Saturn in the Signs

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

Saturn in the Houses
Saturn Aspects to Uranus Saturn Aspects to Neptune Saturn Aspects to Pluto
Saturn Aspects to the Ascendant Saturn Aspects to Midheaven Saturn Aspects to North Node

Saturn in Aries (Fall): You're resourceful, able to evolve new methods in work and, if highly developed, your mental creativity can produce new concepts in your chosen field. Your mind is stable, able to concentrate and has strong reasoning power-- you love a good debate or argument-- but it may be difficult for you to recognize the rights of others or you may lack awareness of social principles. You're forced to cultivate initiative, patience and self-reliance before acquiring practical necessities, developing will and strength of character. You find it difficult to see yourself as others do and, if afflicted, can be very defensive, making it difficult to understand, communicate with or cooperate with others. Subconscious fears give you great desire for security and, if afflicted, you can be self-centered and constantly justifying your actions to yourself and others. You often limit yourself by overlooking others' needs or aspirations while fulfilling your own ambitions. You're reserved, acquisitive, often depressed and apt to be suspicious and distrustful. If afflicted, you can be impatient, irresponsible and superficial. You tend to do things alone, not asking for others help, which can cause headaches and a tendency to worry. You often lack diplomacy and a sense of timing. This placement imposes delays on your drive and energy and you often suffer from those in authority. You can have a father complex and women may have a jealous mate. You need physical exercise. The test of Saturn in Aries is that of avoiding or overcoming self-centeredness.
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Saturn in Taurus: You have great stamina and persistence, but this can become extreme stubbornness. You're cautious, long-suffering, methodical, patient, practical, thrifty and your kindness is easily expressed but you can also be lethargic, thoughtless and lacking spontaneity. You have a strong need for emotional and financial security, so you save for future emergencies and old age. You're willing to work hard for success and apt to be persistent and reliable in work. You need discipline and hard work in order to acquire material possessions, and those you do acquire are practical and useful. You must guard against making material things too important: you must learn a true sense of values before you have peace. Practical day-to-day affairs must be in order for you to be happy. If afflicted, you can be avaricious, dour, lacking generosity, miserly, too materialistic and you may have difficulties through finances. Emotions are steady and well controlled, but you may lack warmth of expression. You're extremely possessive of loved ones and must overcome jealousy. You must learn proper use of your creative powers, especially sex and speech. The test of Saturn in Taurus is that of ownership: what you have no desire to possess, you have no fear of losing.
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Saturn in Gemini: Your mind is steady and able to concentrate, penetrating deep into the meaning of life, as well as being adaptable, impartial and keen. You'd make a good teacher. Your intellectual ability is especially good in science and mathematics and you have a great capacity for problem solving, reasoning and writing. You're able to detach yourself, approaching matters coolly and rationally. If afflicted, you can be skeptical and cold. You view life with practical objectivity and judge ideas on their practical usefulness. If afflicted, you can be critical, doubtful and suspicious or may be shy and have trouble expressing yourself or may be a slow thinker. You're flexible in adapting to the practical needs of any situation, and are concerned about clarity in contracts and agreements. You like to study and will continue to learn throughout your life, although illness in your early years may cause late development. Your lungs are usually weak, so do not smoke. Guard against nervous strain and tension. You're not exceptionally close to relatives, and if afflicted, find it hard to relate to them. You must develop an honest approach to all relationships. If afflicted, you can be hardheaded, bitter and have a negative outlook on life. The test of Saturn in Gemini is to learn to have faith and an optimistic viewpoint.
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Saturn in Cancer (Detriment): You're emotionally sensitive, but often hide your true feelings in order to maintain your dignity. Your feelings are easily hurt yet, since you can't really empathize with others, you often hurt their feelings too, leaving you feeling shy, lonely and isolated. Your early family environment and parental relationships are often austere, cold and problem-filled and you usually become estranged, often causing inhibited emotional expression. Despite this, you want respect for yourself and your family and take family responsibilities seriously. Your home life is often unstable and insecure, often due to financial strain. You need others' approval but do not always know how to get it. The lack of relationships can lead to your being alone in your old age. As much as you like to help others, you often fail, yet you usually see things through to the end. You have strong psychic tendencies and can be very shrewd and able in order to achieve material goals. If afflicted, you're emotionally hypersensitive, defensive, possessive of material goods and withdraw from close personal relationships. Care is needed in matters related to family interests. Your body metabolism is either unusually slow, causing weight problems and excessive water retention in your tissues, or poor, causing you to be under-nourished. The test of Saturn in Cancer is to learn the value of empathy and responsibility.
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Saturn in Leo: You have tremendous drive for personal recognition and a need for control so you seek positions of leadership at any cost. You require attention and respect from others and feel a need to defend your ego. You can be haughty, jealous, self- assured, strong-willed and stubborn and if afflicted, you can also be dictatorial and too dogmatic. As a parent, you're a strict disciplinarian. You have mental vitality, but often lack a sense of humor. If afflicted, you're too cautious and reserved, and unless you learn to enjoy life, you can experience disappointment in love, problems with your children or lack/loss through speculation. You have a sense of honor and may have heart problems due to your great pride. You need to develop a better attitude in dealing with children, creative expression, love and romance. Your egotism and desire for power distort the universal laws and principles of justice. You often have professional interest in business, education, investments and managing entertainers. The test of Saturn in Leo is for love and true humility.
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Saturn in Virgo: You're conscientious, fault-finding, practical, hard-working, exacting, methodical, prudent and tidy. You're concerned with accuracy, detail, efficiency and precision, especially in work, where you tend to drive yourself and others to overwork. If afflicted, you demand perfection from co-workers, employers and employees. Your mind is analytical, critical and orderly, but you often ignore major issues due to concern for detail. You're patient and precise in scientific experiment, analysis of the results, science and medicine (and related research) or any type of record keeping. You're a stickler for rules and regulations, so it may be hard for others to get along with you. You're often austere, depressed and gloomy due to heavy responsibility. Ill health, especially problems with your nerves and digestion, are due to overwork and worrying. Learn to relax and develop a sense of humor. Your attitude is conscientious and moral but, if afflicted, you tend to nag and have a fear of the unknown. You have difficulty is assimilating experience. The test of Saturn in Virgo is to learn discrimination.
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Saturn in Libra (Exalted): You realize lasting accomplishment comes from discipline and responsibility and these in turn are derived from understanding that human relationships require ongoing cooperation, fair play and mutual commitment. You are socially aware and socially responsible and, if well aspected, you gain wealth and social status through your ability to work with others. If afflicted, you may suppress your need for partnerships and the loneliness that follows can cause deep depression. Marriage may be later in life or to someone who has serious and numerous business and professional responsibilities, and making it work requires hard work and patience. If afflicted, you can be unforgiving, unloving and irresponsible in any relationship. Contracts you enter into, including marriage, are often karmic. You have excellent organizing and planning skills, and your sense of justice and fair play is good for fields of law or mediation. If afflicted, you can be too exacting and tend to drive others at work and you tend to stick to the letter of the law rather than follow its intent. You're disciplined, impartial, philosophical, pleasant, responsible and serious. If afflicted, you over-commit yourself, causing overwork, or if you can't fulfill them, loss of status. The test of Saturn in Libra is one of relating to others (cooperation) and to life.
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Saturn in Scorpio: Emotions are deep but suppressed and, if afflicted, you can be a schemer, plotting revenge for past emotional injuries you're unable to forget. You harbor deep resentment if you feel you're a victim of injustice. You accept responsibility with such serious emotional intensity it can become a burden. You must learn to deal with responsibility calmly. You're determined, persistent, subtle and thorough and often are inflexible and brooding. If afflicted, you can be cruel and ruthless. You have a magnetic personality, a biting sense of humor and an enormous drive for success. You're always trying to improve the status quo, exerting much energy and willpower on practical accomplishments. You have business and executive ability, which often deals with corporate finance, insurance and tax accounting. You're a perfectionist in your work and won't tolerate laziness or unwillingness to work. If afflicted, you often become involved in legal action involved with inheritances, joint finances and taxes, resulting in financial loss. You're resourceful, secretive and shrewd and want to be in a position of authority. You can adhere to your principles fanatically. You have psychic ability and a strong interest in the occult. Health problems usually involve constipation and calcification. The test of Saturn in Scorpio is learning to control your desires: until you do, you suffer much pain which acts as an emotional purifier.
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Saturn in Sagittarius: You have/develop strict moral codes or strictly adhere to religious or philosophic systems. You want to be regarded as an authority or achieve some distinction in higher education, law, religion or philosophy. If afflicted, you can be self-righteous or try to impose religious/philosophic systems on others. You search for truth in personal conduct-- yours and others. You're disciplined, honest, fear-less, frank, intellectual, open and thorough and, if afflicted, you can also be careless, cynical, indecisive, indifferent, insincere, ostentatious, rebellious and tactless. You're capable of deep concentration, enabling you to make and follow long term plans and to put what you've learned to practical use. Your personal reputation is extremely important to you and you feel resentful if you're thought of or spoken of unjustly. You're apt to be outspoken and fearless if challenged. You have good scientific ability and keen intuition. You like to work with those limited or afflicted. Sometimes your popularity clashes with your need for seclusion. You may lack circulation in your lower extremities or have problems with your sacroiliac nerve, so you need physical exercise. Any faults you have are apt to be due to overdoing the wrong things or underdoing the right things. The test of Saturn in Sagittarius is of understanding on all levels.
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Saturn in Capricorn (Dignified): You're ambitious, clear-sighted and cool-headed about material things, but if afflicted, you may use acquired wealth and resources to control others. You have a practical, down-to-earth viewpoint of the world and every endeavor undertaken must have a practical purpose. You usually must struggle to attain security in your early life, making you feel everyone must earn success. You're willing to work hard and sacrifice to succeed, but if afflicted, you may use unscrupulous means to achieve your success, causing your own downfall. If unevolved, prestige and status become important. You value family, pride and honor and have a strong sense of duty. You are conservative in business and politics, but if you allow your attitudes to become too rigid, your joints and bones may over-crystalize. Your dignified manner can make you appear cold and austere. You're able to accept orders from superiors, and expect those below you to do the same, but don't allow your love of power and desire for mastery over others to get out of hand. You're careful, calculating and a good organizer, but you can also be selfish and egotistical. If unafflicted, you have persistence and strength, but if afflicted, you can be serious, solitary and suspicious, giving you a feeling of loneliness and limitation that can be overcome by giving of yourself. You need to develop tolerance, sensitivity and a sense of humor. The test of Saturn in Capricorn lies in learning proper use of power.
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Saturn in Aquarius: Your mind is impersonal, original and scientific and you're mentally ambitious, often working hard to create new ideas or find new applications in scientific or mathematical fields that will bring you distinction and service. You have good powers of concentration that you use to achieve objectives once you determine them. You're level-headed and independent, but if afflicted, you can be cunning, obstinate and vindictive. Social relationships are very important to you and you're often involved in highly structured social organizations. If well aspected, you have a sense of justice and responsibility in these relationships, but if afflicted, you may be selfish or domineering, expecting everyone to play by your rules, or you may be cold and emotionally insensitive. Impartial truth is of the utmost importance and it the basis for any advice that you give. If highly evolved, you're able to see all issues in light of the universal laws. You're able to quiet your mind and focus steady attention in order to develop intuitive faculties, but you must orient yourself to universal goals. This may be difficult if afflicted, since you resent doing things that don't please you. The test of Saturn in Aquarius is one of responsibility on all levels.
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Saturn in Pisces: You have an overactive, fearful imagination that can cause neuroses and anxieties. If afflicted, you can be paranoid, excessively worrisome and fretful and too regretful over past mistakes/misfortunes which can result in institutionalization if taken too far. You must learn to objectively criticize and self-analyze past mistakes so you can release them and move on constructively after learning from them. You take life too seriously and react emotionally, often identifying personally with others' problems. You tend to become trapped in memories of the past and have difficulty dealing with the demands of the present. You tend to underestimate your own self-worth and, if afflicted, must avoid a tendency to be filled with self-pity. You need quiet and solitude at times in order to tap inner resources, but you must actively participate in affairs of the world to avoid excessive introversion. You can be emotionally understanding, humble and willing to work hard for those less fortunate. You may possibly have insight into the psychological make-up of others. If well aspected, you're capable of deep meditation and profound spiritual understanding. You often work behind the scenes in large institutions of medicine, education and government. The test of Saturn in Pisces is one of severance: let go and let God.
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