Saturn in Aries Transit 2025-2028

May 8, 2025

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Saturn in Aries in 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028: Saturn Transits

What Saturn’s transit through Aries means for you…

Saturn Transits: General

Saturn transits and cycles can be considered cycles of achievement and maturity. When Saturn forms a hard aspect to a personal point in our chart, we might feel as if everything is slowing down–we encounter delays, frustrations, and pressures.

But these times also challenge us to face reality, thereby opening ourselves up to increased wisdom and the freedom that comes with living in truth.

Significant decisions are often made during Saturn’s challenging transits to our personal planets. These transits slow life down (or at least, that is how we perceive it) and force us to live our lives in the present. Although Saturn transits can make life feel like drudgery (these are often times when our lives seem to move at a snail’s pace and advancements are hard to see), they also give us the opportunity to gain inner strength, to become more responsible for what we do and say, and to cut out waste or excesses in our lives.

Essentially, what happens is a paring or slimming down in the areas of life affected by Saturn. We are getting rid of things in our lives that are not working for us in the real world and focusing on improving and strengthening the things that do serve a useful purpose.

Saturn transits can also be considered times of conservation in whatever area of life Saturn affects. We build up our reserves and conserve our energy during these periods. Delays and minor but irksome problems might be experienced. Things break down, our needs often go unmet by others, we frequently feel misunderstood and even left out, we tend to find others harsh and unsympathetic (although this is often a perception thing – we, in fact, may be lacking a sense of humor), and we often feel burdened or put upon.

Saturn transits teach us to take responsibility for ourselves. At the outset of a Saturn transit, we might feel like the world is a cold place. If we are mature, we will eventually realize that we cannot always pass the blame for the problems in our lives. We need to reach within and pull out our own inner strength — to rely on ourselves.

Depression can be a byproduct of heavy Saturn transits. However, if we focus our energies on meaningful endeavors without pushing too hard for recognition or support from others, we can fight the inclination towards a gloom-and-doom attitude.

Saturn reminds us of reality and the need for greater self-discipline. Re-organizing the areas of life represented by the house or personal point that Saturn is “hitting” can lead to great rewards.

Remember that Saturn transits do not entirely flatten us, by all means. Instead, they slow us down, force us to live in the “here and now,” keep us from taking unnecessary risks, and help us build and structure our lives in ways that will benefit us later.

It’s interesting to consider the transits and themes that ran through our lives just before our Saturn transits. If we were riding high during a high-speed Uranus transit just before Saturn “hit,” this period can mark a significant time in our lives when we “pay” for the risks we may have taken during that Uranus phase. If we’ve been experiencing heavy Neptune transits, this can be a particularly disillusioning time.

If Saturn transits come shortly after a Jupiter-themed period in our lives, we may also feel particularly hard hit. Perhaps the Jupiter period has led us to overspend or ignore our basics, and then Saturn moves in to “correct” that situation and force us to face our personal realities. Life is not, in fact, all fun and games. We have to work and save–and that is what Saturn teaches us.

Thus, it’s helpful to consider the context of our recent and past experiences when considering how Saturn transits might affect us.

We should also look at the position of transiting Saturn by house, the zodiac signs involved, and the condition of the personal planet/point itself. If the personal planet/point happens to be our chart ruler (that is, it rules our Ascendant), we may experience particularly powerful events and circumstances, for example. If our natal Sun and Moon are in challenging aspect to each other, then Saturn transits will be impacting both personal points at the same time.

Suppose transiting Saturn is making a hard aspect with a stellium of planets. In that case, we’ll experience a more complex set of circumstances and attitudes that might have a more significant impact than if the personal point alone was affected.

Saturn teaches us about the value of moderation and caution. Perhaps the best way to “handle” challenging Saturn transits to personal planets and points is to avoid fighting these lessons. Accept that, at this time in your life, things may move more slowly (even at a snail’s pace).

Saturn wants us to work hard, put our energies into practical, useful, and meaningful projects, and live in the present but have an eye on what’s best for us in the long run. This period in your life is a time for building a solid foundation.

Understand that moderation at this point in your life is necessary for your spiritual growth and your physical body as well. Avoid blaming others for where you are now–doing this will only lead to feelings of melancholy and anger. Know that this period in your life, while temporary, is a time for learning about your personal limits and inner strength. Carry these lessons as you move beyond this phase, because how you handle your life now will make all the difference the next time (7 years later) Saturn makes a hard aspect to the same planet or point in your chart.

Important to keep in mind is that while Jupiter is often considered the planet that brings benefits, Saturn’s rewards are usually much greater, if a little delayed!

Saturn’s Transit Through Aries: General Influences

Background: While Saturn transited Libra from late 2009 until October 2012, our one-to-one committed relationships came up for inspection. We took a more serious, critical look at these relationships, and imbalances were more difficult to tolerate.

With Saturn in Scorpio from October 2012 to December 2014 and then June to September 2015, we dug more deeply into the dynamics of our relationships. Saturn in Sagittarius from 2015 to 2017 urged us to take control of our excesses, to question our faith, and to better understand our belief systems.

With Saturn in Capricorn from 2017 to 2020, we turned a critical eye to our major structures, governments, institutions, careers, and sense of responsibility. Conservation, moderation, and hard work were rewarded. With Saturn in Aquarius from 2020 to 2023, we turned a critical eye to our dreams, goals, hopes, contributions, social structures, social lives, friendships, and community involvement.

Saturn in Pisces from 2023 to 2026 prompted us to assess whether our systems were working regarding how we manage our downtime, approach spirituality, and exercise compassion.

With Saturn in Aries, we’re assessing whether our systems are working regarding how we use our initiative, exercise our independence, express ourselves authentically, and assert ourselves effectively.

Green astrological symbols in the foreground: Saturn and Aries, on a background of random symbols

Saturn demands simplicity, definition, realism, and truth wherever it touches our charts. Saturn also tests, not for the fun of it but for our own sakes. Saturn will reveal weak areas that need strengthening.

Saturn takes its time, and this is a good thing. With Saturn, we can only get to a healthy, balanced place if we pace ourselves doing so, thoroughly.

With Saturn, a desire to gain control is present. Some of us might attempt to control the people in our lives, but this is a difficult and frustrating path. Eventually and ideally, we understand that it is only ourselves who we can control.

With Saturn in Aries, we also recognize that as we are more responsible for ourselves, we impact and improve the collective.

During this transit of Saturn in Aries, it’s time for a test, slimming down, critical look at, or simplification of:

our attention to vitality, physical wellness, self-care, and personal power,
our personal initiatives and self-started activities,
our courage, gumption, and willingness to forge a path,
and our management of individuality, independence, competitiveness, and self-attention.

We may be clearing out the deadwood and prioritizing quality over quantity in these areas.

It can certainly be a time when we are more cautious and careful about self-starting or initiating new ventures. We’re doing things differently because of our new perspective on these matters. As we look at these things more critically, different methods/approaches naturally emerge. However, it’s not the time so much for innovation as it is for simplification and quality testing.

We might expect to pour more energy into fixing broken structures, particularly for those of us who’ve been overly self-focused. Ideally, we’re able to put our egos aside to do what’s best. Even so, there can be more rules and structures imposed upon these systems that may feel overly done or restrictive if Saturn in Aries isn’t working ideally.

Saturn in Aries and Rebuilding Courage

While Saturn is in Aries, we may initially experience frustration when pursuing our individual goals. We can feel uncomfortable with big shows of individuality or me-centered behavior while Saturn is in Aries. However, this period also presents a unique opportunity for personal growth. As we learn to balance our individual needs with collective responsibilities, we can overcome this discomfort.

By recognizing the necessity for this balanced attention, we can expand our potential for personal development. Otherwise, we might inadvertently limit ourselves.

In recent years, there has been much attention to the self. Aries energies have been revered and celebrated. Saturn in Aries aims to moderate this focus where it’s been excessive. We become more critical of this celebration, noting where a “me-first” attitude or “express your true self” at all costs has worked against us.

Saturn in Aries cringes at excessive self-importance, in fact. However, it may go too far in that direction when the goal should be to correct where things have been immoderate or imbalanced and excessive. Ideally, we’re striving for healthy, balanced levels of self-sacrifice.

It’s a prime time to evaluate our egoism and self-centeredness, identifying areas where we may assert ourselves to our own detriment. For instance, in our pursuit of ‘living our truth,’ we may inadvertently trample on others’ liberties. The Saturn in Aries transit empowers us to recognize and address these self-centered behaviors, putting us in control of our actions and their consequences.

Saturn in Aries and Tackling Fears

It’s also a time for exploring our fear of being seen as less than strong or less than first place. These fears can limit our experiences as we might bow out of competition or avoid activities where we might appear less than competent. In truth, these experiences could be wonderful if we enjoy them for what they are rather than worry about the outcomes.

On a personal level, we are no longer satisfied with plans that don’t hold weight or that aren’t realistic and doable. Wherever we find Aries in our charts is where we seek to be first, where we’re ready to initiate and take action, and where we may be impatient or impulsive. This is where we are a pioneer–we seek to take the lead or come first here.

The Aries areas of our charts is where we find initiative and motivation, but it’s also where we might be impatient, impulsive, and too quick to truly savor and appreciate. We may be good at starting but not finishing in these areas. Saturn entering this zone, in its role as the great teacher, is set to change some of these things! It’s a time to tidy things up, set things straight, and define what we’ve previously skipped over in our haste.

Saturn and Neptune in Aries

What’s particularly fascinating about Saturn’s transit of Aries this time around is that Neptune is concurrently transiting the sign, and Neptune’s energies couldn’t be more different than those of Saturn.

Both Saturn and Neptune are relative newbies when they meet up in February 2026.

Saturn and Neptune have been traveling close to one another in the sign of Pisces, but they only meet in a dramatic conjunction once they’re in Aries, on February 20th, 2026.

Neptune’s influence in Pisces for many years has been meandering, and when Saturn entered the picture, it was likely quite intense as it was about tidying things up, organizing, and creating rules and boundaries where none of these things have been in place. In fact, Neptune resisted these structures and boundaries for years while it visited the sign. So, Saturn’s transit may have felt particularly stark at times. At other times, we might have felt some relief that more clarity and realism entered the life departments presided over by Pisces in our charts.

But with Saturn and Neptune in Aries, we’re looking at completely different structures. Neptune will stick around much longer than Saturn, and in some ways, we won’t feel quite the same experience with both planets in the sign for the first couple of years.

People or systems we once adored may reveal their flaws, and it can be dramatic. Ideas and ideals we once fully accepted may no longer work for us. In a general way, we can see more of previously idolized people, attitudes, themes, and systems fall off their pedestals.

The main dangers with Saturn in Aries and its chumminess with Neptune is the tendency to dig in our heels and resist change, or on the opposite end, strike things down too broadly and without forethought.

However, the best use of this influence is to recognize the need to mature. We should avoid clinging too tightly to ideas and dreams just because they seemed to work for us in the past.

There will be some starkness, longing, and discontent to manage during this maturation process. These feelings can deplete our energy. However, it’s a time to pick up ourselves up and rebuild better, more relevant, and more mature or realistic plans and goals. Wallowing a little may even help motivate us to get it together and fix things.

Suppose Saturn and Neptune have entered our sixth house, and we’re now facing the need to loosen some of our ideas or routines regarding health, work, and chores, but we also see the need to tighten up some of these things. Saturn holds a mirror to our bad habits, and it can feel stark, but Neptune does something similar in a more indirect way: Neptune breaks down barriers that are too rigid. It can feel stark, disillusioning, and even unfair at the outset, but as we go along, we begin to see the benefits of taking better care of ourselves, our routines, and our bodies.

Saturn in Aries and Preservation

With Saturn in Capricorn, a powerful motivator was a fear of scarcity, having nothing, or losing everything. However, with Saturn in Aquarius, our focus turned to our connection to something larger, to systems, and to individuals. The power of group movements was rising. While Saturn in Capricorn was about self-preservation in many ways, Saturn in Aquarius was more focused on preserving the group.

Saturn in Pisces extended this further. We became more interested in preserving humanity! It was no longer just about us or the areas of life that Pisces rules in our charts. We recognized that we’re all in this together. Seeing things more holistically was key with the Pisces sign.

But with Saturn now in Aries, we’re looking more closely at the individual, the self. After all, it’s where everything begins. If we can’t moderate and balance ourselves, what can we bring to the table? Feeling more responsibility for ourselves, self-reflecting, and building more self-awareness are important missions now. We’re bound to make some mistakes as we embark on this journey, but we’re learning.

Additional Themes

During this transit, we can be highly resourceful. Self-preservation is in focus, but we’re asked to do so in moderation. We see where we can make the best of what we have.

We tend to go to bat for the individual during this transit, but we may not initially feel comfortable focusing on or glorifying our own. We should watch for subtly conveying to others that we don’t need them or their support since it can set up a pattern that’s unhealthy and lonely. People born with Saturn in Aries struggle with these things. They can feel embarrassed about asserting themselves or wanting to come first or get ahead. While Saturn transits Aries, we all feel this energy but in a less general way and more specific to the life departments that Aries rules in our charts.

During this trend, we can be bothered by people who seem to grab the spotlight, or on another level, are too “out there” with their originality or independence. Excessive vanity or self-promotion can begin to feel too much or over the top. We might see more sarcasm or criticism of these things.

It’s wise to take a closer look at Saturnian criticism and sarcasm, however, as it’s an extreme that suggests we’re dealing with Saturnine energy but not yet maturing with it. Asking ourselves if we’ve been too lax in an area is a good thing. Striking it down and making fun of it means we’re blocking it and not fixing things.

If we’re lacking some faith or trust in ourselves and others as individuals, which is likely during this transit, we can live in a state of vague fear or doom. This is a signal that we need to dig a little deeper and figure out what we’re afraid of losing, giving up, or facing.

As we scrutinize or temporarily feel less natural with our competitive, assertive, or go-getting nature, these things can make us feel more self-conscious. This transit presents an excellent time to recognize how we may limit ourselves and our experiences if we deny our connection to these parts of ourselves. It’s a step by step, slow-but-sure process.

With Saturn in Aries, there is some tendency to avoid scrutiny at all costs, which can lead to missed opportunities. Even if we’re strong and resilient, we can sometimes doubt that we are able to cope.

Another possible theme of this transit is the unearthing of situations where we’ve blocked or limited ourselves due to uncontrolled behaviors, impulsiveness, ego, or pride, and it’s a powerful reveal.

Reforms & Strengths of the Saturn in Aries Transit

We’re capable of considerable effort and hard work as we work toward our goals. Fortunately, when Saturn in Aries is working well, we are ready to put in the work to become healthier, more disciplined, and moderate.

Reforms and efforts to strengthen, build, or rebuild structures are likely in the areas of self-directed activities, initiative, self-employment, health, appearance, and self-image. It’s time to take a harder look at which of these things need improvement or are holding us back, and what we can now do to straighten these things out.

Some questions emerging during this transit, for example, may be whether or not we’re putting work into helping others who are struggling with boundaries or self-preservation skills, whether or not our social structures are supporting individuals, whether or not we’re doing the right things for our health and energy levels, particularly in Aries-ruled areas, whether or not we’ve prepared or planned ahead for our futures and for old age, and so forth.

Have we limited ourselves by avoiding things where we don’t think we’ll excel or come first? For example, suppose we’ve been intrigued with the idea of going for jogs but worry we’d look foolish, or if we’ve avoided painting because we don’t feel we’d be good enough. In these cases, we’ve limited our experiences because we have ridiculous expectations for ourselves to live up to. We might thoroughly enjoy something that we shouldn’t expect is only enjoyable if we excel at it.

Saturn favors quality over quantity and simplicity over chaos. Saturn in Aries, like all positions, has its constructive and destructive potentials. This can be a time of help for the overworked, isolated, or overly proud, for example, but this transit can reveal some serious cracks in our methods and approaches. Attempts to define things can be overly stark when there are nuances and layers to consider.

Ideally, we seek ways to improve, simplify, quantify, and make practical or bring ideas down to earth. Placing restrictions can be supportive only up to a point. A harder look at problematic systems, outlooks, and attitudes can be supportive, but with Saturn in Aries working poorly, for example, there is always the dilemma or irony of attempts to force-feed self-acceptance that backfire and end up limiting progress.

There is a fine line with rules-oriented Saturn in independent Aries that works on impulse, and it’s up to us to marry the two in useful, constructive ways.

The more negative expressions of the sign of Aries–such as impatience, rudeness, and self-serving –are things that won’t work for us now. These become glaring under Saturn’s stern eye. In some manner, we are bound to see that there is a price to pay for these behaviors, or it will become extremely clear that we have lost too much time, energy, and happiness on these things.

Even so, Saturn invokes a craving for the positive qualities of whatever sign it inhabits or planet it touches. We’re now striving towards more independence and a stronger self-image, and we’re cleaning up these qualities so that we don’t use them as an excuse or a theory. We are learning to put these traits into practice.

Saturn demands definitions, structures, and commitments. But for many of us, as soon as something is defined, structured, or committed, we might feel caged, trapped, uncomfortable, or limited. Saturn in Aries can teach us that abiding by certain rules, and through some level of self-denial, we can better put our missions and initiatives into positive practice. After all, what good is our courageous ideas if we don’t act upon them?

This is a time for making clear choices and decisions, for weeding out what isn’t working for us, and for letting go of lost causes, particularly related to our physical health and personal outlook.

Saturn aims to cut out excessive or overdone expectations. Under good conditions and ideally, Saturn gives us a dose of realism without pessimism, essentially keeping us in line without dampening our spirits (too much).

It’s a powerful time to start fresh. With Saturn in the first sign of the zodiac, Aries, we’re beginning a 29-year cycle, and in the 2-3 years of this transit, it’s important to work on building our courage and clearing our minds.

Saturn in Aries and Health

On a body level and for better health during this transit, it will be important to pay extra attention to the face and head.

Health issues can more frequently have to do with poor circulation, rheumatism, and problems with the brain, head, and the mind. Special attention to air quality is appropriate. I emphasize this not only due to Saturn’s transit of Aries, but because it’s long overdue.

Saturn in Aries introduces a theme of constriction or decreased blood flow in the Aries-ruled head, such as those that cause hair thinning, headaches, migraines, and even vascular dementia and aneurysms. The sign of Aries rules our defense and attack impulses, and Saturn in Aries can indicate issues with adrenal exhaustion. We might benefit from activities that encourage blood flow to the head, including yoga.

It may be that we discover underlying physical problems that are preventing us from courageously going after what we want, such as those that can magnify anxiety, for example.

Aries rules our initiative and personal energy stores, and Saturn’s action is to quantify, define, and structure. During Saturn’s transit of Aries, we’re encouraged to define things we previously felt were undefinable and not only look at but scrutinize the things we’ve ignored in our haste. It follows that this process can induce initial feelings of discontent, irritation, nervousness, anxiety, fearfulness, and restlessness.

However, with this attention on ourselves and bodies, it makes a lot of sense to begin the work of tidying things up. It’s a powerful transit for solving problems that have interfered with energy and motivation levels.

Saturn’s Lessons

Saturn teaches that freedom is not about escaping our responsibilities nor is it about breaking all the rules. Saturn shows us that we grow through our failures as much as, or perhaps more than, our successes. This is a time for letting go of self-defeating attitudes that have been holding us back, recognizing exactly where we have been overdoing our expectations, and finding new, perhaps more authentic ways to nurture our dreams and goals.

We are seeing where we’ve been overconfident, sloppy, entitled, and excessive, and how these things have ultimately contributed to stagnation, frustration, or letdown. Aries can skip over problem areas in its haste, and Saturn now wants us to face these things. It’s uncomfortable, yes, but can serve us very well in the long term. Handling and facing things can help kick guilt and shame to the curb, for example.

This transit is about sincerity and authenticity. It’s a good time to enlist the help of mentors, elders, or authorities on matters. With Saturn, “quality over quantity” applies. We might want to use this cycle to focus on and develop one special project in the areas of our charts where Saturn is transiting in order to help add purposefulness and depth to our lives.

Dedication to one or two meaningful pursuits or undertakings can be significantly more satisfying than spreading ourselves around. In order to really benefit and learn from this period, we need to accept that some options may be limited in order to enjoy a simpler, more fulfilling life.

Saturn in Aries in business: Recognize that while everyone is different, we all share similarities, and we’re in this together. Appeal to the individual. However, draw boundaries – keep personal and professional life mostly separate. Be ethical and inclusive. Address concerns of people from all walks of life.

Saturn in Aries in relationships: Compatibility of our outlook, bodies, physical characteristics, and personal interests are taken into consideration more than usual while Saturn transits Aries.

The compatibility of our material goals is important, but during this transit, we’re seeing that basic personalities and personal outlooks can make or break a connection. In fact, we may see more breakups over how active, assertive, independent, brave, or self-focused our partners are.

Reducing glorification of the self if we’re correcting imbalances can certainly boost our relationships. We might recognize where we’ve been too individualistic at the detriment of our connections. However, it can be a stark period on some levels if we take this too far. We’ll want to avoid mocking one another for taking ourselves seriously, for example. There must be a balance.

During this period, people with strong Aries in their charts can be more serious–they’re working on their discipline. They can seem distant, and, in truth, they’re going through things. Libras can feel some distance in a key relationship or pressure due to a lack in the partnership realm. Leo and Sagittarius can enjoy more discipline and stability. Pressure comes from various life departments for Cancers and Capricorn–the need for more maturity in some life departments can weigh heavily on them sometimes.

In 2025: Saturn transits/spans the following degrees of Aries in 2025:
0º Aries 00′ to 1º Aries 56′

In 2025, Saturn is retrograde from July 13th (at 1° Aries 56′) to November 27th (at 25° Pisces 09′).

In 2026: Saturn transits/spans the following degrees of Aries in 2026:
0º Aries 00′ to 14º Aries 45′

In 2026, Saturn is retrograde in Aries from July 26th to December 10th.

In 2027: Saturn transits/spans the following degrees of Aries in 2027:
8º Aries 20′ to 27º Aries 53′

In 2027, Saturn is retrograde in Aries from August 9th to December 23rd.

In 2028: Saturn transits/spans the following degrees of Aries in 2028:
21º Aries 05′ to 30º Aries 00′

In 2028, Saturn is retrograde in Aries from August 22nd forward (to January 5th, 2029).

During its transit of Aries, Saturn forms the following outer planet transits:

Saturn sextile Uranus [on April 4th, 2025, at 24º Pisces 56′ (first)] and on August 11th, 2025, at 1º Aries 12′ (second) [and January 20th, 2026 at 27º Pisces 24′ (final)]

Saturn square Jupiter on June 15th, 2025, at 1º Aries 18′ (final) [August 19th, 2024, at 17º Pisces 28′ (first), and Dec 24th, 2024 at 14º Pisces 01′ (second)]

Saturn conjunct Neptune on February 20th, 2026, at 0º Aries 45′ (standalone)

Saturn sextile Pluto on March 28th, 2026, at 5º Aries 10′ (standalone)

Saturn trine Jupiter on August 31st, 2026, at 13º Aries 41′ (first), on April 3rd, 2027, at 17º Aries 08′ (second), and July 11th, 2027, at 27º Aries 10′ (third)

Saturn sesquiquadrate Jupiter on October 31st, 2026, at 9º Aries 18′ (first), on January 22nd, 2027, at 9º Aries 31′ (second), and on September 18th, 2027, at 26º Aries 35′ (third)

Saturn semi-square True North Node on December 8th, 2026, at 7º Aries 56′ (standalone)

Saturn sextile True North Node on April 12th, 2027, at 18º Aries 15′ (standalone)

Saturn semi-square Uranus on April 12th, 2027, at 18º Aries 20′ (first), on October 15th, 2027, at 24º Aries 34′ (second), and on January 12th, 2028, at 21º Aries 22′ (third)

Saturn quintile Pluto on April 18th, 2027, at 19º Aries 05′ (standalone)

Saturn biquintile Jupiter on October 20th, 2027, at 24º Aries 12′ (first), on March 22nd, 2028, at 27º Aries 19′ (second), [and on September 16th, 2028, at 10º Taurus 48′ (third)]

Saturn quincunx Jupiter on November 13th, 2027, at 22º Aries 25′ (first), on February 26th, 2028, at 24º Aries 32′ (second), [and on October 8th, 2028, at 9º Taurus 34′ (third)]

Saturn square True North Node on April 5th, 2028, at 29º Aries 05′ (standalone)

This is where I will discuss transiting Saturn’s most notable aspects while it moves through the sign of Aries.

Saturn’s sextile to Uranus is a nice transit for balance. This transit influences April 2025 to January 2026. Its first and last perfection occur while Saturn is in Pisces, but its perfection in August 2025 occurs when Saturn has moved to Aries.

It’s a time when we’re more likely to be doing what we enjoy, and enjoying what we’re doing, particularly related to career, work, and life path matters, but extending to other areas of life as well.

This can be a time of firsts in the primary structures of our lives. Changes we make tend to be deliberate or calculated, but possibly also quite quick. Original ideas may take form, or they might be developed quite successfully now. There is an opportunity to combine stability and improvement or excitement with good results. The same can be said of innovation and tradition.

With Jupiter square Saturn occurring from August 2024 to June 2025, circumstances are such that we must restructure our lives or plans in accordance with rules, laws, limits, and the demands of reality.

It is best to breathe new life into old plans rather than to strike out with a new plan altogether during this period. We may need to cut back on something in order to grow in another area. It’s important not to overextend ourselves at this time and to avoid attempting easy fixes or shortcuts. The need to adjust our expectations becomes obvious.

Past, Present, and Future Dates for Saturn’s Passage through the Sign of Aries.

Saturn in Aries Dates:

Saturn is in Aries from Apr 25, 1937, 1:28:28 am EST
…until Oct 17, 1937, 10:41:52 pm EST
Saturn is in Aries from Jan 14, 1938, 5:29:32 am EST
…until Jul 6, 1939, 1:43:48 am EDT
Saturn is in Aries from Sep 22, 1939, 1:19:28 am EDT
…until Mar 20, 1940, 4:39:45 am EST
Saturn is in Aries from Mar 3, 1967, 4:31:13 pm EST
…until Apr 29, 1969, 6:23:09 pm EDT
Saturn is in Aries from Apr 7, 1996, 4:48:53 am EDT
…until Jun 9, 1998, 2:06:59 am EDT
Saturn is in Aries from Oct 25, 1998, 1:40:33 pm EST
…until Feb 28, 1999, 8:25:47 pm EST
Saturn is in Aries from May 24, 2025, 11:35:31 pm EDT
…until Sep 1, 2025, 4:05:53 am EDT
Saturn is in Aries from Feb 13, 2026, 7:11:19 pm EST
…until Apr 12, 2028, 11:39:27 pm EDT
Saturn is in Aries from Mar 22, 2055, 1:29:15 pm EST
…until May 20, 2057, 0:59:28 am EST
Saturn is in Aries from Nov 29, 2057, 1:48:44 pm EST
…until Jan 31, 2058, 4:15:27 am EST

Saturn in Aries and the Signs of the Zodiac: Horoscopes

Saturn is in Aries from May to September 2025, and then from February 2026 to April 2028.

In a general sense, this is how Saturn’s transit through Aries might affect the different Sun signs (or, more appropriately, Ascendant signs):

Saturn’s transit of Aries for the signs, in brief (detailed interpretations are below this list):

For Aries: A time of increased personal responsibilities, attention to detail, and efforts to maintain and improve health and personal affairs. You are challenged to become more efficient with your energy levels and time management.

For Taurus: A time of spiritual renovation, clean-up, and better attention to mental health. You are challenged to take care of unfinished business, regroup, process, and heal. It’s important to rid yourself of regrets or perceived failures and disappointments as a Saturn-Sun cycle enters its last leg before coming full circle.

For Gemini: A time to clean up your social life and happiness goals. You either make dreams a reality or scrap them. It’s a good period for seeing these things more clearly, although sometimes sternly.

For Cancer: You may feel driven to prove or achieve something solid. Your performance becomes public or everyone’s business somehow.

For Leo: You’re challenged to look at life and your future more realistically and practically. There can be important accomplishments in publishing or education.

For Virgo: You’re challenged to tidy up those things you share with others (money, resources, power) as well as matters of dependence and intimacy. This is a time to tackle fears of losing control.

For Libra: Tests and strengthening of partnerships, one-on-one relationships. Realities are faced. Commitments are made or tested.

For Scorpio: You’re challenged to straighten out your daily affairs, work, routines, health, habits, and self-care programs.

For Sagittarius: Creative expression, entertainment, romance, children, and hobbies are areas of belt-tightening, realism, tests, commitments, and increased discipline.

For Capricorn: Home, family, personal, and nurturing or sustenance matters are areas that require increased discipline, realism, tradition, and structure.

For Aquarius: Increased daily responsibilities or commitments. Serious study or training and detail work, possibly decreased interactions with others, tests of ideas and studies.

For Pisces: A time for a more responsible and realistic approach to money and possessions. Belt-tightening is in order and very useful. Time to declutter, reduce waste, and make good use of your resources.

Saturn’s transit of Aries for the signs, in detail:

Coming soon.

(Please note that I have also interpreted Saturn in Aries in summary format for each sign in the 2025 Preview Horoscopes).

What if you were born with natal Saturn in Aries?

If you were born with Saturn in Aries in your birth chart, at some point in the approximately two and a half years that Saturn transits Aries, you experience your Saturn Return. When this occurs depends on the particular degree of Aries where you find Saturn in your birth chart. For example, you may have Saturn at 20 degrees and 42 minutes of Aries. With 30 degrees in a sign, this is about two-thirds into the sign.

The Saturn Return occurs for everyone at approximately 28-30 years old, again at 56-60 years old, and again at approximately 86-88 years.

A Saturn Return is a time of feeling the weight of our responsibilities, but also for reviewing and questioning our progress, particularly in the material world. We might consider and question whether we’re on the right track with our goals, ambitions, careers, or life path. Once “repairs” are implemented, we might feel that we’re starting fresh. It’s an important time for laying down roots for this new Saturn cycle that lasts another 28-30 years. This is a turning point when we feel we’re maturing, not always of our own choosing.

Note that people born in approximately the same year as you will be going through their Saturn Return about the same time as you. There can be similar themes shared, but the full experience is different depending on Saturn’s position by house and aspect in an individual’s personal natal chart.

You can read about what this natal or birth position means in Saturn in the Signs.

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