Saturn shows how you build for the long haul—standards, commitments, boundaries, and the work worth your name. Read it by sign, house, and aspects.
Personality Snapshot
Saturn is your spine: reality checks, patience, and craft. Fed well, it’s mastery and quiet pride. Starved, it becomes fear, delay, and rules without love.
✅ What it wants
- Clear standards and real deadlines
- Reps, mentorship, and scope control
- Promises you actually keep
⚠️ When it struggles
- All-or-nothing perfectionism
- Cold rules; shame as fuel
- Busywork to avoid the big thing
🧭 Feed it well
- Define “done”; ship small and often
- Weekly review: cut half, commit to few
- Choose hard things on purpose
Quick Facts
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Discipline, boundaries, mastery, duty, time, resilience |
| Domicile / Detriment | Capricorn, Aquarius / Cancer, Leo |
| Exaltation / Fall | Libra / Aries |
| Cycle & Joy | ≈29.5 years around the zodiac; retrograde ≈4.5 months yearly. Planetary joy (traditional): 12th house. |
What Saturn Describes
Responsibility & Limits
- Where you meet reality and set boundaries
- Fear → skill when trained
- Long games that compound reputation
Mastery & Craft
- Standards, mentorship, apprenticeship arcs
- What you’ll do well even when unseen
- How you handle “no” and delay
Saturn by Sign (discipline tone)
Saturn by House (where duty shows up)
Major Aspects to Saturn
Explore natal, synastry, and transit meanings. Start at the aspects hub.
Cross-check with rulers Capricorn/Aquarius, opposites Cancer/Leo, and house themes like the 10th and 12th.
Returns & Cycles (the 7/14/21/29 clock)
Saturn return
- ~29–30 and ~58–60: reset duty and craft
- House + aspects set the curriculum
- Choose constraints that serve your goals
Squares & oppositions
- ~7, ~14, ~21 years: course-corrections
- Ship, prune, and recommit
- Journal decisions; let data age
Retrograde rhythm
- ~4.5 months each year
- Review boundaries, budgets, and scope
- Watch aspects (e.g., Saturn square Uranus)
Quick Practice (build what lasts)
Journal
- Which promise matters this quarter?
- What standard will I enforce kindly?
- Where am I mistaking fear for wisdom?
Body & ritual
- Daily non-negotiable: sleep or steps
- Weekly review: delete, delegate, decide
- Monthly checkpoint with a mentor
Saturn FAQ
Is Saturn “bad”?
No. Saturn enforces reality. It withholds until the work is real, then it sticks. Your house shows where effort pays off.
What happens at the Saturn return?
You restructure commitments. Some roles end, others deepen. Use the house to pick what to keep and what to close.
How does Saturn affect compatibility?
Saturn links add glue and rules. Great for long-term builds; heavy when mismatched. Compare with their Moon, Venus, and Sun via compatibility.
Explore more
- All planets: https://skygram.ai/planets
- Signs: https://skygram.ai/signs
- Houses: https://skygram.ai/houses
- Aspects hub: https://skygram.ai/aspects
- Birth chart generator: https://skygram.ai/birth-chart
- Compatibility: https://skygram.ai/compatibility