Planetary Aspects: Saturn sextile Pluto
What does Saturn sextile Pluto mean? The answer depends on whether it’s an aspect occurring in your natal chart, currently forming in the cosmos (transit-to-transit aspect), transiting your chart, or occurring in a chart comparison (synastry – relationship astrology). However, this aspect between planets has common general themes. The following shows interpretations of Saturn sextile Pluto in these various forms as well as in general.
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Saturn sextile Pluto
When Saturn and Pluto connect, we deal with matters related to our use of resources and power.
In the Natal Chart
With Saturn forming a sextile to Pluto in the birth chart, you could feel a strong sense of karmic mission. Exercising self-discipline and working hard can be transformative. You believe in putting effort into achieving your goals, and you have a strong eye for what needs improving and what you should put behind you. You’re also talented in zeroing in on priorities and zoning out the fluff when you’re genuinely motivated.
Key Traits of Saturn sextile Pluto. You will find some, many, or all of the following, depending on how strong this aspect is in the natal chart:
- Has organizational skill.
- Is powerfully strategic.
- Can work hard towards a long-term goal without losing spirit.
- Persistent and enduring.
Transit to Transit
With Saturn forming a sextile with Pluto, our dedication and commitment to goals run high. We are more productive in a reliable and consistent way. We derive satisfaction from a job well done, especially if we can readily attach meaning to it. We are more able to concentrate. We can see ourselves and our purpose very clearly. It’s an excellent time to cultivate patience and weed out the unnecessary to focus on what matters.
This is a time of structured change, perseverance, and survival. We’re achieving our goals through hard work. It can also be a strong time to limit or cap power to everyone’s benefit. A cautious and strategic approach is the most successful during this period.
Saturn sextile Pluto dates
The following show the dates of this aspect’s occurrence in history, current times, and the future in two different formats.
Enter & Leave Dates
Searched from: Jan 1 1940 0:00 am to Jan 1 2056 0:00 am
Results: 17 matches (4.19% of period searched)
Enters
May 5 1942 0:58:41 am (EWT +4:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Jun 9 1942 5:57:29 am (EWT +4:00)
Leaves Jul 10 1942 9:32:44 pm (EWT +4:00)
Enters Nov 2 1942 8:24:12 am (EWT +4:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Jan 3 1943 6:23:32 am (EWT +4:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Feb 15 1943 8:37:17 am (EWT +4:00)
Leaves Mar 30 1943 7:55:19 am (EWT +4:00)
Enters Oct 19 1952 7:38:57 am (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Nov 26 1952 0:53:10 am (EST +5:00)
Leaves Dec 28 1952 3:43:25 am (EST +5:00)
Enters Mar 30 1953 6:37:36 pm (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on May 31 1953 9:28:40 am (EDT +4:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Aug 18 1953 3:51:48 pm (EDT +4:00)
Leaves Sep 29 1953 4:56:52 am (EST +5:00)
Enters Jul 18 1976 5:12 pm (EDT +4:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Aug 26 1976 11:19:55 pm (EDT +4:00)
Leaves Oct 10 1976 4:25:12 pm (EDT +4:00)
Enters Nov 9 1976 9:13:38 am (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Jan 24 1977 4:01:28 am (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on May 24 1977 6:11:31 pm (EDT +4:00)
Leaves Jun 24 1977 12:53 pm (EDT +4:00)
Enters Feb 22 1989 4:59:35 am (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on May 2 1989 1:26:18 am (EDT +4:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on May 18 1989 5:50:21 pm (EDT +4:00)
Leaves Jul 19 1989 5:58:07 pm (EDT +4:00)
Enters Nov 30 1989 3:37:42 am (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Jan 16 1990 10:55:50 am (EST +5:00)
Leaves Feb 15 1990 4:32:07 am (EST +5:00)
Enters Aug 27 1990 10:52:45 am (EDT +4:00)
Leaves Nov 14 1990 8:47:19 am (EST +5:00)
Enters Nov 3 2012 9:45:28 pm (EDT +4:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Dec 26 2012 8:40:56 pm (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Mar 8 2013 2:05:33 am (EST +5:00)
Leaves Apr 23 2013 4:01:50 pm (EDT +4:00)
Enters Aug 5 2013 2:58:40 pm (EDT +4:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Sep 21 2013 1:44:47 am (EDT +4:00)
Leaves Oct 20 2013 9:22:51 am (EDT +4:00)
Enters May 21 2025 5:10:32 pm (EST +5:00)
Leaves Sep 21 2025 8:16:43 am (EST +5:00)
Enters Feb 15 2026 1:38:28 am (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Mar 28 2026 5:12:33 pm (EST +5:00)
Leaves Apr 24 2026 11:13:49 pm (EST +5:00)
Enters Dec 19 2026 3:08:18 am (EST +5:00)
Leaves Dec 26 2026 11:10:48 am (EST +5:00)
Enters Jan 26 2047 4:33:40 am (EST +5:00)
Leaves May 17 2047 6:12:15 pm (EST +5:00)
Enters Oct 29 2047 6:32:25 pm (EST +5:00)
{Saturn sextile Pluto} is exact on Dec 8 2047 5:48:43 am (EST +5:00)
Leaves Jan 6 2048 9:48:18 am (EST +5:00)
Enters Jul 15 2048 6:58:07 pm (EST +5:00)
Leaves Sep 23 2048 4:05:06 am (EST +5:00)
Dates with Planetary Positions by Signs and Degrees. Note: dates and times are Eastern and are within the years 1940 to 2050:
Dates with Signs & Degrees
- Jun 9, 1942 4:56 AM, Saturn 4 Gemini 04 sextile Pluto 4 Leo 04
- Jan 3, 1943 6:29 AM, Saturn 6 Gemini 38 sextile Pluto 6 Leo 38
- Feb 15, 1943 8:32 AM, Saturn 5 Gemini 40 sextile Pluto 5 Leo 40
- Nov 26, 1952 12:51 AM, Saturn 23 Libra 16 sextile Pluto 23 Leo 16
- May 31, 1953 9:34 AM, Saturn 20 Libra 59 sextile Pluto 20 Leo 59
- Aug 18, 1953 3:47 PM, Saturn 23 Libra 01 sextile Pluto 23 Leo 01
- Aug 26, 1976 11:18 PM, Saturn 10 Leo 10 sextile Pluto 10 Libra 10
- Jan 24, 1977 4:04 AM, Saturn 14 Leo 11 sextile Pluto 14 Libra 11
- May 24, 1977 6:09 PM, Saturn 11 Leo 36 sextile Pluto 11 Libra 36
- May 2, 1989 1:22 AM, Saturn 13 Capricorn 51 sextile Pluto 13 Scorpio 51
- May 18, 1989 5:54 PM, Saturn 13 Capricorn 24 sextile Pluto 13 Scorpio 24
- Jan 16, 1990 10:55 AM, Saturn 17 Capricorn 27 sextile Pluto 17 Scorpio 27
- Dec 26, 2012 8:39 PM, Saturn 9 Scorpio 09 sextile Pluto 9 Capricorn 09
- Mar 8, 2013 2:08 AM, Saturn 11 Scorpio 16 sextile Pluto 11 Capricorn 16
- Sep 21, 2013 1:44 AM, Saturn 8 Scorpio 59 sextile Pluto 8 Capricorn 59
- Mar 28, 2026 6:11 PM, Saturn 5 Aries 10 sextile Pluto 5 Aquarius 10
- Dec 8, 2047 5:44 AM, Saturn 4 Capricorn 37 sextile Pluto 4 Pisces 37
In Transit to the Natal Chart
When transiting Saturn sextiles natal Pluto, you can be motivated to put in the work or to draw upon your self-discipline for a mission that’s important to you. You can feel quite determined to get over an obstacle. Making a productive lifestyle change can be in focus during this period.
Keep in mind that people born in your birth year and in surrounding birth years are going through the same transit, but not necessarily in the same houses.
When transiting Pluto sextiles natal Saturn, it’s a time when you’re ambitious to build lasting structures and routines. It can be a period of a slow and steady ascent. You’re reducing waste without feeling that you’re cutting corners.
In Chart Comparison (Synastry)
When Saturn in one chart forms a sextile to Pluto in another chart, your
In the Composite Chart
With Saturn sextile Pluto in the composite chart, there can be .
See also Planetary Aspects and Saturn Transits.
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