Saturn in Astrology: Meaning and Significations

In episode 322 astrologer Diana Rose Harper joins the show to talk about the meaning of the planet Saturn in astrology, and what it signifies in a birth chart.

Saturn is the furthest planet that is visible to the naked eye, and so it is the last of the traditional planetary bodies in our ongoing series on the planets.

In astrology Saturn is generally said to signify contraction, constraints, rejection, exclusion, time, tradition, age, that which is old, confinement, depression, structure, seriousness, authority, concrete reality, and that which is cold and slow.

During the course of the episode we read through a variety of passages from ancient and modern astrologers in order to understand how astrologers have conceptualized Saturn in the past, and then we used that as a jumping off point for discussing what it means today.

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This episode is available in both audio and video versions below.

Timestamps

Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode:

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:19 Diana’s Saturn credentials

00:03:17 Diana’s natal chart

00:04:30 Saturn symbol and diagram

00:07:13 Vettius Valens significations

00:10:51 Benefits of Saturn

00:13:10 Saturn vs. Mars

00:14:28 Positive side of malefics

00:15:50 Visibility and slowness of Saturn

00:25:10 Saturn and actionable realism

00:28:50 Saturn and healthy fear

00:31:16 Saturn, mastery, and consequences

00:38:40 Elders

00:39:40 Depression

00:44:32 Austerity, reticence, and preservation

00:50:37 Benefits to native at expense of others

00:55:38 Deception

00:56:47 Restraints and imprisonment

00:59:12 Saturn’s rings

01:01:52 Freedom and limits

01:03:33 Boundaries

01:05:20 Farming and gardening

01:08:33 Karma

01:12:00 Death

01:17:32 Beauty and the Beast

01:17:56 Abu Ma’shar significations

01:25:51 Gravitas and deliberateness

01:29:10 Asceticism

01:31:13 Saturn is feminine?

01:42:50 Herding

01:46:30 Embargos

01:48:22 Water motif

01:50:49 William Lilly significations

01:55:20 Clowning

01:58:46 Domicile rulership diagram

02:02:43 Profound in imagination

02:03:50 Dignity and sect

02:08:31 Dave Grohl’s chart

02:15:33 Using celebrity charts

02:16:44 Reinhold Ebertin significations

02:22:30 Inhibition

02:24:34 Chris’ Saturnian personality

02:27:48 Stinginess

02:31:29 Normalizing hardship

02:34:43 Steven Forrest significations

02:40:45 The Greatness of Saturn book by Robert Svoboda

02:42:50 Dark night of the soul

02:45:27 Limitations and finality

02:51:00 Coldness

02:51:25 Richard Tarnas significations

02:59:00 Progressed moon and Saturn cycles

03:01:26 Diana’s Saturn return story

03:06:00 Saturn return cycle

03:10:20 Astrology Podcast episode 24 on Saturn returns

03:11:24 Saturn and time lord techniques

03:14:10 Saturn Venus and Venus exalted in Libra

03:17:18 Other Astrology Podcast episodes with Saturn references

03:19:00 Diana’s work and offerings

03:21:30 Concluding remarks

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