Vedic Astrology

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Saturn transits to the next sign of Aquarius:

The new 2023 year brings a host of planetary changes, with the most prominent change being the movement of Saturn out of Capricorn into Aquarius on 1/17. Perhaps of all planetary transits, Saturn’s movement is the most deeply influential since Saturn spends roughly 2.3 – 3 years transiting any given zodiac sign. Saturn is also the most misunderstood of all the planets, so it’s worth reviewing Saturn’s basic features and orientation astrologically, before explaining its influence as it moves through the sign of Aquarius, where Saturn resides until 3-29-2025.

The most important lesson to learn regarding all of the planets, is to approach each individual planet on its own terms and mentally integrate its basic energy and orientation. Then you have an improved life experience as you associate and try to work with that planetary influence in your life. This is always true when trying to understand how to deal with and work through a particular planetary mahadasha (life cycle), which can last as long as 20 years of one’s life span. Without a balanced, thorough understanding of the planets, confusion, upset, dissatisfaction and struggle tend to dominate one’s perceptions and attitudes. Even having a clear understanding, it’s not always easy to navigate through life during certain more challenging dasha cycles and accompanying transits. However, it does provide an individual with some context, insight and direction for how best to approach certain periods of life.

Now that Saturn is changing signs to Aquarius, it’s a good time to review Saturn’s basic orientation. Saturn is the planet governing responsibility, work, commitment, perseverance, organization, practicality, and owning up to the truth and reality of your life situation, and what you promised to fulfill or complete. Saturn is not interested in how happy, satisfied or pleased one feels. Saturn represents the practical, work-oriented aspects of life and it forces a person to own up to one’s commitments and responsibilities. Saturn is heavy and serious. If something is out of order, not working well, been ignored or needs improvement and attention, Saturn has a way of showing us and directing our attention in that location, even if it is painful, upsetting, humiliating or otherwise. Work needs to be done, responsibility needs to be taken, adjustments or modifications need to be made, and that’s the lesson of Saturn. Saturn gives the gift of knowing what work needs to be done in your life at any given time. If you approach and work with Saturn on its own terms, then you will tend to make real progress, both materially, psychologically and spiritually. This process is not necessarily easy, fun or “enlightening”, but it is necessary, even if it’s just to provide some mental or emotional relief.

Saturn is always transiting through one of the 12 houses of each person’s astrological chart and this transit will influence people differently based on a series of factors related to the entire birth chart. The common denominator is that Saturn’s transit puts the spotlight, the microscope, directly on that life domain and asks the person to take a good hard look and see what needs repair, modification, adjustment, change or attention. There is no way out of it, since you can’t escape Saturn’s grip. If you don’t deal directly with the problems or issues that are showing up, then you suffer, and the message or prompting gets louder until you are forced to deal with it, even if it is not convenient, or what you hoped or asked for.

If you are honest, and begin to do the hard work required, then Saturn slowly but surely reveals your progress and you begin to feel stronger, more secure, less worried, and more aligned with yourself. You may be tired, but you know that you are doing the work that is necessary to grow, improve and make some necessary progress with your life. For this reason, people often fear or dislike Saturn. Yes, Saturn is considered a challenging planet, because it does not let anyone off the hook, and it requires hard work. If you tend to take short cuts in life or expect only pleasurable experiences, then it’s understandable that you won’t adapt to Saturn’s style, and therefore you won’t take well to the restrictions and hard lessons imposed during certain “saturnized” times. For example, Saturn is the planet ruling aging. If you don’t accept and adapt to changes that come with physical aging, then you suffer, longing for youthfulness, when that in fact is not your reality. At its greatest expression, Saturn awakens you to the truth, to the parts of yourself and your life experience that you have repressed, denied or ignored previously, and need attention and nurturance. From this vantage point, we can approach Saturn with gratitude and appreciation.

On 1/7, transiting Saturn moves to Aquarius and will transit there until 3-29-2025. On the positive side, Saturn rules the sign of Aquarius and is generally strong there, so this transit has the potential for making progress, advancing new ideas, new approaches for solving problems, reorganizing and improving large groups, organizations and communities, as well as creating new bonds of friendship in working toward a common goal of healing and improving the world at large. It is strong for advancing scientific and medical research, especially for “out-of-the-box” and unconventional approaches used in healing diseases. It is a good transit for alternative healing approaches that are effective. This transit benefits creative, open-minded thinking and yet it can also promote critical thinking and debates. It is beneficial for promoting artificial intelligence and computer-based technologies.

However, where there are holes, errors, narrow-mindedness, short-cuts or wishful thinking, Saturn will shine a light and expose those areas:

This Saturn transit puts the spotlight on groups, organizations and especially non-profit and humanitarian organizations. Not all organizations function well, even if well-intentioned and not all humanitarian organizations are truly “humanitarian,” just because they say they are. During this period, we’ll witness an increased level of scandals, when the truth comes out about certain organizations that are not truly how they represent themselves to be. Some organizations become toxic due to certain members in power who ruin the entire company. Other large organizations, business, charitable, spiritually-focused or otherwise, will come under the microscope and be held accountable. Some of these organizations will crumble, unfold and go bankrupt. This is especially true of “spiritual” organizations which come under the Aquarius umbrella, if there are holes or problems festering within. Odd, eccentric or unusual groups that are created on fabrications and ignorance will also come under greater scrutiny and questioning.

“Communities” are also governed by Aquarius. Belonging to a “community” does not make things great or perfect and it does not make someone better than someone who does not belong. There are downsides to community involvement, such as a narrow-minded mob mentality that can overtake intelligent, critical thinking. Other areas under more intense scrutiny will involve research institutions, including medical and scientific research. Which research organizations are truly credible and which are ineffectual, inefficient, produce shoddy work, and a waste of time and money? Another major area ruled by Aquarius is “friendships.” You may find yourself reevaluating your own social circle of friends, and the genuine bond that exists, or lack thereof.

Aquarius governs the “unconventional” and eccentric, in general. These behaviors and stylistics will also come under greater scrutiny as Saturn transits through Aquarius. Being free does not mean a person has the right to riot, be destructive, to rob stores and shoot people at will on the streets, with little to no consequences for his or her actions. Saturn will do its job, but it will get a bit harsh and even louder before situations change for the better, if that is possible.