Saturn is the planet of solitude, fears and letting go of things. Anxiety, fear, sorrow, insecurity, loss and life’s painful lessons are all ways of Saturn. Saturn teaches us to give up attachment to tangible things and not to take things personally. However at some point in life we need to understand that there is something bigger than us that we can not control and it forces us to face situations like, death of a loved one, a chronic illness, or an excessive amount of responsibility. These are the crises and pain in life we must face and try to learn the lesson of Saturn. Ultimately Saturn makes us realistic and mature about the real meaning of life by making peace with it and releasing the painful attachments to the world. Good Saturn is very compassionate and understanding, and bad Saturn is very bitter and selfish.
Saturn represents reputation, ambition on a large scale, fear, responsibility, delay, restriction, illness, capacity for hard work, stress and isolation. Saturn is the planet of karma. It judges someone's life by judging their karma and gives new life based on their past’s life karma. No one can escape from the law of karma in the realm of divine power. Everyone is equal. What makes a difference is their own karma. If you do good you will get good if you do bad you will get bad. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction; this is divine law. If someone in a bad situation is due to their own ignorance, not due to someone else.
So what are the common findings of karmic debt related to Saturn in different houses? We need to add what Saturn represents in the house to understand the meaning of Saturn in different houses.
Saturn in the First House
Ascendant or first house is the house from which we are learning things and experiencing life. Saturn in ascendant makes a person fearful of nature, inhibited, and restricted in learning for new things. Saturn in the first house loses its strength. It may indicate a fear of self-expression, resulting from a past life bad experience and this caused pain or suffering. This fear leads to feelings of insecurity, lack of confidence or courage, shyness, awkwardness, and an inability to assert oneself. This leads to a pessimistic attitude and they easily surrender in front of opposition. It may indicate an abuse of will in a former lifetime, and this is being balanced by frustrations and delays in attaining one's goals. The individual’s prevented from accomplishing a purpose, and through these frustrations these people acquired humility, sympathetic nature towards others. It can be corrected by involvement with others. Since this provides opportunities for self-assertion and gaining confidence. These individuals have to fight to overcome their negativity and to assert their will toward their goals. Living in solitude only enhances their self-focus and fear of others which is not good for their life.
Saturn in the Second House
Saturn in the second house indicates the person has fear of poverty and a sense of never having enough. Resulting from an experience of scarcity in a past life or in early childhood. Second house represents mainly wealth, self esteem, value, and family. There could be possibilities of being born into poor families in the current lifetime, and this makes them work through this poverty issue and makes them frugal minded. No matter how much money these people have they have a habit of living like rags. Both experiences, greed and poverty are likely to manifest as a drive to hoard wealth. Resulting in lessons about what is of true value in life. Lack of wealth, money, security, self esteem, which they need to develop in this lifetime. But These lessons may be delivered by having great wealth and losing it. By experiencing the emptiness of material satisfaction, or through frustrations and delays in attaining it. These people need to understand that or learn that no amount of money can buy security or a sense of self-worth. Self worth only comes from within. Although money is very important in life. These people should not run after wealth too much and should learn to spend time with nature and family.
Saturn in the Third House
Saturn in the third house indicates the person has a fear of traveling resulting from an accident or tragedy that occurred while traveling in past lives or in childhood. The individual might be afraid of expressing in speaking, reading, learning of anything and generally they lack courage. These fears may lead to stuttering, shyness, poor performance, or a sense of inadequacy about their personal interest. Many with this placement work hard to develop their verbal abilities in an attempt to conquer their sense of shame and feelings of inferiority. Once they have overcome their inadequacy, they turn their weakness into a strength and develop many skills. They could be excellent communicators, and can work in the teaching profession. If the person has a problem in speech or hearing problems, or learning problems then there is a clue that this person might have misused their power of communication or prevented others from learning or speaking in a past life or in childhood and will meet with lessons to balance this. Sometimes balancing is accomplished by restricting the individual’s ability to communicate, which might manifest as speech or hearing problems, learning problems, or even not having any skill.
Saturn in the Fourth House
Saturn in the fourth house indicates the person has difficulty with family members due to a former lifetime. The individual might have abandoned a family in previous lives and is now experiencing how that feels when family members do not give love and emotional security. Which is usually shown by insufficient emotional support from the parents and from family members. The home life might be disturbed by divorce or the death of a parent. Burdened by a lack of resources or sickness, or simply lacking in warmth and emotional closeness. There may be fear surrounding the relationship and a feeling of burden and responsibility. Resulting in emotionally cool and distant family members. This leaves the individual emotionally wounded and feeling unloved. As a result, the person craves protection and emotional connection that was lacking but has difficulty trusting others and opening up emotionally to others. Releasing this karma may be a very important part of this life time to the person. In almost every case, it develops compassion and an appreciation for the importance of family and of properly caring for family.This side of life might have been neglected or undervalued in previous lifetimes.
Saturn in the Fifth House
Saturn in the fifth house indicates the person has fear of self-expression. This shows a lack of confidence, creativity, self-assertion, energy, and enthusiasm to enjoy in life. The fear may be rooted in a past life experience of suppression of creativity or the person may have misused their power of self-expression. So now they are especially cautious in these matters. Their creativity may be blocked or their creative products unfulfilling. The 5th house is related with romance and love affairs. They struggle with feelings of inadequacy and being unloved and have difficulty in expressing love to their partner. Thus they bring rejection and heartbreak on themselves, making it all the more difficult for them to love themselves. That is what they need to learn to do. They must realize their own significance and individuality. This placement also may indicate a karmic debt owed to a child or to children. Sometimes it coincides with inability to have children, restrictions or delay on having children. Which leads to them finding a new purpose in life and this fulfills their karmic debt related with children. It could be responsibility, burdens, or work related to a child or children of others. It could serve a karmic purpose or serve to focus energy in another direction. Which makes the native to understanding and compassionate.
Saturn in the Sixth House
Saturn in the sixth house indicates the person has fear of illness. Which may be either mental or physical from a past life. It motivates the individual to pay special attention to health, diet, hygiene, and proper care of the body. And this is the basic lesson of the person. The illness or difficulty which may or may not be associated with health matters. It could be mistreatment of someone under one's service may be the karmic debt. The purpose of karma is to balance a wrong attitude or action towards low class people.. If a servant's owner's intentions and treatment for his servants were good, then there is little or no karmic balancing would be necessary. If not, then there is a karmic backlog towards the service or servant. Another important lesson for those with this placement is service. Saturn in the sixth house finds themselves in performing menial work. They might be stuck in an unsatisfying job. The person bored of an endless daily routine. Limitations, frustrations, and discontentment with work are common. This may be serving to teach them humility and the value of service and to balance any negative attitudes toward servants, work and routine. They need to establish organization and a routine in their lives and learn to embrace even the most ordinary work.
Saturn in the Seventh House
Saturn in the seventh house indicates the person has fear of loneliness. It may be due to hurt or get hurt in a past life from a partner or early in relationship with someone. Which leads to difficulties in relationships. These people are afraid of opening emotionally with their partners as a result relationships become distant, cold and dull. Their struggles with relationships often result in a drive to take relationships very seriously. These people like to choose partners who are safe (e.g., ones who have problems like them). They tend to form relationships that are restricting, burdensome, disappointing, or unloving. Many are attracted to more serious types of relationships which can provide stability, and give faithfulness. Or some choose an older partner which can give them monetary security so that they can feel safe money wise. These individuals have a karmic debt of relationship and are forced to face certain important lessons in love and to learn to cope with loneliness and understand people in relationships. This placement also may indicate a karmic relationship with their partner or a business in which a partnership is full of painful lessons. On the other hand, it might serve to focus their energy in directions other than relationships by delaying or blocking them in relationships.
Saturn in the Eighth House
This is the most difficult placement for Saturn in the natal chart. Saturn in the eighth house indicates the person has a fear of intimacy and difficulty merging with another. This difficulty may originate from betrayal or some other misfortune in love in a past life or in the early life. Or misuse or abuse of power in a former lifetime and they need lessons to correct this. Or might have a family that is abusive, cold, or emotionally disconnected. These individuals not only fear sharing themselves emotionally with others but sexually as well. Due to that they have sexual dysfunction. For overcome for their fears these people have casual sexual relations. Or other possibility of this placement could become victims of sexual abuse or other forms of violence or emotional wounding, perhaps to balance karma. Another possible challenge is around other people's money. There may be obstacles in obtaining a divorce settlement, an inheritance, or tax money. Finally, it may be that a karmic debt is owed, or has willingly been taken on, to a romantic or business partner. If that is the case, the individual may be burdened financially by a partnership. Such challenges may motivate native to learn the deeper part of psychology and of their own emotional well being. The 8th house of transformation through painful things in life. It necessitates healing and going within. This may be part of the soul’s growth in this lifetime to the person.
Saturn in the Ninth House
Saturn in the ninth house indicates the person has fear of higher learning, region, belief system and long distance travelling. The person may have experienced mental oppression, dogmatism, or a restriction of personal freedom in a former lifetime from religious, legal, governmental, or educational institutions or from family members in current life. Many feel disillusioned by the faith in which they were brought up. Or the individual might be betrayed or let down by a spiritual leader or religion. As a result, they may have lost faith in spiritual guru or in region, or believe in nothing. The person could be atheist. These people need to discover their own truth and belief system that works for them. They may study law, religion, government, or philosophy in an effort to uncover the understanding they seek. Once they have, they often become teachers of these subjects. This placement also may indicate intolerance, unacceptance, dogmatism, or oppression that needs to be balanced. More positively, it might be balanced through exposure to those of other cultures and beliefs. This hopefully will broaden the individual’s understanding about ninth house things.
Saturn in the Tenth House
Saturn in the tenth house indicates the person has fear of success, of one's own power, or of public humiliation. That could originate from fall from a high social position in a previous lifetime. A past connection to this placement is that the person might have abused the power that society invested in a past life and must be careful not to repeat this mistake. On the other hand, the fear of failure, intense ambition, and need to be important. Sense of inadequacy of this placement may be a response to a father who is critical, demanding, and cold. To succeed, these people will have to overcome their fears and resistance to name and fame. They will be wise to hold oneself back from using unethical means for attaining power and from abusing the power they achieved. If they don’t, disgrace or a fall is sure. On the other hand Saturn in the 10th house needs to work hard to attain and maintain their social status and it often brings obstacles, delays, disappointments, or a lack of opportunity in the career. However, with due caution, discipline, hard work, and humility, many things can be achieved. This is the only way to the recognition and respect that they desire in their life.
Saturn in the Eleventh House
Saturn in the eleventh house indicates the person has a fear of mixing in social circles. In a previous lifetime, or in past lives these people have been outcast by a group or a community or rejected by friends. This may have left these people emotionally hurt. Because of that it is very hard for them to make friends or mix in social or friend circles. To overcome their insecurity, these people may embrace a secluded lifestyle, which is created by social situations. To cover up their low self-esteem they might show to be superior or tell others that it is because they are special or different from others and that they don’t fit in. These people need special understanding and encouragement to build their confidence and help them overcome their shyness and sense of social isolation. These people need to become involved with others, express themselves within groups and assume leadership for the common good. They may be asked to take on responsibilities as a result of a friendship, or friendships may be burdensome or challenging. These people they meet in groups and with whom they form friendships might be people they knew in previous lifetimes. This position also may indicate working with a friend. A more constructive use of this placement is for them to become involved with a group for a good cause.
Saturn in the Twelfth House
Saturn in the twelfth house indicates the person has fear of being confined, dependent, disable, mentally ill, or helpless from having experienced these conditions in a former lifetime or in current life. The probability of this placement that they may have been taken advantage of the mentally ill, sick, or others who are weak or vulnerable. Many with this placement feel a deep-seated guilt and a sense of obligation to others or to society. Which may be based on a karmic debt. They will work hard to avoid these possibilities by paying their dues to society and serving those whose condition they fear most. Their desire to serve in these areas also comes from the compassion that they developed from having been confined, mentally ill, or disable in a former lifetime. Their service in these areas also may be a way for them to repay service that they received from society when they were dependent or disable. A common means of balancing this debt is through service, particularly by being spiritual. Some may become healers or monks or nuns. Isolation, dependency, hospitalization, and confinement are the most extreme possibilities for this lesson. Through these experiences, these people learn compassion. Saturn in the 12th house learns to let go and surrender our own will to a higher one. Service and a willingness to explore their depths and experience unity consciousness are what is being asked of these native in a difficult way of life.
If you find these similarities in your life related to Saturn in your chart, then you have a karmic backlog and you need to understand what Saturn is telling you. What you need to learn and what you need to let go.