The Planet of Structure
Saturn’s Meaning in Astrology:
Saturn is the planet of responsibility and symbolizes the ethic of hard work. Under its influence a person’s character is strengthened through trial and difficulty. It has been said that Saturn disciplines us until we learn to discipline ourselves. It represents where and how you want to make your mark.
It is the planet of diligence, self-control, and limitation. Its domain is patience, stability, maturity, and realism. Its influence is stern and restrictive, cold, and severe. It shows where your fears lie.
Saturn is called the Celestial Taskmaster for it teaches us the lessons we must learn in life. In the grand plan of the universe, Saturn does not give us more than we can handle. In the end, what we learn under Saturn’s influence we keep for the rest of our lives.
Saturn’s effect is to delay rewards until they are earned. It perfects human nature while it bestows an ability to wait. It is the planet of courage, steadfastness, and integrity.
As a negative influence, Saturn can make a person overly ambitious, calculating and selfish, solitary, inhibited, and unhappy. Its negative influence is associated with inflexibility, cruelty, humorlessness, and pessimism. Saturn also represents illness, handicaps, and misfortune.
In its symbolic form, Saturn is our destiny. It rules fate, the things we cannot escape, and the payment we must make for what we receive.
Key words:
Karma, strength, perseverance, discipline, restriction, law, authority, life lessons, obstacles, stability, practicality, limitation, ambition, goals, achievement, discipline, perseverance, courtesy, decorum, propriety, gravitas, jealous, mistrustful, suspicious, stubborn, responsibility.
Saturn answers the following questions about you:
What do I fear? What do I worry about? What restricts and limits me? What will I have trouble with?
Nature: Masculine
Rulership: Capricorn and Aquarius
Transit time: About 2 to 3 years
Orbit: 29 years
What it represents in life:
Global structures, governments, and collective karma
Myth:
Saturn was the titan-God who was the father of Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto. As the god of agriculture and the seasons, he was also the symbol for Father Time, for he brought an end to all things that had a beginning.