Glossary

Saturn in Astrology

Discipline, responsibility, limits, time, lessons and mastery: what Saturn represents in a birth chart.

Saturn in Astrology

Meaning

Saturn is the teacher: structure, effort, fear, duty and the long road to mastery. Its cycle gives the Saturn return and, in Vedic astrology, Sade Sati.

Symbol♄
RulesDiscipline, responsibility, limits, time, lessons and mastery
Ruling signCapricorn (and Aquarius traditionally)
Exalted inLibra
Detriment / fallAries
Orbit through the zodiac29.5 years
Vedic nameShani

Saturn by sign and house

The sign Saturn occupies shows the style in which these themes express themselves; the house shows the area of life where they play out; aspects show which other drives they work with. Astrool's birth chart interprets your Saturn by sign, house and aspect.

Saturn transits

Where Saturn is moving today, and which of your houses it is crossing, is in cosmic weather.

See it in your own chart

Astrool calculates your full birth chart, not just your sun sign, and writes your daily, weekly and monthly readings against it.

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Common questions

What does Saturn represent in astrology?

Discipline, responsibility, limits, time, lessons and mastery.

Where is my Saturn?

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