My Saturn has returned
When I turned twenty-seven
Everything started to change…
I heard Kacey Musgraves’s new song the other day and it reminded me that I had promised someone to look into my Saturn return.
You know how we have a new moon about once every twenty-nine-ish days? During its cycle, the moon passes through each of the signs of the zodiac. Today we have a new moon in Pisces. In roughly two weeks, on March 25th, we’ll have a full moon in Libra (and a lunar eclipse!). All the planets travel through the zodiac with varying frequencies. Venus takes 225 days. Mars takes almost two years. Saturn takes close to thirty years.
When each planet goes back to the sign it was in when you were born, it’s called a return.
Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, is associated with time, regulations and boundaries. This planet rules with tough love, demanding that we learn lessons the hard way. What lesson, you ask? Here’s how to find out.
Go to a site that calculates your birth chart (click here for my favorite). Enter your date, time and place of birth. Find where Saturn was at that moment by scrolling to the section with your planet placements and houses. Then google separately what does Saturn in _____ (the astrological sign it’s in) in the ___ house mean?
I looked at my Saturn returns a little bit backwards. I thought of what was going on in my life at both ages 30 and 60. The first thing I thought of was that, although I was married, I was severely tempted to stray by gorgeous men. I also remembered that at 30 I took on a much bigger role at work. At 60, I closed my wedding officiant business and pivoted to what I do now. Then I looked up what Saturn in Capricorn in the seventh house means.
Allow me to quote Dr. Google: “…if you have Capricorn in the 7th House, your Saturn return could bring up themes around committed relationships.”
Ahem. My Saturn returns were my wake-up calls to address any issues I’d had with fidelity in my life. There are more meanings and implications, (especially around business) but for me, that relationship theme was a biggie.
Our Saturn return highlights what we are here to learn and master in this lifetime. It’s the curriculum your soul has signed up for this time around. It might knock you on your ass. Or. if you’re willing to do the necessary work, It can be a time of powerful transformation.