Saturn is the furthest planet from Earth to still be visible with the naked eye, representing an apparent limit to our solar system. Saturn’s cycles are long, solemnly trudging around the zodiac every three decades, marking the maturation and passing of each generation with the unstoppable march of time. Even Saturn’s rings appear to bind and constrict the planet. Accordingly, Saturn is the planet of limits, boundaries, structures, obstacles, hardships, delays, tragedies, maturity, seriousness, responsibility, duty, punishment, foundations, longevity, sacrifice and hardening, the status quo and the old guard. The condition of Saturn at the time of our birth says something about the kind of challenges and fears we face, where we put great efforts with no ease or guarantee of success, where we attempt to build things, the parts of our lives where we are told ‘no’ and where we say ‘no’.
Saturn in Leo is in a fixed fire sign and bears down on the significations of its ruler, the Sun. Their encounters with Saturn are tests of endurance, a battle of the one against the many, standing alone against a tide of opposition. The hardest questions for people born during these periods are about the limits of pride, authority and leadership. When should you trust your own judgment and stand your ground, and when should you be self-aware enough to step aside? When does pride get in the way of what needs to happen? With Saturn in Leo, there can be fear of but also a striving toward leadership, visibility and celebrity.
This is especially true if you were born with Leo, Capricorn or Aquarius rising. Whether you experience the better or worse significations of this position depends on whether you were born during the day or at night, and the kind of aspects it makes with the other planets.
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