The Sun/Saturn cycle
The retrograde cycle has four key points in it. Firstly, starting with the conjunction with the Sun, as the Sun is faster, Saturn falls behind it in the zodiac. Once Saturn falls 15 -17 degrees behind the Sun it it becomes visible. This is its helical rising and it can be seen in the eastern sky, just before dawn. This was seen as the beginningning of its first phase.
It continues rising earlier and earlier before the Sun and moving westwards till jut after its first trine with the Sun (Sinister trine) when it Stations Retrograde. This marks the beginning of its second phase and like the helical rising it's a point of great power.
Because the Sun is much faster than Saturn, the planet rises earlier and earlier and moves further and further West each day till it's opposition to the Sun when it appears to set in the West just as the Sun rises in the East. A few days later it reappears on the eastern horizon after sunset. This continues till it's almost reached its second trine to the Sun (trine from the right) when it Stations Direct. This is the beginning of its third phase and like the Station Retrograde and the helical rising, it's a point of great power, many would argue that it's stronger than the Station Retrograde. Certainly as it slows down to the station you might notice it more.
From then on Saturn appears to be further West at Sunset till it disappears into its helical setting (and is not seen again for over a month as it moves to the conjunction with the Sun and then it's helical rising.
Each of the four phase points and the shift from being oriental of the Sun to being Occidental at the opposition mark out the key points of the cycle and if you are sensitive to Saturn, they will be important point for you personally. They are change points and will be noticeable for a few days either side. So right now it's moving into changeover time and a very slow Saturn may affect you more strongly now than over the recent days and weeks