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Understanding Your Life's Purpose: Saturn in Your Astrology Chart

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You've got Saturn β™„ in your chart and I wanna teach you how to use that disciplined, hard-working and authoritative energy to support the pursuit of your life's purpose.

Let's get to know Saturn β™„:

πŸ€“ Saturn rules Capricorn ♑️ and Aquarius β™’️.

It spends 2.5 years in a sign and takes about 28 - 30 years to get around your entire chart by transit.

It's similar to the moon, as the moon spends 2.5 days in a sign and takes about 28-30 days to get around your entire chart by transit.

Saturn represents the divine masculine. The Moon represents the divine feminine. Coincidence? Perhaps, but probably not.

β™„ Saturn in your birth chart:

😩 Saturn β™„ is considered the great malefic planet and Mars is the lesser malefic, but if you have your natal Sun above the horizon (in houses 7-12), Mars is your most malefic planet (read Understanding Your Life's Purpose: Mars in Your Astrology Chart blog post to learn about how Mars impacts you).

😎 Saturn brings challenges to show you what your made of. The sign your natal Saturn is in, the house it's in and any aspects to Saturn show you the greatest challenges you'll have and how to overcome them.

πŸͺ Saturn is also the planet connected to karma and time. Saturn is the original Time Lord (for my fellow Doctor Who fans). And they say Saturn gets younger as you get older. In other words, Saturn becomes less serious and more playful with time.

πŸ₯° When I met Saturn in the Akashic Records, he felt like a loving grandfather, who has your back and wants you to grow into who you came here to become.

πŸ›‘ The thing about Saturn is that if you're not meeting your challenges with discipline, being responsible and working hard, he's gonna through up more roadblocks, limitations and challenges until you do things right.

🀯 If you're meeting your challenges head on, working hard, Saturn's gonna have your back and help you.

Look at your chart to learn which sign your natal Saturn β™„ is in and then find it below:

β™ˆοΈ Aries: Saturn hates to be in Aries. It's at its fall here. Saturn wants to set a goal, take practical steps to achieve it and build something that lasts. Aries wants to start something, gets bored and then moves on without finishing it.

With your Saturn in Aries, you have motivation to set goals and take action, but find that you get bored easily and want to move on.

This can make it difficult to take intentional steps towards your purpose, so here's how you work with this energy: Inspire others to build your big idea. Find people who have the discipline to complete the task and stop beating yourself up for not finishing something.

You're here to initiate and inspire with your passion. That is enough.

♉️ Taurus: With your Saturn in Taurus, you've got staying power in spades. Once you put your mind to doing something, you're gonna take practical and grounded action until you achieve it.

Your greatest lessons from Saturn will come from knowing when to let something go and walk away from it.

Your determination is always going to tell you to keep trying harder, especially if you believe the goal you're working toward will bring you comfort and security. 

It would be easy for you to spend years going down a path that's no longer aligned with your purpose, so check in with your body to see if the goal still feels aligned. It never lies.

If it's aligned you will feel calm and serene. If it's not, you will feel chaotic and frustrated.

β™ŠοΈ Gemini: With your Saturn in Gemini, you naturally bring dry wit and playfulness to your work and responsibilities. 

You're amazing at focusing on the details it takes to reach a goal you set, but be mindful you're not too focused on the details to zoom out and see the bigger picture.

Saturn will invite you to learn all the things, especially related to the house you have Saturn in, so you can become an authority figure on that area of life and teach others about it.

♋️ Cancer: Saturn doesn't like to be in Cancer. It's at its detriment. Saturn, as the divine masculine, is focused on structure, grounded-ness and hard work. Cancer, as the divine feminine, is focused on flowing, intuition and emotions.

With your Saturn in Cancer, you are a powerful advocate for healthy emotional boundaries. 

You're here to show up for the people you care about as the calm in the storm. With you, people feel safe and secure.

β™ŒοΈ Leo: Saturn doesn't like to be in Leo. It's in its detriment here. Saturn is traditional and grounded. Leo is fiery and flashy.

With your Saturn in Leo, people see you as a natural authority figure, oozing charisma. You're ambitious, hardworking and generous.

Leading from the mind or ego, is what we've seen modeled most in our modern world, and you can see where that's lead humanity and the earth. 

You're here to be an example of a heart-led leader.

♍️ Virgo: With your Saturn in Virgo, you are grounded, practical and goal-oriented.

You're also ridiculously perfectionistic and overly hard on yourself. When this comes up for you, focus your attention on serving others.

You're here to build a legacy of service that stands the test of time. 

β™ŽοΈ Libra: Saturn loves to be in Libra. It's exalted here. Saturn knows right from wrong and Libra is all about justice.

With your Saturn in Libra, you're here to create structures that bring harmony, balance and equality into the world.

You've got a strong sense of justice and the work ethic to create a more equitable world for all.

♏️ Scorpio: With your Saturn in Scorpio, you're here to heal your relationship with power. 

You are a magnetic human, who others naturally see as an authority figure. It would be easy to abuse your gift to manipulate others.

Instead you're here to use your passion to set up societal structures that support and empower all humans.

♐️ Sagittarius: With your Saturn in Sagittarius, you're here to set big goals, go on big adventures, explore this big ol' world of ours and then share all the wisdom you gained.

It's important you're in integrity with the hard-earned wisdom you share with others. So, if you haven't actually experienced or gone through something, don't give others advice on how to do it.

♑️ Capricorn: Saturn likes to be in Capricorn. It's at home here. They both wanna set goals, put in the hard work and become an authority figure.

With your Saturn in Capricorn, you're here to do the work. You are responsible and disciplined. Maybe too much, at times.

Don't become all work and no play. Take fun as seriously as you take the work you do.

Fun and play aren't something you wait to do until you finally achieve your goal. They get to be a part of the process. This will get easier for you with age.

♒️ Aquarius: Saturn likes to be in Aquarius. It's at home here. Saturn and Aquarius are both emotionally cool and aloof.

With your Saturn in Aquarius, you're here to create innovative structures (business, charity, non-profit, community, etc.) that make the world a better place for all humans.

♓️ Pisces: With your Saturn in Pisces, you're here to be a compassionate, unconditionally loving and sensitive authority figure. 

Be mindful not to procrastinate or escape your responsibilities by numbing yourself with drugs or  alcohol, binging Netflix, endlessly scrolling Instagram, or living in your own fantasy world.

Whichever house Saturn β™„ falls in your chart shows which areas of life you will need to be disciplined, responsible and hardworking, thereby becoming an authority figure in that area.

Look in your chart to see which house Saturn β™„ is in and find it below:

 πŸ  Saturn through the houses:

1st house: personality, self-image, physical body and perspective

2nd house: relationship with money, values, self-worth, material possessions

3rd house: mindset, self-talk, self-expression, writing, education, local community/neighborhood, communication, automobiles 

4th house: home, family of origin, ancestral lineage

5th house: passions, hobbies, inner child work, children, romance, casual sex, dating, fun and play

6th house: work routines, service to others, daily habits, health, work environment

7th house: partnership, marriage, close relationships, 1 on 1 work, contracts/deals/agreements

8th house: death, rebirth, transformation, other people’s money, debt, taxes, manifestation, occult practices, sex, anything considered taboo

9th house: long distance travel, adventure, higher moral beliefs and life philosophy, wisdom, big picture goals, publishing, teaching

10th house: career, public reputation, legacy, authority figures, impact on others

11th house: friendship, community, connections, groups

12th house: subconscious, dreams, spirituality, mysticism, rest and retreat, karma, connection with unseen beings/realms

That's all I have to say about Saturn β™„.

 

πŸͺ Show up for your challenges with discipline, meet them head on, use the lessons you learned to help others do the same!

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