In this post, you can find out what Saturn in Scorpio means in the natal chart.
People with this placement have a deep-seated fear of powerlessness. It suggests a very strong resistance to change. You try to be in control but life sometimes throws you off track and you have to learn to adapt and trust that things will somehow work out. You are prone to extremes and Saturn in Scorpio wants you to learn moderation.
Saturn spends 2-3 years in every zodiac sign. The last time it entered Scorpio was in 2014, staying there until 2015. It will return to this sign on November 11, 2041, and it will leave in 2044.
Here’s how Saturn in Scorpio shapes your birth chart!
Saturn in Scorpio Karma and Life Lessons
Here are some of the most common Saturn in Scorpio karmic lessons:
- let go if you can’t do anything about it
- don’t abuse your power
- stay away from manipulating others
- heal unresolved pain and trauma
- have faith and trust the process
Saturn in Scorpio in the Birth Chart
Exploring your natal Saturn is deeply insightful. Saturn tells where you face limitations and restrictions that help you grow by overcoming them. Saturn is one of the more difficult planets in astrology. In the natal chart, it brings an energy of delay. In addition, Saturn is a karmic planet as well. In your birth chart, it acts as an indicator of karmic issues that you can heal in this lifetime.
It’s important that Saturn’s house and aspects reveal more information about how this planet exactly works in your own chart. Saturn in Scorpio is analogous to Saturn in the eighth house.
Read more: Saturn in Houses
Your Saturn is ruled by Mars here, so Mars in your birth chart can also modify how your Saturn in Scorpio expresses itself.
People with this placement are on a journey of integrating their shadow. Life often brings you into a situation where you have to observe the not-so-pretty side of yourself. Saturn here wants you to confront your shadow side. The more willing you are to do this, the better things turn out usually. Scorpio is about letting go and surrendering, trusting that you will be fine in the end. But with all things Saturn, there’s a lot of resistance and hesitation to do so.
This placement feels very frustrating from time to time. Because of the reluctance to change, you might find yourself stuck in the same situation over and over again.
The key is to turn inward and see how you can change something, or make peace with it. Scorpio is the sign of self-reflection and psychology. Digging deep to understand your motivations and triggers helps a lot to navigate life’s challenges with this placement.
With a natal Saturn in Scorpio, you are meant to embrace the transformation process. There are many ways how this placement can manifest. Some people go through experiences that turn their lives upside down, others are naturally drawn to psychology and want to overcome themselves.
If you don’t succeed at this, you might repeatedly find yourself in situations that make you feel like a victim. However, with a natal Saturn in Scorpio it’s essential to find a source of power and strength in yourself. It teaches you resilience and regeneration. And if you learn its lessons, it rewards you by helping you to come back stronger than ever.
Saturn in Scorpio can indicate difficulties related to other people’s money, loans, debt. It doesn’t mean that things will always go wrong, but it might be wise to handle these matters with extra care. You want to make sure that there are no oversights and issues that could cause issues later on. Saturn here teaches you to be introspective and completely honest with yourself as well.
In any joint venture, you should make sure that you can trust each other.
Generally speaking, Saturn in Scorpio can bring lessons related to trust. Trust is probably not easy for you. You are careful, discerning and suspicious by nature. You want to make sure that the other person is genuine. The negative side of this placement can be never letting your guard down, even when it would be safe. You might be extremely controlling as a self-defense mechanism. Depending on the rest of the chart, Saturn in Scorpio people sometimes find support hard to get. You might find reaching out for help difficult too.
Saturn in this sign suggests past life trauma related to betrayal, and abandonment. Depending on the rest of the natal chart, Saturn in Scorpio can indicate a deep fear of loss.
This placement often manifests as a fear of intimacy. You might have a deep-seated fear of vulnerability. Needless to say, this can make close relationships difficult. However, Saturn issues tend to get better with age as you mature, especially after your first Saturn return around 29-30 years of age. This placement can also manifest as longer periods of celibacy (depending on the rest of the birth chart).
If you have this placement, you probably find keeping a part of yourself hidden an attractive option. Sometimes this is motivated by a deep fear of the other person leaving if they would see the whole you. To prevent this, you might not let them in in the first place. However, this often makes you lonely, especially after your Saturn return if you haven’t mastered this Saturnian lesson by then.
If there are any other indicators in the chart for intense relationship experiences, Saturn in Scorpio amplifies it. But the ultimate lesson of this placement is the value of meaningful, deep connections and their healing power.
To make the most out of this placement, make sure your intentions are good (most of the time, whenever you can do it). Saturn in Scorpio wants you to handle power with great care. It is really important not to abuse it. Through the lens of karmic astrology, Saturn in this sign is associated with abuse of power in the past.
This placement can suggest karmic baggage related to the abuse of power, with negative aspects to Saturn in particular. There’s a deep-seated desire for power, control and authority. People with this placement are often ambitious and driven. However, they should not abuse it. The key is to try to use your influence for good whenever possible.
Saturn in Astrology
Saturn is a relatively slow-moving planet in astrology. How it operates is a bit different from the personal planets. Saturn is not about your personality traits, but about your life lessons and tasks that your soul wants to accomplish. Saturn is highly karmic.
In the natal chart, Saturn represents limitations and blockages that require persistence to overcome. This planet is linked with suppression, shrinking, limits, restrictions. Saturn rules time, old age, karma, responsibility, maturity. It is serious but fair. Saturn teaches us that every action has a consequence, and the present is the product of the past.
With its orbital period of 30 years, most people experience two or three Saturn returns. This is a time of tests but it you work hard, it can also bring the fruits of your labor.
Saturn is the ruling planet of Capricorn and the co-ruler of Aquarius.
Scorpio in the Zodiac
Scorpio is the eighth zodiac sign. It embodies the mysteries of life. It’s the sign of birth, death, sex. The Scorpion is associated with a desire for control and power but also with great wisdom and letting go. Some of its most important keywords are obsession, passion, depth, research, regeneration, deep healing, psychology.
Scorpio is fixed water. It is oriented on the realm of emotion, intuition and the subconscious. Fixed signs are persistent, stubborn and committed, and they dislike interruptions. Scorpio is connected with the eighth house in the natural chart.
Scorpio’s ruling planet is Pluto in modern astrology. Before its discovery, Scorpio was ruled by Mars (traditional astrology still views Mars as Scorpio’s ruler).
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