Horoscopes for Saturn in Aries: the Fire Signs
This post presents a digestible breakdown to help you understand Saturn transits, along with horoscopes for the three fire signs: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius.
These horoscopes are written from the perspective of the rising sign in whole-sign house system, so reading for your rising sign, or the sign of the ascendant in your natal chart, stands to be the most accurate and insightful.
The significance and impact of each and every transit is a deeply personal and sensitive experience that depends on a number of factors, from the make-up of your unique natal chart to the way other astrological timing techniques are activating your chart, or even your experience of other transits leading into this one. To explore your unique story, how Saturn in Aries is interacting with your natal chart, and what this transit may have in store for you, you can book a reading with me through this link.
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Transiting Saturn, or the area of the natal chart where Saturn is currently positioned, points towards an area of life we might be amidst facing the demands to reach a new level of wisdom and maturity, which can often come in the form of confronting the realities of what we’ve been avoiding or running from up to that point. Saturn transits are often dreaded, or even feared, but in reality, this astrological taskmaster simply wants you to thoroughly learn the lesson at hand and is ready to come in and bring your attention to those things that will crumble under his weight. In other words, Saturn enters the picture to bring your attention to those things that are truly not sustainable, whether that be a job, a relationship, a habit, a living situation, or even a facet of your identity. In the ancient world, Saturn (and his Greek counterpart Cronos) was an agricultural god. True to this, Saturnian transits ultimately come with the message, you reap what you sow. As we navigate Saturn transits we’re offered the opportunity to learn what did and didn’t work for us in the past and why, and how we can adjust things to create a more bountiful harvest down the road.
As we move through Saturn’s transition into a new sign, we’re also preparing to welcome Saturn into a new space in our natal charts, and thus, open up a new chapter of meeting the demands for commitment, mastery, maturation, and the development of hard-earned wisdom in a specific area of our life.
When viewing Saturn through a neutral lens, its movement through the chart isn’t here to inflict hardship, but rather put your existing frameworks to the test. Are your life structures, beliefs, sense of autonomy, relationships, physical and mental health, all built to endure difficult moments just as well as ease? The weight of Saturn imparts the need to scrutinize whether you’ve built your life in accordance with the lessons that seem to pop up over and over again, or whether you tend to bypass these lessons without readjusting your life accordingly in a sustainable way. Saturn certainly presents challenges, but also presents opportunity to obtain and integrate lived wisdom.
When anticipating (or experiencing) Saturn’s presence in a certain house it’s important to consider your relationship to that area of your life up to this point, what you’ve been putting into it, and whether that is in or out of alignment. Wherever Saturn dwells we can expect lessons of that area of life to come to a head - have you learned those lessons, or have you been taking shortcuts? As a result, Saturn transits often require us to confront deep-seated, subconscious fears: the very possibilities of reality that we tend to avoid.
saturn in aries for aries risings:
Aries, Saturn’s shift into your sign marks a major moment for you as Saturn not only begins a new cycle through the zodiac, but also begins a new cycle starting at the very beginning of your chart. Angular Saturn transits call into question the very structure of our lives: who we are, how we relate to others, our sense of calling and purpose, and our sense of security, both internally and externally. And with the first house traditionally being the most sensitive and significant of the angular houses, this is certainly going to be a life-changing transit for you. As such, Saturn’s time here in Aries stands to call these structures into question, particularly from the vantage of who you consider yourself to be and what you feel called to do in this human incarnation. Saturn in the first house stands to put your ideas around those things to the test, ultimately asking you how solid and committed you feel to the identity you’ve constructed and the way you step into the world as that person. Saturn’s presence here in your first house stands to impart difficulties in self-trust and self-confidence that may result in a feeling of restrictiveness in your ability to interface with the world around you in a way that feels authentic. The challenge lies in not becoming so rigid or attached to a certain identity that doesn’t feel true or authentic that it crystallizes as a boundary between your inner and outer worlds. Saturn’s journey through Aries stands to bring you into a stronger sense of self and develop a greater sense of maturity, ultimately offering up the opportunity to more consciously integrate your sense of self into better controlling and directing your will.
saturn in aries for Leo risings:
Leo, for you this shift brings Saturn into your 9th house of distant journeys (both internal and external), study and personal expansion, philosophy and law, and greater worldviews. Saturn’s presence here places the demand upon you to confront your current relationship with spiritual authority. Throughout Saturn’s time here in Aries, in your 9th house, you may come to the difficult realization that you’ve been placing your faith in someone else’s definition of life, meaning, justice, and spirituality. This can manifest as disillusionment in one’s own view and experience of the world. The challenge of loss of faith has the potential to lead into a search for a new spiritual framework and construction of philosophy that grants new structure and meaning to life. The call of Saturn here is the quest to shed attachment to dogma and become one’s own spiritual authority by seeking new experiences through both worldly and spiritual exploration. As Saturn moves through your 9th house you’re being granted the opportunity to develop profound and mature spiritual wisdom that grants you a greater sense of ownership and authority over your own worldview and quest for personal growth and expansion through experiencing the world around you.
saturn in aries for sagittarius risings
Saturn’s shift into Aries brings this planet into your fifth house of creativity, self-expression, romance, pleasure, joy, and children (or inner child), Sagittarius. Saturn’s weight here may initially feel like a restriction of creative expression or an inability to express yourself. Through Saturn’s time here in Aries, your fifth house, you’ll be required to confront any fear of judgement from others, as well as examine any impenetrable exterior you’ve built around yourself that inhibits your ability to express feely and authentically. This transit may also bring a loss of fulfillment through the act of creative expression by erecting a barrier between yourself and an ability to access the flow-state that come with finding joy through creative expression. As a result you may find yourself pouring out energy but feeling like you’re receiving nothing in return. Saturn in your fifth house also brings scrutiny to your relationship between creativity and achievement. How does your need for achievement influence the way you show up to self-expression? How does your need for validation influence the way you show up to your own creativity? This transit is challenging in that it might feel like a strong disconnect from your ability to access your creativity, especially simply for the sake of joy and personal fulfillment. However, it invites you to cultivate solid foundations of self-love, self-acceptance, and self-trust that create the grounds for you to engage your creativity in a more authentic way, including shedding the need for validation and recognition from others. Contrary to popular belief, it takes a lot of work to embody one’s own authenticity. It takes the work of confronting fear of being seen, of being judged, and of cracking open the layers you hide yourself under. Saturn’s time in this house presents the opportunity to deepen your connection to what makes life beautiful, unique, and joyous, rather than coasting along the surface. This can be a transit of getting serious about an artistic practice, or even committing to understanding yourself as an artist, as well as redefining how you express your own understanding of who you are.