Saturn

He represents grandparents, sages, elderly people, scholars, and knowledgeable individuals. Saturn's age is old age, from 70 years, and sometimes later, depending on a person's health, until death.

He is phlegmatic, sentimental, or apathetic.

Saturn is the ruler of Capricorn and the planet of restrictions and caution. This can include themes of responsibility, such as self-discipline, punctuality, and the preservation of material resources. While Jupiter embodies the concept of expansion and growth, Saturn offers the establishment of parameters and limitations. It brings structure and meaning to the world around us and reminds us of our duties and obligations. Because of this, Saturn is often associated with our parents or other authority figures. Although discipline is not always easy or pleasant, it can sometimes help us grow.

As the opposite of Jupiter, which is synonymous with expansion, Saturn is synonymous with limitation. It symbolizes time and its relentless principle. It is associated with hardness, asceticism, discipline, and restrictions. Wherever Saturn is, it suppresses, slows down the process, and requires effort and concentration. Since Saturn is considered a malevolent planet, it does not seem compassionate. However, it allows a person to develop, cultivate a good thought process, and a strong sense of responsibility. It is a sign of ambition, maturity, wisdom, and asceticism.

When Saturn is the dominant planet, the person is quite introverted, solitary, quiet, reserved, observant, ambitious, and indifferent. They may appear cold and unemotional, which is not true. They are passionate and proud but do not want to show weakness, or that their sensitivity or feelings can be touched. Nevertheless, they can be stingy, cruel, harsh, and selfish.

Saturn knows the limits of time and matter. It reminds us of our boundaries, our duties, and our obligations. Essentially, Saturn brings definition to our lives. This planet, through its placement and connections in our charts, is aware of the need for self-control, boundaries, and limitations.

In the chart, Saturn's position by sign and house reveals our own limitations, fears, and sense of responsibility. Saturn's sign can describe how we approach our duties. However, it can also indicate traits that we find difficult to express naturally – and even to accept as part of our personality.

Saturn brings definition, and often limitations (some would say some of them are quite necessary), to the planets it aspects.

Saturn is exalted in the sign of Libra; it is in fall in the sign of Aries (opposite its sign of exaltation); it is in detriment in the sign of Cancer (opposite its ruling sign of Capricorn). Note that Saturn traditionally also ruled the sign of Aquarius. Thus, Saturn was traditionally in detriment in the sign of Leo.

Saturn rules the thoughts of people; it governs the first climate – the lands of Indians, black people, Jews, and barbarians; boors, old people, farmers, city builders; and also – those who deal with leather production, land drainage, grave digging, shroud making; and also – prisoners, thieves, and despised people.

Among metals, it controls black lead, rusty iron, black stones, magnetite, weighing; and also – alcohol, prisons, graves, all kinds of dark places and deserted, desolate spaces.

Among animals, Saturn rules elephants, camels, and all large and fierce animals, such as pigs, wolves, monkeys, black dogs, black cats; long-necked birds of large size, like ostriches; eagles, any birds with a harsh voice, ravens, bats, fleas, bedbugs, flies, rats, and any ugly snakes.

In the plant world, Saturn speaks of ink nuts, including those used to make dye; carob trees, hollies, any barren thorny plants, lentils, millet, plants called "eligumi" and "aloe"; any poisonous trees, bitter plants, black fruits, cold and dry fruits, sour plants, all kinds of foul-smelling fruits that bind, amber, and any coarse clothing.

In human nature, Saturn governs thoughts and brevity, betrayals and solitary people, such as hermits, and also those who wish to rule over people; prominent personalities and those who seek theft; vulnerable and untrustworthy people; prudent and clerics; cowardly, impulsive, and greedy.

Saturn governs agriculture, building construction, mining, digging; searches for hidden things; governs sorcerers, graves of the dead, all that lasts for many years, and also crafts where hard work is poorly rewarded.

Saturn, being the ruler of someone born, bestows its favorable qualities if well-placed in relation to the Sun and Houses; otherwise – if poorly placed – it endows him with all the bad it possesses.

If Saturn is strong and powerful and is conjunct or aspects any beneficial planet, its bad qualities are transformed into positive ones, but if the beneficial planet is also strong, it will help Saturn little.

If Saturn is in conjunction with a malefic planet and aspects it, and both planets are strong – such a position indicates the most difficult struggle.

If the native's ruler is Saturn, unmixed with another planet, this will be a dark-skinned, shy person of tall stature, with a pronounced sense of self-worth; with black, curly hair, chest hair, small eyes; sensitive to dampness and cold. But this is if Saturn is placed before the Sun; if after – this person will be thin, with straight hair, cold and dry by nature.

His great years are 265, great – 57, medium – 43, and small – 30.

His Fardaria lasts 11 years. His orb: 9 degrees before and after.