What this period actually is
Between July 13, 2025 and November 28, 2025 Saturn moves back through 6.8 degrees of the zodiac, from 1°56' Aries to 25°09' Pisces, without changing its own direction at any point. Saturn is further out than Earth, so the 138 days between July 13, 2025 and November 28, 2025 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 July 13, 2025 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 July 13, 2025 and November 28, 2025, which is a habit of reading rather than a claim about the sky.
The dates in full
Station retrograde: July 13, 2025 at 1°56' Aries, 04:07 UTC. Station direct: November 28, 2025 at 25°09' Pisces, 03:52 UTC. It begins in Aries and backs into Pisces, crossing the boundary between 1°56' Aries and 25°09' Pisces rather than working one stretch of a single sign.
What the period is good for
For the 138 days between July 13, 2025 and November 28, 2025 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 28, 2025, 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 July 13, 2025 to November 28, 2025 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 1°56' Aries falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Taurus | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Gemini | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Cancer | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Leo | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Virgo | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Libra | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Scorpio | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Sagittarius | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Capricorn | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Aquarius | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Pisces | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
The cycle either side of this one
The previous Saturn retrograde ended 240 days before this one began, and the next station comes 240 days after November 28, 2025.
- Previous: June 29, 2024 to November 15, 2024
- Next: July 26, 2026 to December 10, 2026
- All Saturn retrograde periods: the full list
Questions people ask about this
When does Saturn go retrograde in 2025?
On July 13, 2025 at 04:07 UTC, at 1°56' Aries.
When does it end?
The direct station falls on November 28, 2025 at 25°09' Pisces, 138 days after the turn.
What is the shadow period?
The stretch either side of July 13, 2025 to November 28, 2025 in which the planet re-crosses the same degrees; the dates fall outside the published range here.
Does Saturn retrograde break things?
No. Between July 13, 2025 and November 28, 2025 the planet only appears to reverse, and the tradition reads that as a stretch better suited to review than to launch.