r/SaturnReturn

The title speaks for itself, I failed board exams several times despite hard prep and have one last attempt before I will have to upend my life. It feels for the most part that I am stupid and nothing penetrates my brain.
Any advice appreciated.

Saturn is already out of whack in Aries.

Now compound that with the current retrograde until December. Yay!

Saturn is retrograde in Aries right now. Aries is Saturn's fall sign, its weakest dignity. This has been active since July 26.

Areas of life ruled by the house Saturn occupies in your chart may feel unstable or delayed during this period.

Retrograde planets are like walking through knee deep mud. This is the best way I can explain it. Basically a pain in the ass.

It's not the turning inward modern astrology interpretation.

Things take a lot more effort when a planet is retrograde and sometimes things return.

For whatever area of life a planet is connected to, its retrograde motion will be felt in that area.

Examples: Venus/Love life/creativity etc. Mars/action/initiative etc. Sun/being seen/look at me ego/sitting on your throne. You get the picture.

So for Saturn those Saturnian areas of life will require even more effort and might not go so smoothly since Saturn is all out of whack in Aries.

For me everything to do with Saturn has required a TON of hard work.

Which I'm going through right now with a property remodel.

The messed up Aries placement is playing out as material deliveries getting messed up (some of it my fault). Just a lot of little hang ups. I want to move forward full steam ahead but lots of little obstacles keep jumping in the way.

Let me know if you're experiencing this in whatever house this Saturn retrograde is hitting your chart.

Mercury and Jupiter are conjunct in Leo. Both planets are within orb of the sun, a condition called "under the beams", according to the old tradition.

This weakens a planet's effect without removing it. It's like a dimmer switch.

Matters involving Mercury and Jupiter may be present but not yet clear.

General guidance for this period: avoid finalizing major decisions (if you can). Favor information-gathering over action.

I say "if you can" because sometimes you might want to live by the planets, but it can be difficult when the rest of the world isn't doing the same.

Try telling your boss you can't submit something for a month because it's a mercury retrograde lol

You can track whatever is going on in the sky with the sky calendar @

radixastrologer.com

What does this combination indicates? Especially if opposite is retro exalted mercury with rahu?

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My Saturn Return is great.

All my life, there wasn’t much good going on. I was depressed for years. When my Saturn Return started last year, it hit me hard at first. It felt like there was just so much going on.

Then I left a career I had never been able to quit. I stopped people-pleasing and became more confident, with this feeling of, “I know what I’m doing.” I had never felt that way before.

I left behind friends who couldn’t accept my changes, and I’m still learning how to build healthy relationships. The road isn’t easy, but it’s better than anything I’ve experienced before.

It was a much-needed change.

Look at where you feel the most uneasiness and where you get triggered. That’s where the problem is, but it can also be where you find your way toward a better life.

It’s not easy to break patterns that have been there since childhood. But once you walk away from them, you can see how much better life can feel.

My biggest suggestion is: try the opposite.

Try something you wouldn’t naturally do. Something you don’t like. Something you might even hate.

And about the people you like the least with more clarity, you start to realize that no one is simply “good” or “bad.” Sometimes, I was just seeing people who were like me as good and people who weren’t like me as bad.

The moment you understand that, there’s no turning back.

I came from a shitty life, and now I feel like I can see things more clearly.

I left my career. I stopped talking to my controlling father for a year. I confronted the things that had hurt me for years and gave my friends a choice: if you want to stay in my life and accept this new version of me, come with me. If not, I don’t want this anymore.

Some understood. Some didn’t.

I started my own business, and instead of expecting some overnight miracle, I’m slowly building it.

I can’t show you some dramatic Saturn Return story and say, “Look what Saturn did!”

The changes are actually very basic but they are huge to me.

If I want to talk about the bad things, I have those too.

My grandmother died. I left my job. I lost so many friends.

But I’m also building better relationships.

Life is still shit sometimes.

But I’m not.

I have a roof over my head, food on the table, a few people who will be there for me, and most importantly, I have myself.

I haven’t felt like this in years.

And dude, I’m still under 30. 😂

Maybe all those difficult years are behind me, because now I feel like I still have so many years ahead of me that are going to be awesome.

I genuinely thought my life would somehow end at 30. But for me, it feels like my life is actually starting at 30.

I still have some years left in my Saturn Return. I know it’s going to be hard, but I genuinely can’t wait to see what it brings into my life.

I just wish more people shared their positive Saturn Return experiences, instead of coming here only looking for sad stories.

That’s why I’m here. ❤️

Saturn gets blamed for a lot in astrology, but let's talk about the loneliness angle. One of the Saturns symbols is restriction, and wherever it sits in a chart is the area where you learned early to expect less, including less connection.
The house matters more here. A sign is generational, shared with everyone born the same couple years, so knowing your house is more important in this case.

Saturn in the 7th house - relationships feel like work from the jump. You may feel like closeness has to be earned, you may need more time to adjust to a person. This is the "married late but married right" placement.
Saturn in the 3rd house - you can be surrounded by people and still feel unheard. You may also restrict yourself in communication which often leads to confusion.
Saturn in the 11th house - the friendship one. Groups always feel slightly out of reach. You're not antisocial but want deep friendships much more instead of a whole friend group.
Saturn in the 4th house - loneliness or strict parenting starting at home, sometimes from childhood. Being alone ends up feeling safer.
Saturn in the 1st house - restriction in your own actions, you need a plan first and then you feel safe to act. It may also indicate restrictions regarding your physical body, often a better discipline.
hard Saturn placements (1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th) are just the areas where you're being asked to build slowly instead of expecting it to show up easily. Every hard Saturn house eventually becomes your most solid one, it just takes way longer than anyone wants.

Retos:
Miedo a mostrar tus talentos.
Autoexigencia excesiva.
Bloqueos creativos.
Dificultad para disfrutar el presente.
Temor al rechazo.
Sentir que debes demostrar constantemente tu valor.

Hola! Como estan? Tengo saturno en casa 5 y en tauro. Y me pasa todo eso. En especial los bloqueos creativos, porque tengo muchos planetas en casa 5, supuestamente es la casa de la creatividad tambien, y saturno me la esta bloqueando. Como se soluciona esto?

So I’ve been too much of a music fan. Whenever I got a chance I’d always listen to music. In car, gym, walks, you name it.

But lately since the onset of this year and the things happened when Saturn was transiting my 8th house ( now it is in 9th) ; my music in take has reduced by 80%

I no longer plug in my earphones that often. Have stopped day dreaming. I’m sure Saturn knocked some senses in me. Lost so many things since 2023 and this year witness marriages of my ex, first love and my brother.

Things are not same anymore.

I’m pretty neutral with the fact that I’m no longer music buff.

Does anyone relates to my journey? Would love to hear from you all.