Astrology: What does it mean when Saturn is retrograde?

Nidhi Trivedi
Retrograde Saturn in astrology

In this position, Saturn requires the strongest defence system against any outside influence to
which the individual in this field is most susceptible.

In some cases, he is too timid, in others he can behave extremely arrogantly and boldly, in
this way masking his weaknesses.

True, in both cases he will possess a noticeable inner strength and with great success fight
against internal unconscious temptations, resist any temptations from the outside, increasing
the potential of his individuality, his biological field and elements of biomagnetism,
crystallizing the content of his inner world.

In all cases, the backward Saturn has a certain influence from the Moon, depending on its
location at the moment, either in an internal orbit between the Earth and the Sun, or in an
external one.

In the first case, he will have a joint influence with the Sun, creating a bright introvert, and in
the second, being in opposition with the Sun, he will have a joint influence with the planet
with which he currently forms any aspect, but always with a strong emphasis of objectivity,
loyalty, impartiality and outward feelings.

Backward Saturn in Radix always makes us understand that all efforts aimed at achieving both
professional and social status are based only on the experience of the past.

Quite often, these people solve their problems and complete cases that remain unfinished,
the work that was unfinished in the past.

Now all professional affairs and the very activity of the individual will experience the need for
constant revision, alteration, improvement.

During the retrograde period, Saturn forces a person to be especially careful and patient,
conservatism will temporarily prevail over progressive tendencies, forcing them to take up
old, long-started business and not start new ones even when there are any ideas and
opportunities for their implementation.

This indicates where a person stopped on his path of development and where he will have to
exert all his strength and energy to resume the interrupted path again.

The retrograde position heightens the sense of responsibility, forcing the person to take a
closer look at the experience of the past, both good and sad lessons.

Saturn gives a person the opportunity to correct old mistakes, improve spiritually, using the
accumulated Saturnian wisdom, at the same time refusing frivolous behaviour, frivolity,
greed, selfishness, directing the best traits of character and disposition for the benefit of his
progress and upward, in the name of the evolution of his spirit.

Retrograde Saturn in the different signs of the zodiac

Saturn in Aries:
Spiritual and physical hardening, strong feelings and the need for personal freedom and
independence, the ability to direct all your strength and energy to achieve your goal.

Here, the constancy and poise, which is not characteristic are intensified, the readiness to
bear complete responsibility for one's decisions and actions. This is a legacy of strong trials in
the past.

Saturn in Taurus:

Strong attachment to both people and places, traditions, habits.

An individual will feel excellent and safe only among loved ones and close people, in a familiar
place.

At this time, he is confident in himself, in his abilities and is not afraid of any difficulties,
obstacles.

Often a given person's life can be complicated by the concept of masochism.

After a certain correction of his philosophical views and worldview, he can later abandon the
internal ballast, which greatly interferes with spiritual evolution.

Saturn in Gemini:

it is difficult for a person to find a common language with the too lively nature of fidgety
"twins" who have sociability and a talent for chatter in their blood.

The “Saturnian” knows very well what he wants to say, but he is not quite able to express his
thoughts exactly and therefore it is difficult for him to speak in front of an audience.

He can collect the necessary information, but not present it; It is easier for him to state his
thought on paper than in front of people.

Saturn in Cancer:

Strong attachment to the home, to the past, to the authority of elders.

A person tries, whenever possible, to communicate with old friends and acquaintances.

He needs to learn to think and reason independently, analyze and make decisions, refusing
the advice and recommendations of other people, only in this case he will be able to achieve
success in life and at work.

Saturn in Leo:

Enhances the love for show and outward shine.

An individual makes his way for his goal very aggressively, on the one hand, looking closely at
the generally accepted rules and laws, on the other, interpreting them very arbitrarily and
only in his favour.

The latest success is brought by state affairs and the political arena, administrative activities,
charity and the solution of social problems.
But at the same time, one must abandon egocentrism and selfish goals, from cruelty and
mercilessness in the fight against one's competitors.

Saturn in Virgo:

Enhances the love for order and accuracy, for pedantry and pragmatism, for all sorts of trifles
and details, for criticism.

These people always try to impose on others their principled point of view, a preconceived
scheme, fearing, like the plague, any improvisation, refusing any compromise.

Saturn in Libra:

Reinforces seriousness and responsibility.

The program of life is to reconcile and calm down, smoothing over sharp corners and
agreeing to a compromise without changing the truth.

Often, an individual has great power over others and can influence their life and destiny.

The main task is to fight for social justice and equality in human relations, categorically
refusing to use their influence for selfish and insensitive purposes.

Saturn in Scorpio:

Here the wisdom of life is simply a legacy of the past. Nothing escapes the gaze of this
individual.

He will feel any deception and reveal it immediately. This person is not blinded by the joys of
life or success in work.

He can simultaneously be an idealistic mystic, materialist, crusader, revolutionary, with great

skill using his amazing intuition and insight.

The main goal of his life is the search for truth.

Saturn in Sagittarius:

Enhances optimism, fanaticism, thirst for personal freedom, liberation, independence.

The individual lives only by his mind, by the mind of a philosophical warehouse, not listening
to anyone, not trusting anyone.

Can quickly respond to an idea, but just as quickly abandon it.

He is an ardent defender of the weak, the exhausted, the humiliated.

Hates everything grey, common, ordinary, stupid and limited.

He seeks the truth in scientific disputes, debates, and proves his physical superiority in sports
arenas.

The most difficult thing for him is to submit to another, therefore liberal professions are most
often chosen.
Great success is achieved in research work, especially in the study of problems associated
with cult rites and religions of various religious trends of the past, present and future, as well
as in scientific expeditions, trips.

Saturn in Capricorn:

Enhances tenacity and perseverance, endurance and stamina, forbearance and patience,
restraint and self-control.

Only in solitude is an individual able to concentrate his thoughts on some specific goal, the
topic of a scientific, philosophical or other nature.

These people hate ordinary and grey, insignificant and ordinary, vile and immoral.

Even love and beauty are viewed by many as excesses that can lead you astray, and often
avoid society and social activities.

Here, one must assume, a person is simply ripe for the completion of his karma.

Saturn in Aquarius:

Intensifies the thirst for personal freedom and independence, thirst for everything new and
still unknown, undiscovered, everything secret and private.

But the approach to this is always unusual, original.

A life philosophy is stable, unshakable.

Novelty and curiosity are strong, as well as self-control and self-criticism.

These people are almost always ready to admit their errors, mistakes, and delusions.

They deliberately try to understand their mission about their contemporaries, revealing the
value of the future, linking it with the present and the past.

Saturn in Pisces:

Only with time and age does an individual become a bold, brave, courageous fighter for his
idea.

A person begins to find his talents and vocation for something, to develop them, using the
accumulated and inherited knowledge of the past.

He gradually begins to feel, understands what others do not even know.

The individual listens and obeys his inner voice, leading him to the evolution of the spirit,
gains strength, which makes others obey him and follow him.

Retrograde Saturn in the houses of the horoscope

Saturn in the 1st house:

makes you understand that success can only bring an active struggle for a higher position in
society, for authority, prestige in the outside world.
Without coercion and violence, a person pacifies negative traits of his character and
disposition, especially quarrelsomeness, forcing himself to adapt to people and circumstances
and understand that a person's power and power should be used fairly, that cruelty and
violence are only a screen behind which - weakness and insecurity in their best.

Saturn in 2nd House: This is where the notion that money is power and power takes root.

The main meaning of life is profit, material values and goods, material independence and
liberation, the possession of wealth.

But to be happier, you should stop praying to the “golden calf” and transfer your life tracks to
the spiritual direction, while simultaneously engaging in charitable activities and mercy.

Saturn in the 3rd house:

in adolescence and youth, the individual often refuses to communicate with equals, looking
for a more noble society.

He may refuse household duties and contacts with relatives, brothers, sisters or neighbours
and colleagues whom he cannot or does not want to understand, whom he did not want to
help when they needed some help.

Approaching the middle of life, these people should reconsider their previous relationships
with loved ones, help them in everything, without denying either affection, time or money.

They must learn to communicate with others without arrogance, without aggression, tacitly
and condescendingly.

Saturn in the 4th house:

This position of Saturn creates additional difficulties in your own house due to selfishness and
greed, tyranny and despotism of the individual.

One should come to his senses and radically change the attitude towards family and loved
ones, towards the environment, because only in this way will a person be able to save his soul
and soften his karma.

Saturn in the 5th house:

if a person has a weak negative or damaged cosmic status, this makes him give up parenting,
abandon his children, their studies and upbringing to the mercy of fate.

In this case, it would be better not to have children, since they, first of all, fall into the list of
the so-called difficult ones, and after a while, the individual himself experiences their
ingratitude or even retribution.

The sooner a person realizes this, the better for his salvation.

It is necessary to deal with children, despite everything, to love them with full dedication,
disinterested and selflessly.

Saturn in the 6th house:

At the beginning of life, an individual can be reputed to be a great egoist and bureaucrat,
trying to do everything only for himself and his good.

But over time, life itself will force him to look for a path to spiritual growth, exaltation, for he
will understand that only this will help to alleviate or even get rid of the suffering that brings
illnesses acquired in earlier years or inherited.

Serving others can also bring spiritual satisfaction.

Saturn in the 7th house:

At the beginning of life, a very frivolous attitude towards people and work, to agreements and
contracts, to cooperation and co-authorship, etc.

The individual refuses any responsibility, objectivity, loyalty in relations with partners in
marriage or business, does not adhere to the code of honour and decency.

After the very first reverse blows and vicissitudes of fate, a person begins to more carefully
control his statements, actions, efforts, both in relations with partners, respecting their rights,
and about the letter of the law, without distorting its meaning and importance.

Saturn in the 8th house:

Over time, Over forces his ward to abandon the practice of black magic and witchcraft, which
are harmful and can even fatally affect others, having brought more than one human
sacrifice.

The craving for this, as for mediumship or the occult and secret sciences, was inherited by the
individual.

There is only one way out - with great inspiration to direct all your strength and energy,
knowledge and desires to serve others, to search for ways of spiritual rebirth and growth,
further evolution of the spirit.

A careful choice of friends and like-minded people is required, and they can only be religious
people who are well versed and understand the meaning of life and death, departure and
return, the meaning of karma, its mitigation or redemption, the meaning of past and future
incarnations.

Saturn in the 9th house:

Enhances the craving for philosophical and religious problems, for pedagogy, enlightenment,
for long trips and long journeys for scientific purposes.

But to be successful in this, it is required to abandon all kinds of dogmatism and fanaticism,
sectarianism or atheism.

It is necessary to develop and use the accumulated experience of the past, acquire new
knowledge and improve spiritually.

It is necessary to study, analyze and process all the information received objectively, without
bias, and only after that pass it on to others, at the same time being aware of all philosophical
and cult trends, both previous and of their era.
The best success is achieved in the field of theology and history, law and state, as well as in
the search for those truths that can bring good and happiness to humanity.

Saturn in the 10th house:

At the beginning of life, the individual follows the motto: "The state is me", creating and
recognizing only a rampant cult of personality, with false authority and evasion of
responsibility.

You need to carefully analyze the reasons for your previous mistakes and delusions, develop
your authority, your personality, continue spiritual evolution, and use the achieved power
and strength only to serve others - a team, society, people or even humanity, depending on
the spiritual level already achieved.

A high state post is possible in the last third of life or at the end, but in order not to fall or not
be overthrown, one must give up everything bad that could harm others.

Saturn in the 11th house:

Only confirms the well-known saying: "Tell who your friends are, and I will tell who you are."

Often in his youth, the individual is attracted by the society of scum and scoundrel.

Against their background, he wants to stand out more vividly himself.

Or he has such friends who can be used to satisfy his ambitions, for selfish and greedy
purposes.

As a result, an individual may in later years simply lose faithful friends who contribute to his
spiritual growth.

Saturn in the 12th house:

Here all suffering and torment are only a consequence of previous mistakes, faults, delusions.

And escape from difficulties is the result of a lack of motivation and courage, and this greatly
aggravates a person's position in the environment and society.

The main task is to consciously look for barriers, obstacles, restrictions and fight them
mercilessly, obeying cosmic laws.

In this way, you can soften or redeem your karma.

A person should feel and understand that he will receive spiritual satisfaction only by helping
the suffering and sick, the weak and the lost, developing feelings of compassion and mercy,
patiently accepting his sufferings, back blows and vicissitudes of fate, and in this way
preparing the transition to the afterlife for the next incarnation - lighter, happier.