1987–1988
1959Sagittarius → Capricorn1988–1989
1960s10 years
Saturn, 1960s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
1960Capricorn1989–1990
1961Capricorn1990–1991
1962Capricorn → Aquarius1991–1992
1963Aquarius1992–1993
1964Aquarius → Pisces → Aquarius → Pisces1993–1994
1965Pisces1994
1966Pisces1995
1967Pisces → Aries1995–1996
1968Aries1996–1997
1969Aries → Taurus1997–1998
1970s10 years
Saturn, 1970s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
1970Taurus1998–1999
1971Taurus → Gemini1999–2000
1972Gemini → Taurus → Gemini2000–2002
1973Gemini → Cancer2002–2003
1974Cancer → Gemini → Cancer2003–2004
1975Cancer → Leo2004–2005
1976Leo → Cancer → Leo2005–2006
1977Leo → Virgo2006–2007
1978Virgo → Leo → Virgo2007–2008
1979Virgo2008–2009
1980s10 years
Saturn, 1980s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
1980Virgo → Libra2009–2010
1981Libra2010–2011
1982Libra → Scorpio2011–2012
1983Scorpio → Libra → Scorpio2012–2013
1984Scorpio2013–2014
1985Scorpio → Sagittarius2014–2015
1986Sagittarius2015–2016
1987Sagittarius2016–2017
1988Sagittarius → Capricorn → Sagittarius → Capricorn2017–2018
1989Capricorn2018–2019
1990s10 years
Saturn, 1990s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
1990Capricorn2019–2020
1991Capricorn → Aquarius2020–2021
1992Aquarius2021–2022
1993Aquarius → Pisces → Aquarius2022–2023
1994Aquarius → Pisces2023–2024
1995Pisces2024
1996Pisces → Aries2024–2025
1997Aries2025–2026
1998Aries → Taurus → Aries2026–2027
1999Aries → Taurus2027–2028
2000s10 years
Saturn, 2000s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
2000Taurus → Gemini → Taurus2028–2029
2001Taurus → Gemini2029–2031
2002Gemini2031–2032
2003Gemini → Cancer2032–2033
2004Cancer2033–2034
2005Cancer → Leo2034–2035
2006Leo2035–2036
2007Leo → Virgo2036–2037
2008Virgo2037–2038
2009Virgo → Libra2038–2039
2010s10 years
Saturn, 2010s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
2010Libra → Virgo → Libra2039–2040
2011Libra2040–2041
2012Libra → Scorpio2041–2042
2013Scorpio2042–2043
2014Scorpio → Sagittarius2043–2044
2015Sagittarius → Scorpio → Sagittarius2044–2045
2016Sagittarius2045–2046
2017Sagittarius → Capricorn2046–2047
2018Capricorn2047–2048
2019Capricorn2048–2049
2020s10 years
Saturn, 2020s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
2020Capricorn → Aquarius → Capricorn → Aquarius2049–2050
2021Aquarius2050–2051
2022Aquarius2051–2052
2023Aquarius → Pisces2052–2053
2024Pisces2053
2025Pisces → Aries → Pisces2053–2054
2026Pisces → Aries2054–2055
2027Aries2055–2056
2028Aries → Taurus2056–2057
2029Taurus2057–2058
2030s6 years
Saturn, 2030s
Birth yearSaturn sign that yearFirst Saturn return
2030Taurus → Gemini2058–2059
2031Gemini2059–2061
2032Gemini → Cancer2061–2062
2033Cancer2062–2063
2034Cancer → Leo2063–2064
2035Leo → Cancer → Leo2064–2065
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Method

How this calculator works

astronomy-engine finds Saturn’s position at your birth. The calculator then steps day by day through the years around ages 29.5, 58.9 and 88.4, finds each moment Saturn returns to exactly that longitude, and narrows each crossing to the minute. When a retrograde loop makes Saturn cross your degree three times, all three are listed.

Full methodAccuracy against NASA JPL

Questions

Saturn Return questions

What is a Saturn return?

Saturn takes about 29.5 years to go round the zodiac. Your Saturn return is when it comes back to the exact degree it held when you were born: first around age 29, again near 58 and near 88.

Why are there three dates?

Saturn appears to move backwards for about four and a half months each year. If that loop happens near your natal degree, Saturn crosses it forward, back and forward again: three exact hits. The window runs from the first to the last.

Do I need my birth time?

No. Saturn moves only about 2′ a day, so the date is enough. A time and place only shift the exact hits by hours.

When does a Saturn return start and end?

Astrologers often talk about the months either side of the exact hits, sometimes a year or more. This calculator gives the exact dates and the span from first to last.