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Born July 1949
Saturn return dates

Saturn was at 2° to 5° Virgo all through July 1949. Your third Saturn return is its stretch back through Virgo: Oct 2036 to Sep 2039.

As of 3 Nov 2026, your third return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass falls between 18 Nov 2036 and 23 Aug 2037, depending on your day.

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Saturn through July2° to 5° Virgo
Third return windowOct 2036 to Sep 2039Saturn's stretch through Virgo
Exact passesOne or three, by dayat age 87 to 88

Exact passes, by day of birth

The passes are the days Saturn crosses the exact degree it held when you were born. They shift across the month, so here are three days of July 1949, worked out at noon. Yours sit near the day closest to your own; the free preview gives them exactly. Status as of 3 Nov 2026.

Born 1 Jul 1949, noon Saturn at 2° Virgo Third return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 18 Nov 2036ahead
  • 6 Jan 2037ahead
  • 28 Jul 2037ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 0.5° from this degree on 14 Dec 2036. The third return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 18 Nov 2036.
Born 15 Jul 1949, noon Saturn at 3° Virgo Third return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 8 Aug 2037ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 0.8° from this degree on 14 Dec 2036. The third return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 8 Aug 2037.
Born 31 Jul 1949, noon Saturn at 5° Virgo Third return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 23 Aug 2037ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 2.6° from this degree on 14 Dec 2036. The third return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 23 Aug 2037.

Every return for July 1949

First return

Saturn in Virgo, Nov 1977 to Sep 1980. One exact pass for 15 Jul 1949: 25 Aug 1978, at age 29.

The first return window ran Nov 1977 to Sep 1980; it's over. (as of 3 Nov 2026)

Second return

Saturn in Virgo, Sep 2007 to Jul 2010. Three exact passes for 15 Jul 1949: 3 Oct 2007, 13 Mar 2008 and 21 Jun 2008, at age 58.

The second return window ran Sep 2007 to Jul 2010; it's over. (as of 3 Nov 2026)

Third return

Saturn in Virgo, Oct 2036 to Sep 2039. One exact pass for 15 Jul 1949: 8 Aug 2037, at age 88.

The third return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 8 Aug 2037. (as of 3 Nov 2026)

What Saturn in Virgo asks

Virgo is the sign of craft, service and getting it right. Saturn there asks for useful competence, finished and shipped, rather than a standard so high nothing gets done.

People in this return often describe questions about usefulness. What am I good at that I keep refining instead of releasing? Who is my work actually for? Saturn return in Virgo.

Saturn describes the work, not the outcome. Nothing on this page predicts events; it dates the stretch and says what it tends to ask.

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Questions from people born in July 1949

When is my Saturn return if I was born in July 1949?

Saturn was at 2° to 5° Virgo through July 1949, so your third Saturn return is Saturn's stretch back through Virgo, Oct 2036 to Sep 2039. Your first return ran Nov 1977 to Sep 1980. Your second return ran Sep 2007 to Jul 2010. The exact passes depend on your day. Born 1 Jul 1949: 18 Nov 2036, 6 Jan 2037 and 28 Jul 2037; born 15 Jul 1949: 8 Aug 2037; born 31 Jul 1949: 23 Aug 2037. Enter your birth date in the free preview for yours.

Is it happening now for people born in July 1949?

As of 3 Nov 2026, the third return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass falls between 18 Nov 2036 and 23 Aug 2037, depending on the day.

Why do some people born in July 1949 get one exact pass and others three?

Each year Saturn appears to stop, back up for a few months and move forward again. If your birth degree sits inside one of those loops, Saturn crosses it three times; otherwise once. Across July 1949 the birth degree moves past the edge of a loop, so 1 Jul 1949 gets three exact passes, 15 Jul 1949 gets one exact pass and 31 Jul 1949 gets one exact pass.

Do I need my birth time?

No. Saturn moved about 3° across the whole of July 1949, so your day matters far more than your hour. Noon is used on this page; the free preview takes a time if you have one.

Nearby birth months

All of 1949 July 1948 July 1950

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