Saturn Return

What is the Saturn Return?:

This is when the planet Saturn comes back to meet your natal Saturn. It takes about 29.5 years for this slow-mover to return to where it was when you were born. The Saturn return hits in the late twenties, and its impact is felt into the early thirties. There's a second (and possibly a third for the long-lived among us) Saturn return that hits between age 57-60.

Time to Grow Up:

The Saturn Return is a wake-up call, and this is why so many fear it's sobering realities. If you've spent your twenties in a fog, coasting on your youthful charm, it becomes obvious that your foundation is too flimsy for the long haul. When you're young, there seems infinite time to decide what you want to be "when you grow up." Well, Father Time swoops down as you're nearing 30 to say, you're all grown up now, pick a path.

Time to Get Real:

Sometimes we make life choices before we really know who we are. At the Saturn return, some of these choices are revealed to be out of sinq with our true destiny. And it's a big deal, since there may be marriages and whole careers up for review. The U.S. Census reports a peak of divorces around age 30, when promises made in the blush of youth don't match the core of either person as they approach this turning point. On the other hand, Saturn may bring a fated relationship, that leads to a serious commitment with long-term potential.

The Dreams of Youth:

The Saturn return brings with it the pressure of time, and often the first awareness of your own mortality. You take stock of what it would take to achieve those big dreams, and often a sense of dread at ever getting there. But happily, it's a time when things like disciplne, focus and clear-sight come in to give you a kind of pragmatic hope. You'll figure out what's still possible, and make the changes necessary to get on track.

It's a crossroads period, when life-altering decisions are made . For example, at age 30, Vincent Van Gogh became a painter, instead of a minister.

Stripping Down:

The Saturn return often creates a crisis that puts you face-to-face with your fears. And many of these have deep roots in your psyche, but they're also about living up to societal expectations. Saturn causes a mini earthquake to the foundations, and this enables you to shake off what's not really You. Saturn's other alias is Lord of Karma, and here's the test of whether you can become your own authority. Can you discover an unshakable core self within you that will be the basis for a lifetime of growth?

Rewards and Responsibilities:

The Saturn return makes it clear what you've been up to for the last 29 or so years. Some "old souls" that made wise choices from the get-go may find it to be a passage where things are solidified. Not all marriages fall apart, and some grow stronger when they make it through this maturation phase together.

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Calculate your Saturn return by entering your birthdate, and it'll appear on the right, fourth one down.

Sorry, clarification, first Saturn return is the fourth one down

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION saturn return can reward you, if you met your obligations without bias.

er, doesn't that fall under the "Rewards and Responsibilities" section which says "Some 'old souls' that made wise choices from the get-go may find it to be a passage where things are solidified" ??

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According to the calculator mine begins next month. Even though in the last couple of years I did a complete 180 with several things in my life I gotta say I'm scared...

Apparently mine starts, right now! Jan 2012 to Oct 2012.

I've been contemplating quite a bit in the past couple months with respect to career, and life in general before this return even started. I can't wait for what the actual "return" period brings - not really excited...

My Saturn return kicked me in the ASS, hard, and every time I thought I was through it, I got hit with a new and even harsher life lesson than the one I had just tackled.
It was seriously brutal and lasted for about 3 years.
It most definitely is about being slapped in the face with consequences from lessons you really should have learned by now.

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Posted by Delta
Apparently mine starts, right now! Jan 2012 to Oct 2012.

I've been contemplating quite a bit in the past couple months with respect to career, and life in general before this return even started. I can't wait for what the actual "return" period brings - not really excited...

So it lasts 9 months—

FFS.

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No - I think it's different for each one, and I'm just super lucky to have to endure this for 10 months....

Go to the calculator that extempjunk posted at the start (post #2), and put in your info. I checked a few other b-days out of curiosity, and most of them say the return is only for a month or two.

Ha! According to the calculator mine was only supposed to have lasted a month.
I wish .......
I consulted an astrologist during the worst of it to find out when the FUCK it was gonna end, and she said she couldn't tell me that because the consequences of Saturn Return varies from person to person depending on individual life experiences and personality. Her words were "you are going to experience the fallout from this until you learn those lessons."

So I gotta endure eight months of this crap? Feb-Oct 2012
If anything I just wish the experience isn't going to be as horrible as 2007 aka the year from hell.