Saturn is the most feared planet of all, and for more reasons than one. It is not there in the cosmos to make everything cakewalk for you. It is there giving us hardships, teaching us lessons of life. But this is not to make us destructive and contemptuous, as is the case with Mars negative influence. It is there to make us better individuals, filtering the negative forces to leave us with refined personalities, ready to drive towards spirituality and higher learning. It wants us to be disciplined, thus poses retractions and limitations. Having Saturn’s influence doesn’t always means denial of success. It simply means delay. In some cases however, it also denies the native success if positioned in or aspected by enemy sign, or is debilitated. It makes sure to play the role of a teacher in our lives. Its positive influence brings us the old age wisdom, a sense of conventionality, determination, authority, and a lot more.
Saturn signifies the people engaged in labor industry, workers doing routine jobs to earn their livelihood like construction workers and other kind of labor workers, people dealing and working in real estate business, people dealing in and driving or operating heavy machinery like road rollers, cranes, ditch machines and other such equipment used in construction of buildings, roads and bridges among many other things. It also signifies beggars, crippled persons, blind persons, butchers, carpenters and other people dealing and working in wooden goods and crafts, leaders rising from the masses and having a big support from common people dealing in ordinary jobs to earn their livelihood, scientists, analysts and researchers, IT professionals, engineers, judges and some administrators requiring the ability to judge and decide, people possessing paranormal powers and dealing in the science of the occult and many more things, professions and people. Saturn also signifies qualities like, discipline, meditation, spiritualism, sincerity, the ability to analyze facts in great details, the qualities like detachment and dutifulness among many other qualities.
Saturn’s positive placement suggests longevity, thus gives the native a long life. But those under the influence of Saturn have to work hard and face obstacles throughout their life. But that doesn’t mean that they would not be rewarded for efforts. Success will come at a later stage in life. Saturn poses restrictions to make you disciplined and obedient to the circumstances. He is like the ‘Yamaraj’ or the God of death, judges your actions and rewards you accordingly. If your karma of past life and this life have been righteous, you would get a taste of success and prosperity. But if you have been vindictive and calculating, life may be full of miseries.
Apart from these general significances, the specific significances ruled by Saturn in a horoscope will also be affected negatively due to any strong afflictions coming from negative planets. For example, if Saturn is signifying marriage as its particular significance in a horoscope, afflictions to Saturn from negative planets would mean delay or disturbance in marriage and married life of the native. The quantum of these problems would depend upon the strength of Saturn and the strength of afflicting planets and some other things.
Basic Astrological facts about Saturn
Gender of Saturn: Neuter gender
Saturn is the karaka or significator of: Grief and misfortune
Saturn as relationship signifies: Subordinates
Planetary cabinet status of Saturn: Servant
Temperament of Saturn: Cruel, Insensitive and Harsh
Element governed by Saturn: Vaayu or Air
Primary quality or guna of Saturn: Tamo or Dull or Ignorant
Caste of the Saturn: Shudra or Lower Caste
Nature of Saturn: Malefic
Directional strength of Saturn: In the Seventh House
Directional weakness of Saturn: In the First House
Saturn rules the zodiacal Sign: Capricorn and Aquarius
Saturn rules the zodiacal House: Tenth and Eleventh House
Sign of exaltation of Saturn: Libra
Sign of debilitation of Saturn: Aries
Determent or weak sign of Saturn: Leo
Saturn’s friends are: Mercury and Venus
Saturn’s enemies are: Sun, Moon and Mars
Saturn is neutral with: Jupiter
Saturn’s Vimshottari Dasha period: Nineteen Years
Nakshatras or Lunar mansions governed by Saturn are: Pushya Nakshatra, Anuradha Nakshatra and Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra.
Body part governed by Saturn: The Thighs
Day of the week governed by Saturn: Saturday
Direction ruled by Saturn: West
Season governed by Saturn: Winter
Metals governed by Saturn: Iron and Lead
Gemstone governed by Saturn: Blue Sapphire
Substitute gemstones governed by Saturn: Lapis Lazuli
Colors ruled by Saturn: Black and Blue
Food and flavors governed by Saturn: Things of Astringent taste
Geometrical shape governed by Saturn: A Window with Four Panes
Numbers as per Numerology governed by Saturn: 8, 17, 26, 35 and all those that adds up to eight, are governed by it
Positive key words for Saturn: Experience, Patience, Humility, Wisdom & Compassion
Negative key words for Saturn: Challenges, Sorrow, Delay, Disappointment & Limitation
Body parts, function and diseases governed by Saturn
Saturn governs the entire skeletal system including the teeth and skin disorders. Rheumatism, arthritis, osteoporosis and other bone aliments are caused by Saturn. Saturn rules Capricorn and Aquarius and all diseases governed by these two signs are automatically governed by Saturn. Knee, calves, ankles of the legs is directly governed by these two signs of Saturn. It is also connected with the digestive system as it rules the processes of the gallbladder. It also signifies oxygenation process of the body. It rules the spinal cord, coordination of muscle, nerves and brain. Thus it denotes multiple sclerosis, blood circulation related problems, blood disorders, blood poisoning, lumbar disorders etc. Whatever sign Saturn is found in at birth might determine what organ, tissue or area of the body is potentially hypo functioning that is, sluggish and not working up to normal expectation. It rules the minerals calcium, fluorine and sulfur.
Professions governed by the Saturn
Saturn represents all career and vocations that are related to hard labor, tradition, the practical, real estate, the old and the conservative. Saturn denotes people working or associated with labour and menial jobs like working as peon, servants, industry and factory workers, domestic work, driver, cabman, and working on manpower. All career and jobs associated with mines, farms, agriculture, gardeners, cemetery, excavators, real estate, builders, bricklayers, tanners, hides, coal, ice, and tombstone makers. Priests, monks, nuns, night workers and night watchmen are also denoted by Saturn due to strict, hard, conservative and lonely life of people connected with these jobs. Manufacture and trading in rail engines and locomotives of all kinds including manufacture and trading in cars, lorries, trucks, heavy vehicles and all other kinds of transport vehicles of auto and non-auto type like bullock and horse-carts are also associated with Saturn. It also includes all those associated with theft, robbery, dacoit, plundering, pick-pocketing, and any other kind of criminal or other unlawful activities.
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