What this period actually is
Between June 29, 2024 and November 15, 2024 Saturn moves back through 6.7 degrees of the zodiac, from 19°26' Pisces to 12°42' Pisces, without changing its own direction at any point. Saturn is further out than Earth, so the 139 days between June 29, 2024 and November 15, 2024 are the stretch in which Earth overtakes it on the inside track and the planet appears to fall behind.
The mechanism behind the Saturn station of June 29, 2024 is the same one described in what retrograde motion is. Read astrologically, the convention is that Saturn — limit, structure, duty and what has to be earned — turns inward between June 29, 2024 and November 15, 2024, which is a habit of reading rather than a claim about the sky.
The dates in full
Station retrograde: June 29, 2024 at 19°26' Pisces, 19:06 UTC. Station direct: November 15, 2024 at 12°42' Pisces, 14:21 UTC. The whole retrograde stays inside Pisces: the band from 19°26' Pisces back to 12°42' Pisces is the stretch Saturn crosses three times.
What the period is good for
For the 139 days between June 29, 2024 and November 15, 2024 the workable version of the advice is narrow: audit the structures you built yourself, since the pressure this time is internal rather than external.
If one thing is worth timing around the stretch that ends November 15, 2024, it is abandoning a commitment at the point it stops being enjoyable — not because the sky forbids it, but because a marked period is a reasonable prompt to check work you would otherwise wave through. Treating the whole of June 29, 2024 to November 15, 2024 as a general curse is the version worth ignoring.
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this Saturn retrograde, stationing at 19°26' Pisces falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Taurus | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Gemini | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Cancer | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Leo | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Virgo | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Libra | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Scorpio | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Sagittarius | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Capricorn | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Aquarius | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Pisces | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
The cycle either side of this one
The next Saturn station follows 240 days after November 15, 2024; nothing earlier is dated here.
- Next: July 13, 2025 to November 28, 2025
- All Saturn retrograde periods: the full list
Questions people ask about this
When does Saturn go retrograde in 2024?
On June 29, 2024 at 19:06 UTC, at 19°26' Pisces.
When does it end?
The direct station falls on November 15, 2024 at 12°42' Pisces, 139 days after the turn.
What is the shadow period?
The stretch either side of June 29, 2024 to November 15, 2024 in which the planet re-crosses the same degrees; the dates fall outside the published range here.
Does Saturn retrograde break things?
No. Between June 29, 2024 and November 15, 2024 the planet only appears to reverse, and the tradition reads that as a stretch better suited to review than to launch.