Saturn return is another name for the Saturn conjunct Saturn transit. It is one of the most critical transits in astrology and an important milestone in life. Your first Saturn return at age 29-30 is a coming of maturity but sometimes feels like a mid-life crisis. Your second Saturn return at age 59-60 is often a culmination of life experience or a peak in your career.
Saturn Return Celebrities
Whether your Saturn conjunct Saturn transit brings achievement and recognition or loss and disappointment depends largely on aspects to your own Saturn and any fixed star conjunctions. For example, Heath Ledger died of a drug overdose during his first Saturn return. He had Venus opposite Saturn in his birth chart, which is considered one of the most challenging aspects to be born with.
However, Bill Gates launched Microsoft Windows 1.0 shortly after his first Saturn return. His natal chart has Venus conjunct Saturn, which is also challenging. However, his Venus Saturn conjunction is trine Midheaven and trine Ascendant, forming a magical money-making grand trine aspect pattern. During Bill’s second Saturn return in 2014, it was revealed that his wealth doubled in 5 years from US$40 billion to more than US$82 billion. [The World’s Billionaires – Forbes] It is also worth noting that Heath had natal Saturn retrograde while Bill’s Saturn is direct.
Your Saturn Conjunct Saturn Transit
Your Saturn return will last about one month unless Saturn retrogrades over its natal position. In this case, the transit can last about ten months with three exact hits. The impact is much more substantial with just the single pass of Saturn conjunct Saturn transit. The intensity is spread over time with Saturn retrograde, but the actual retrograde motion pass is usually the most significant or dramatic.
As your Saturn return approaches, you may feel an urge to do things you have always wanted to do but never got around to. This can give a sense of urgency that you better get on with things as time passes. Any area of life that is no longer rewarding could be in for a change, but relationships and careers are most often affected.
This period of a culmination of your efforts will be rewarding if you have been responsible and respectful over recent years. Saturn builds structures and systems that are the foundations of your life and give a sense of safety and security. If you have already made solid foundations, then your Saturn conjunct Saturn transit will be a cyclic renewal. You may receive recognition for past efforts, take on more career responsibilities, or receive a promotion. You could move to a nicer home or turn over an investment property or other financial investment.
If you have taken shortcuts and your foundations are more illusion than reality, you will likely experience loss and disappointment during your Saturn return. If you have been aware of such a problem area, it will be easy to see it go. But if you have been unconscious that something is not working correctly, it can be unpleasant, even if you will be better off without it.
If you are on the wrong karmic path, Saturn will kick your ass and take away the things or people in your life associated with your immaturity and lack of discipline or respect. Such a mid-life crisis will turn into a rebuilding phase with new beginnings and opportunities now the negative karma has been repaid.
Scientists have found that human beings age at a molecular level in two accelerated bursts – first at the age of 44, and then again at 60. [CNN]
- Age 44 is your second Saturn opposition (Saturn opposite Saturn transit).
- Age 60 is your second Saturn return (Saturn conjunct Saturn transit).
