When Was Saturn Last in Libra?

Updated October 5, 2026

Last: 2009–12

29 Oct 2009 to 5 Oct 2012

Next: 2039

first entry, 5 September 2039

2.5 years

typical time in Libra

every ~29 years

it comes back

As of October 2026, the last time was 2009–12: Saturn first entered Libra on 29 October 2009 and, because retrograde motion carried it back and forth across the sign's boundary, entered it twice in all before leaving for good on 5 October 2012. Next: Saturn first enters Libra on 5 September 2039; retrograde motion carries it back and forth across the sign's boundary, so it enters twice in all and leaves for good on 14 July 2042.

Saturn in Libra: the passes around now, in years

Each bar runs from first entry to final exit. Stretches marked with a neighbouring sign are times it crossed back over the boundary before returning.

Every Saturn-in-Libra pass, 1800–2200

Dates are in UTC and the Gregorian calendar; in a time zone far from Greenwich an ingress can fall on the neighbouring calendar day.

First entry	Final exit	Time in Libra	Entered
8 November 1803	14 October 1806	2.6 years	2 times
In Libra: 8 Nov 1803 – 24 Mar 1804 · 1 Aug 1804 – 14 Oct 1806
14 September 1833	13 August 1836	2.4 years	2 times
In Libra: 14 Sept 1833 – 22 Nov 1835 · 19 May 1836 – 13 Aug 1836
22 October 1862	29 September 1865	2.6 years	3 times
In Libra: 22 Oct 1862 – 22 Apr 1863 · 10 Jul 1863 – 19 Jan 1865 · 27 Feb 1865 – 29 Sept 1865
27 December 1891	6 November 1894	2.3 years	2 times
In Libra: 27 Dec 1891 – 22 Jan 1892 · 29 Aug 1892 – 6 Nov 1894
7 October 1921	13 September 1924	2.6 years	2 times
In Libra: 7 Oct 1921 – 20 Dec 1923 · 6 Apr 1924 – 13 Sept 1924
20 November 1950	22 October 1953	2.5 years	2 times
In Libra: 20 Nov 1950 – 7 Mar 1951 · 13 Aug 1951 – 22 Oct 1953
21 September 1980	24 August 1983	2.5 years	2 times
In Libra: 21 Sept 1980 – 29 Nov 1982 · 6 May 1983 – 24 Aug 1983
29 October 2009	5 October 2012	2.6 years	2 times
In Libra: 29 Oct 2009 – 7 Apr 2010 · 21 Jul 2010 – 5 Oct 2012
5 September 2039	14 July 2042	2.2 years	2 times
In Libra: 5 Sept 2039 – 11 Nov 2041 · 21 Jun 2042 – 14 Jul 2042
11 October 2068	18 September 2071	2.7 years	2 times
In Libra: 11 Oct 2068 – 25 Dec 2070 · 27 Mar 2071 – 18 Sept 2071
29 November 2097	26 October 2100	2.4 years	2 times
In Libra: 29 Nov 2097 – 22 Feb 2098 · 18 Aug 2098 – 26 Oct 2100
26 September 2127	29 August 2130	2.5 years	2 times
In Libra: 26 Sept 2127 – 3 Dec 2129 · 28 Apr 2130 – 29 Aug 2130
6 November 2156	11 October 2159	2.6 years	2 times
In Libra: 6 Nov 2156 – 25 Mar 2157 · 30 Jul 2157 – 11 Oct 2159
10 September 2186	30 July 2189	2.3 years	2 times
In Libra: 10 Sept 2186 – 15 Nov 2188 · 3 Jun 2189 – 30 Jul 2189

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Born with Saturn in Libra

Born 20 November 1950 – 22 October 1953, except 7 March 1951 – 13 August 1951 (in Virgo)
Born 21 September 1980 – 24 August 1983, except 29 November 1982 – 6 May 1983 (in Scorpio)
Born 29 October 2009 – 5 October 2012, except 7 April 2010 – 21 July 2010 (in Virgo)

On the days Saturn changes sign, the birth time decides: dates here are UTC. Enter your birth data to see your own chart.

Saturn retrograde in Libra, the 2039–42 pass

Retrograde periods with at least one station in Libra: the date Saturn stood still and turned retrograde, and the date it turned direct again.

Stations retrograde	Stations direct
21 January 2040 12°01′ Libra	6 June 2040 5°14′ Libra
1 February 2041 24°26′ Libra	20 June 2041 17°42′ Libra
13 February 2042 6°36′ Scorpio	2 July 2042 29°53′ Libra

How Saturn moves through the zodiac

Across 1800–2200, Saturn spent about 2.1 years to 2.9 years in a sign on each pass, not counting retrograde dips out of it, and it returned to the same sign about every 29 years. 84% of passes included at least one retrograde dip back over a sign boundary.

Saturn in other signs

Aries · Taurus · Gemini · Cancer · Leo · Virgo · Libra · Scorpio · Sagittarius · Capricorn · Aquarius · Pisces

Other planets in Libra

Venus · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Chiron · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto

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How these dates were found

With Horoskopos's sky search: Saturn's geocentric, apparent, tropical ecliptic longitude, computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library, with each sign boundary found to the minute. Sample ingresses agree with NASA JPL's Horizons ephemeris to within an hour. Data generated 2026-10-04; page built 2026-10-05.