In astrology, Saturn is associated with responsibility, discipline, and limitations. It is also seen as a planet of karma, as it is believed to bring us the consequences of our actions. The sign that Saturn is in your birth chart can tell you a lot about how you deal with these themes in your life.
Saturn in Aries
You’re an independent thinker: You can’t stand to follow the leader, but you don’t like directing other people either. Though you’re entrepreneurial, determined, and disciplined, you can also be inconsiderate and domineering. Given a goal and a game plan, you do fabulously well. Without direction, you flounder. Nor can the goal be imposed on you by someone else. It must come from within.
Saturn in Taurus
Images of the poorhouse dance in your head. You have an intense need for stability, and the thought of being without money terrifies you. So you learn to manage your resources effectively and may even become quite well-heeled. You’re industrious, prudent, and methodical. The downside? You’re stubborn, you lack spontaneity, and you run the risk of becoming a plodder. And although some people with this placement become obsessed with sex or other pleasures, you’re secretly ambivalent about such things, and you’re equally likely to deny yourself such material comforts.
Saturn in Gemini
You’re smart, serious, and articulate despite your fear of being considered intellectually inferior or at a loss for words. You’re an excellent problem-solver, with an active mind and dozens of interests. Like any placement in the sign of the Twins, Saturn in Gemini can reveal itself in a number ways. When you’re hot, your ability to concentrate is inspiring — and intimidating. At other times, you run the risk of frittering away your energy and diluting your intentions with meaningless activity and chatter. You have a clear and lucid mind, but beware: You can convince yourself of anything.
Saturn in Cancer
Not an easy placement, Saturn in Cancer generally brings a difficult childhood with at least one parent who’s cold or withholding. As a result, you may be insecure and inhibited, with a yearning for emotional control and understanding. Your attempt to win the love you lacked as a child can become the quest of a lifetime. Some people with this placement become clingy or cover up their fear of vulnerability by acting overly confident or indifferent. (The disguise, by the way, fools no one.) Most attempt to create in adulthood what they lacked in childhood by becoming tolerant, protective, loving parents.
Saturn in Leo
Determined and dignified, you long to be creative but are afraid of expressing yourself. You want to be recognized — yet you’re terrified of being mediocre. That’s the Catch-22 you must overcome. Self- doubt wears you down and gets you nowhere. The challenge of this position is to acknowledge, not bury, your need for recognition and to find a way to achieve it. Similarly, your creative urges need dramatic expression and positive acceptance. Overcome a tendency to arrogance, the scourge of Leo. Dare to be dramatic. You’ll be much happier.
Saturn in Virgo
You’re analytical, worried, industrious, and drawn to solitude. Because you fear losing control, you do your best to nail down every detail. Ritual relaxes you, and you rely on a string of routines you have established in your everyday life. Though you prefer things to be orderly and predictable, those routines can also limit, confine, and ultimately overwhelm you. Take as your motto this quotation from Henry David Thoreau (from Where I lived, and What I Lived For): “Our life is frittered away by detail . . . Simplify, simplify.”
Saturn in Libra
This favorable position makes you rational, reliable, discreet, and serious. You fear being alone, which makes you all the more anxious when you try to connect with other people. Your relationships thoroughly reflect you — yet you may not like what you see. You may feel that they somehow fail to measure up. Fortunately, you’re always willing to negotiate. Although you may think you desire a passionate entanglement, you’re ultimately far happier when you make the sensible choice. You tend to marry someone older, and you may marry late.
Saturn in Scorpio
You’re resourceful and powerful, with strong convictions and a great sense of purpose. Dependency issues can be tough for you, and you may struggle to define yourself as an individual while maintaining a relationship. You have compelling sexual needs, yet sex is also complicated for you. Although you’re prone to jealousy and resentment, you find the courage to deal with your problems and conquer your fears, including fear of death. Mysteries fascinate you, and none more than the mystery of your own psyche.
Saturn in Sagittarius
“Don’t fence me in” is your refrain. You seek adventure, travel, and broad horizons. But unless you find a structured way to achieve your goals, circumstances may conspire to keep you from achieving them. Education is important for you, and the philosophical or moral precepts that you live by shape your life. Even though you may fantasize about being independent and footloose, what you actually need is to find meaning in your daily activities, to expand your philosophical viewpoint, and to travel widely — literally or figuratively — with purpose.
Saturn in Capricorn
You’re capable, ambitious, and pragmatic, with natural authority and obvious competence. Because you crave recognition and are secretly afraid that you won’t get it, you doggedly pursue your goals and you make sure to follow the rules — even if you have to give up your more original ideas along the way. You don’t like restrictions, but you know how to deal with them and can work within a structure. You can even overcome your tendency to depression. Saturn rules Capricorn, so this is considered an excellent placement.
Saturn in Aquarius
You have a clear and original mind, an unusual sense of organization and structure, and the ability to influence others. Liberal-minded and unselfish (in part because you don’t want people to think ill of you), you conceive of yourself as a member of society, a small part of a larger whole. And you’re a person of principle. It’s essential for your happiness and self-respect that you live in accordance with your ideals, which are generally of the noblest sort. Material success isn’t a motivating force in your life — your values matter more.
Saturn in Pisces
You’re sympathetic and intuitive. Your sensitivity makes you appealing to others, and your creativity brings you satisfaction. You may also suffer from more than your share of neuroses, anxieties, and baseless apprehensions. Though you understand how other human beings operate, you may be at a loss when it comes to solving your own problems (especially if substance abuse happens to be one of them). You’re afraid of chaos and isolation, and you struggle to stave off those terrors. Establishing routines is helpful. Becoming addicted is your undoing.
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