Astro Iris I’m starting this article with an analogy that I find really helpful and easy to grasp when it comes to Saturn’s overall energy 🪐.
No matter what kind of family we grew up in, each of us had one parent who played the “authority figure” role. Mom or Dad (depending on the household) stepped into that position. But there was always one who was the strict one… at least until a certain point.
Saturn 🪐 is that strict parent in every single one of our lives.
He knows that “I have to” isn’t a whim — it’s a necessity. He understands that every age comes with its own role to fulfill and tasks appropriate to that age. Nothing more, nothing less.
Every 2.5 years Saturn moves into a new zodiac sign, one that rules a particular area of life. During those roughly 2.5 years (the simplified version without counting retrogrades), he tests our ability to properly carry out our role in the life area where he’s currently sitting.
How does he do it? By making us do what needs to be done first… and only then — if there’s still time 😊 — what we actually feel like doing.
But if we handle the “must-do” part responsibly, he generously gives us time for the fun stuff too — and he even rewards us.
Right now Saturn is finishing his full zodiac cycle with Pisces ♓️.
It’s been a bit of a back-and-forth dance: direct motion, retrograde, a quick dip into Aries, then back into Pisces. From March 2023 until February 14, 2026 — that’s what he’s been doing.
A pretty significant chunk of my personal energy is Saturn-flavored. For me, “must do” really means must do — even when I don’t like it one bit.
Over time I’ve gradually integrated this Saturn energy and developed a healthy level of acceptance toward it.
That’s why the Saturnian principle has become, for me, like the little instruction booklet that comes with flat-pack furniture or any gadget we buy. It’s the energy that simply won’t let me snooze the morning alarm, for example.
This transit has brought me rewards, yes — but it has also put me to work. Hard.
In several areas of life, pulled in by the strong Saturn signature in my chart and by what I needed during this period.
Sometimes it was really tough.
But over time I learned that I’m always capable — and actually capable of a lot.
Acceptance and openness to something new or different from my momentary perception turned out to be the best remedies. I’m speaking from personal experience here.
He placed me in front of limiting situations where I had to choose: do what needs doing, chase my own pleasure, or just do… nothing at all.
Guess what I chose?! 😊
He put me in moments where I had to decide whether to invest my resources (time, energy, money) in meaningful things or blow them on distractions 🥳 (the kind that keep you numb to real life).
Guess what I chose?
He forced me to learn — literally — how to use time responsibly and give it the value it deserves.
He set a lot of personal boundaries so I could raise my level of responsibility toward myself and the people around me.
It felt pressing. It felt frustrating.
Sometimes there was simply no way to push past those limits. They felt like running head-first into glass doors: I could see all the things I wanted on the other side, but I couldn’t get through. Kaboom! 🙄
He put me in situations where I had to decide right then, on the spot — YES or NO — with no going back to reconsider.
He shone a spotlight ⚠️ on every single crack in my life, no matter how tiny, and demanded that I either completely change it, rebuild it, or at least repair and reinforce it.
How do I know I made the right choice by doing what had to be done?
Because right now, at the end of this transit, I can see the results.
And they’re good. Very good. Excellent, actually.
And how do I know it would’ve been better to choose duty over pleasure?
Because I can also see the results in the places where I didn’t choose the responsible path… and those aren’t pretty.
Either way, I’m left with lessons and experiences that have become little building blocks of who I am — pieces of my foundation that I now know I must honor and take care of.
Saturn 🪐 — the stern authority figure — lifts each of us up once we play our roles honestly, with integrity, and according to what life hands us.
Saturn sent me to “school” to really learn about him and about astrology as a whole.
He’s one of the main reasons why, today — and for almost a year now — I write about planets, transits, charts, energies… and do analyses and so much more.
He’s one of the reasons I’ve met people in their most authentic energy — and every single one of them is wonderful and full of potential. Potential they sometimes didn’t even know was living inside them.
Saturn 🪐 quietly opened a door for me without a clear target in sight. Step by small step (exactly the way he likes it), he gently placed me exactly where I needed to be — both for myself and for the people I could help.
Saturn’s transits are actually support for us.
When we treat him with respect, he returns at least the same respect — usually more.
We did the work. Now let’s see what blooms.
With gratitude, your fellow Saturn graduate!
