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Born December 1988
Saturn return dates

Saturn was at 2° to 5° Capricorn all through December 1988. Your second Saturn return is its stretch back through Capricorn: Jan 2047 to Jan 2050.

As of 3 Nov 2026, your second return window opens Jan 2047, in about 20 years, and the first exact pass falls between 15 Feb 2047 and 16 Dec 2047, depending on your day.

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Saturn through December2° to 5° Capricorn
Second return windowJan 2047 to Jan 2050Saturn's stretch through Capricorn
Exact passesOne or three, by dayat age 58

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 December 1988, 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 Dec 1988, noon Saturn at 2° Capricorn Second return window Jan 2047 to Jan 2050
  • 15 Feb 2047ahead
  • 12 Jun 2047ahead
  • 14 Nov 2047ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 2.6° from this degree on 14 Apr 2047. The second return window opens Jan 2047, in about 20 years, and the first exact pass is 15 Feb 2047.
Born 15 Dec 1988, noon Saturn at 3° Capricorn Second return window Jan 2047 to Jan 2050
  • 9 Mar 2047ahead
  • 18 May 2047ahead
  • 29 Nov 2047ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 1° from this degree on 14 Apr 2047. The second return window opens Jan 2047, in about 20 years, and the first exact pass is 9 Mar 2047.
Born 31 Dec 1988, noon Saturn at 5° Capricorn Second return window Jan 2047 to Jan 2050
  • 16 Dec 2047ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 0.9° from this degree on 14 Apr 2047. The second return window opens Jan 2047, in about 20 years, and the first exact pass is 16 Dec 2047.

Every return for December 1988

First return

Saturn in Capricorn, Dec 2017 to Dec 2020. Three exact passes for 15 Dec 1988: 20 Jan 2018, 30 Jul 2018 and 13 Oct 2018, at age 29.

The first return window ran Dec 2017 to Dec 2020; it's over. (as of 3 Nov 2026)

Second return

Saturn in Capricorn, Jan 2047 to Jan 2050. Three exact passes for 15 Dec 1988: 9 Mar 2047, 18 May 2047 and 29 Nov 2047, at age 58.

The second return window opens Jan 2047, in about 20 years, and the first exact pass is 9 Mar 2047. (as of 3 Nov 2026)

What Saturn in Capricorn asks

Capricorn is Saturn's own sign: ambition, structure and authority. Saturn at home asks for responsibility you chose, and a definition of success you wrote yourself.

People in this return often describe questions about authority. Whose approval am I still working for? What would I build if failure were allowed? Saturn return in Capricorn.

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 December 1988

When is my Saturn return if I was born in December 1988?

Saturn was at 2° to 5° Capricorn through December 1988, so your second Saturn return is Saturn's stretch back through Capricorn, Jan 2047 to Jan 2050. Your first return ran Dec 2017 to Dec 2020. The exact passes depend on your day. Born 1 Dec 1988: 15 Feb 2047, 12 Jun 2047 and 14 Nov 2047; born 15 Dec 1988: 9 Mar 2047, 18 May 2047 and 29 Nov 2047; born 31 Dec 1988: 16 Dec 2047. Enter your birth date in the free preview for yours.

Is it happening now for people born in December 1988?

As of 3 Nov 2026, the second return window opens Jan 2047, in about 20 years, and the first exact pass falls between 15 Feb 2047 and 16 Dec 2047, depending on the day.

Why do some people born in December 1988 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 December 1988 the birth degree moves past the edge of a loop, so 1 Dec 1988 gets three exact passes, 15 Dec 1988 gets three exact passes and 31 Dec 1988 gets one exact pass.

Do I need my birth time?

No. Saturn moved about 3° across the whole of December 1988, 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 1988 December 1987 December 1989

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