If you have dabbled with astrology, you know that Saturn is the Great Teacher (the strict one). In the natal chart, Saturn shows what lessons your soul wants to learn. In the life areas your Saturn touches you often struggle more than your peers. This gives this planet a bad reputation, but if you seek to evolve through these experiences, Saturn rewards you.
Saturn is all about patience and persistence: it takes some time to master its challenges, but once you learn it, you reap its rewards. The good thing about Saturn is that its gifts are long-lasting.
Saturn in Taurus teaches you about wealth and self-worth. It suggests that having money and resources is vital for you. The material world matters to you a lot, sometimes overly so. This placement teaches you to have a balanced relationship with it: not undervaluing or overvaluing. Pursuing financial success is something you spend a lot of time on, which is fine as long as it’s not your sole focus in life. Saturn in Taurus suggests that you value tangible results. Stability is crucial for you: you want to know that you will be safe, no matter what.
Your Saturn in Taurus asks you to be practical and grounded, but not to the extent that you ignore everything that can’t be seen or touched. One of your lessons is to be able to judge the value of the thing in front of you correctly. Saturn is the planet of moderation, which is another important lesson of this placement—you are asked not to suppress your desire for comfort and beauty but not to overindulge either.
From the perspective of karmic astrology, this placement is associated with the misuse of material resources and greed in the past (if you believe in past lives). In this lifetime, moderation is key. You are asked not to reject nice things but not to completely dedicate your life to pursuing them either.
You have your natal Saturn in Taurus if you were born between 1940 and 1942, 1969 and 1971 (plus a short period in 1972), 1998 and 2001. Saturn will return into this zodiac sign on the 12th of April, 2028, and stay there until the 31st of May, 2030.
Saturn in Taurus Key Lessons
Some of the most important lessons Saturn in Taurus wants you to master:
- find security in yourself—you are your own greatest asset
- don’t be greedy
- moderation
- judge the value of things correctly – don’t get caught up in materialism
- practicality
- count your blessings
Saturn in Taurus is somewhat analogous to Saturn in the second house. Saturn is strong in earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn). It’s important that Saturn signs are not so much about your personality traits than about lessons you are asked to learn throughout your life. Your Saturn sign tells you which traits to integrate in order to develop as a person and succeed with your projects. It is associated with maturity and wisdom.
You should also take a look at aspects to Saturn in your natal chart. It’s important to interpret it in the context of the birth chart, not as a standalone unit.
Saturn in Taurus Natal
The motto of Taurus is ‘I have’. Saturn in Taurus suggests that these words evoke mixed emotions in you. Having enough is tricky for you. This placement indicates that you have a lot of insecurity regarding the material world.
Saturn in Taurus is often connected with financial difficulties and while it can manifest that way, it usually manifests primarily on the psychological plane. You can get really good at money management and building wealth if you integrate your Saturn in Taurus well, especially after your Saturn return. So no need to write yourself off if you struggle with this life area at a younger age.
Saturn in Taurus is not about not having enough to objectively meet your needs in most cases: it’s about not having as much as you’d like. Being content is difficult.
With this placement, it’s important to be grateful for what you already have (this doesn’t mean that you are discouraged from wanting more and your ambitions! But it wants you to first appreciate what you already have). Interestingly, accumulating wealth often becomes easier once you stop wanting it desperately and start seeing it as the means to an end, not as the ultimate goal and the key to heaven.
Saturn in Taurus suggests that you are prone to measuring your self-worth in material things. The opinion of others is important to you and often, there’s a need to impress people around you with what you have. Their judgment influences your choices and unless you feel that they approve of you, you struggle with self-worth and enjoying what you have.
People who have this Saturn sign often have low self-esteem. While a good financial standing definitely boosts your self-worth in your own eyes with this placement, this placement reminds you that there are other types of wealth, too.
This placement asks you to think about what your true values are. It’s important to define success for yourself. Your actions are instinctively aligned with what you value the most.
It helps a lot if you keep working on your talents (which you might think you don’t have enough or you might be insecure about, but you usually have plenty). They give you a sense of security and increase your self-esteem.
People with this placement in their natal chart often worry about not having enough. This fear pushes you to work really hard. You dedicate a lot of energy to your world pursuits and still worry about not making it. With Saturn, the progress sometimes might be slow but if you keep going, success is inevitable. The good thing about Saturn is that if you build something according to the principles of this planetary energy, the results are long-lasting.
Focus is usually easy for you, which is one of the benefits of a Saturn in Taurus natal placement (unless the rest of the chart contradicts it). You are ambitious and hard-working, but your goals can become moving targets.
Saturn in Taurus teaches you to deal responsibly with what you have. Saturn serves as a reminder to be optimal to make the most out of limited resources. You are not careless with your time, money, energy, focus. This placement is very grounded and realistic. It suggests that money management has been important to you from an early age. You are not an idealist who believes that resources are not important. You are very well aware of the role they play in the world.
This placement can make it difficult for you to enjoy life. You tend to never be satisfied with what you have accomplished. There’s always something better out there. Saturn in Taurus teaches you to sometimes just sit with yourself and be proud of what you have already accomplished, enjoy its fruits and be excited about future progress.
It wants you to appreciate what you have but don’t be attached to it. It calls for a balanced view on material things. For some people, this Saturn sign can manifest as overspending and hedonism, while others might be terrified of unnecessary spending and try to be as frugal as possible. With this placement in your birth chart, it’s difficult to say no to the temptations around you, but at one point, you realize that it’s the key to freedom.
Sometimes this placement can manifest as holding on to things that don’t serve you anymore (both physically and mentally). Saturn in Taurus can hold on to things way longer than it should. This placement might become a hoarder. Owning for the sake of owning is a potential trap here. You might need it at one point in the future, so why discard it?
There’s a fear of running out of things when you would need them the most. Saturn in Taurus can also manifest as a fear of loss and an extreme need for control. It is also characterized by a deep fear of change. You hate it when someone is pressuring you—the only way for you to change is to conclude that it’s necessary on your own.
With this placement, it’s usually helpful to practice giving. Selflessness is another important lesson for Saturn in Taurus people.
What Does Saturn Represent in Astrology?
Saturn belongs to the group of malefic planets (actually, it’s called the Greater Malefic in traditional astrology). On the one hand, it’s associated with limitations and restrictions. It is depicted as gruesome and cold. Still, on the other hand, it teaches you lessons lighter planetary energies can’t: the skills of persistence, patience, commitment and hard work. Even though it rules deep fears, frustration, loneliness, Saturn’s purpose is not to make you suffer: it’s about building on solid foundations.
Saturn is the ruling planet of time and karma (Saturn’s aspects, sign and house in your chart tell a part of your karmic story).
Saturn is the seventh planet from the Sun, with an orbital period of 29.5 years. This means that it stays in each sign for 2-3 years and it gives it a generational touch (people born during this period all share the same Saturn sign). In the birth chart, you should blend the meaning of your Saturn sign with the house placement and aspects.
Saturn is the ruling planet of Saturn and the co-ruler of Aquarius. In Libra, it’s exalted, in Aries in fall and in Cancer and in Leo in detriment.
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