Saturn’s placement in a horoscope indicates the areas of life where the native will have to undergo challenges and struggles before achieving success. It is associated with karma, which means the law of cause and effect. It indicates that the actions of a person will have consequences, either good or bad, and one will have to pay for their deeds sooner or later. It teaches the native the importance of being responsible and accountable for their actions.
He is the ruler of time and represents qualities such as compassion, simplicity, purity, philosophy, spirituality, politics, and government. Along with Sun; Saturn is the true giver of power and authority.
Saturn actually brings great benefits when the time is right. Saturn spends 2.5 years in each sign. Three or four of Saturn’s transit circles might include an individual’s whole life. It is possible to divide each cycle of thirty years into twelve parts, each lasting 2.5 years. In each sign, Saturn will spend 2.5 years in one sign.
Along with many Dasha systems, transit of Saturn becomes most important for predicting the major events of life, impact of Saturn transit either good or bad felt for longer period of time. As per the Nadi Shastra one can predict the events with the progression of Saturn. Sharing some rules of Saturn which can help to predict events more profoundly.
Consider these points before judging the transit result.
1) For example, if a person’s birth chart does not indicate a major career change, then even if transiting Saturn, which is the planet of career and ambition, is in a strong position in the sky, the person is unlikely to experience a significant career shift during that time.
However, if the birth chart shows the potential for a career change and transiting Saturn is activating that area of the chart, then the timing of the career change can be more precisely estimated.
Thus, the role of transiting planets is to act as triggers for the potential events and energies already present in the birth chart, rather than creating new events or energies.
2) Saturn indicates losses, sickness, obstacles, restriction, worries and pains. If Saturn is in a negative transit, its occupation, aspect or conjunction with any house or lord thereof, will certainly cause problems. However, if Saturn’s transit is positive, quite encouraging results will be experienced with regard to the house concerned.
Let’s now discuss some major transit rules of Saturn.
IMPORTANT RULE – 1
Whenever transit of Saturn make connection with natal Mars native experience the major change in the life. Saturn transit 4th, 7th and 11th from natal Mars one should be quite cautious during this time, if the transit of Saturn is coming in 6th, 8th and 12th house and from natal Mars this is coming in 4th,7th, 10th and 11th house then then turning point may be unfavourable for the native.
1 st Example
Below is the chart Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru.
In October 1907, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru went to Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated with an honour’s degree in natural science in 1910. During this period, he studied politics, economics, history and literature. In October 1907, Saturn just changed the sign in retrograde motion to Pisces, which is occupying the 9th house of higher studies in abroad. During that time Saturn transit was 7 th to natal Mars which happens to be Yog Karak planet for cancer ascendant.
On 15th August 1947, Nehru ji became the 1st Prime Minister of India, during that time Saturn was transiting in the Cancer Sign which is 11th position away from Yog Karak Mars. In 1917 Pandit ji was blessed by Daughter Indira who later became the Prime Minister of India.
2nd Example
This is a chart of male native born on 3rd march 1998. Both Mars and Saturn are conjunct in the 8th house making a Yantra Yoga. This person went to Abraod to pursue masters in software engeering. To support his father who is already in to business of software engeering he took this decision. If we check the transit of saturn during that time Saturn was trasniting in 6th house and 11th from Natal Mars. There is an exchange between jupiter and saturn and conjuction of 7 th and 9th lord which indiactes that he will follow the footsteps of his father and help him in his business.
3 rd Example
This is a chart of male native, in 2004 when Saturn moved to cancer sign which falls in the 5th house, he started his career by composing music and DJing where he got recognition by the people, after that he continued this for 10years. Saturn was transiting 11th from the natal Mars, during that time his mother got settled in abroad. In 2017 when Saturn was transiting in 10th house which is 4th from natal Mars he faced some challenges, that time he was into business of manufacturing soundproof speakers. In 2018 he got married and in 2019 he was blessed with baby. So, if check the transit of Saturn we can see that major of events happened when Saturn was 4th,7th ,11th from natal mars.
IMPORTANT RULE – 2
Transit of Saturn on the Ascendant brings prominent change in life also when Saturn aspect Ascendant and Moon together it brings promotions, growth, power, status and new responsibilities in the life. Effect will be the same when Saturn transit over natal moon and aspects Ascendant.
4 th Example
This is a chart of male native born on 11thMay 1966. In 2003 April Saturn came to Gemini sign which is the Ascendant for this native, here Jupiter being the lord of 10th house sitting in the Lagna. When Saturn came on Ascendant this native got a higher rank which was early as per the age, this native was serving Indian Navy and when he got promoted everyone was really shocked that how come he got such a promotion at this age. In 2007 He was about to give the voluntary retirement but destiny was thinking something big for the native, in 2006 October he got the opportunity to work in Russia where Indian Navy biggest Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya was refurbishing by Russian Navy.
5 th Example
This is the chart of Rajiv Gandhi, in 1980 Saturn was transiting over his ascendant degree and was very close to Mercury Degree, on 21 June his younger brother Sanjay killed in plane crash. Moon Ascendant is also same so this incident was quite transformative for Rajiv Gandhi but for his career it turned out to mile stone. After Sanjay died in a plane crash in 1980, Gandhi reluctantly entered politics at the behest of his mother. The following year he won his brother’s Parliamentary seat of Amethi and became a member of the Lok Sabha —the lower house of India’s Parliament. As part of his political grooming, Rajiv was made general secretary of the Congress party and given significant responsibility in organising the 1982 Asian Games.
IMPORTANT RULE – 3
Transit of Saturn when influence the 10th lord or 10th from Ascendant or Moon either by aspect or conjunction, that 2.5 year of Saturn transit is quite promising for native career growth. This becomes more powerful when natal moon is posited in the Ascendant, 10th house or with the 10th lord. Any planet which is forming an exchange Yog or in conjunction with the 10th lord, Saturn during transit when make connection with that planet which in exchange or conjunction with the 10th lord then also Saturn gives prominent growth in career during its transit. But one thing which you have to keep in mind that exchange planet should not fall in the Dusthana houses (6th,8th and 12th)
6 th Example
This is a chart of Ex President Donald Trump, Saturn transit on his natal Moon gave major transformation in his career, on 20th January 2017 he became the President of USA. That time Saturn was transiting in the Scorpio sign and was making connection with the 10th and Ascendant lord Sun.
I hope this article will be helpful for you all in predicting the major events in life.