What is the purpose of Saturn in astrology?

Question

Also, a lot of people (in my life)-whether it be family, friends, or just some random person-comment on how they thought I was older than I really was b/c of the way I look, how serious &/ sad I look all the time. For instance, one of my teachers (before class) would always ask "Are you all right? You look sad..." even though I'm usually never sad or mean anything totally serious....

I think it has to do w/ ascendant & first house planets so this is my birth data:

Sun sign-Cancer

Ascendant-Capricorn

1st house-Capricorn, but majority has whole sign Aquarius intercepted into it, with saturn in 1st house Aquarius

Note: Saturn is retrograde with all oppositions and squares (no trines & sextiles)

Please tell me about Saturn's role in astrology (in general-just a brief, brief synopsis!) & its effect based on the birth data above

P.S. No cutting and pasting from other sites! - I need *real* answers!!!!!!

Answer 1

saturn is a planet of limitations and isolation things remotely possible sadness and immortality

Answer 2

Karma would be a simpler way to describe Saturn.

Lesson to be learn in this lifetime.

What other had suggested like limitation, discipline and self-will are all the effect from Saturn to a person.

Opposition refers to limitations from external factors while

Square referes to limitations coming from inside of you.

As you mentioned these are the only aspects Saturn has in your chart, I believe this Karma thing would be something that you faced and is trouble about constantly.

Anyway, life is a process and evolution is necessary. Improvement comes from mistakes made. Just make sure you don't keep making the same mistakes over and over again.

Answer 3

Saturn is your self-will and discipline.

Answer 4

Saturn is about your limitations; what is holding you back.

Answer 5

Hi Kusana

Saturn represents the person's capacity for self-disipline, organization and perseverence in the pursuit of long range goal.

Sautrn is slow and persistent and allows no flaws in any undertaking , therefore Saturn frustrates and checks so that the progress is true and the expression perfected.

Patience is the keyword. He symbolizes Father Time.

Where you find Saturn in the chart, the house he rules and the sign and house containing  the exalted ruler are the areas where the individuals must build structure into their lives.

Because of the demands of Saturn, the obstructing influence can be a blessing in disguise and pain or pleasure can prod individuals to their ultimate goal.

Saturnin ths sign indicates the kinds of responsibilities a person is obliged to face and the type of lessons he or she must learn.

The house indicates the area where the practical circumstances of life require that individuals act with discipline and responsibility.

It shows where they must build structure into their lives and where they will express their practical ambitions.

Note that Capricorn rising always makes the person look older but, as he grows older, he looks younger with age.

When Saturn is retrograde, it gives a flair for extravagance and the extreme of Saturn is softened. Saturnrules the past, and the retrograde makes new things seem familiar. Yet hardships do exist, because theire are fears oftenleading to delay in the areas represented by retrograde Saturn.

This typeis self-critical and plagued with personal guilt whener he fails to live up to his demanding expectations.

Saturnin 1st house retrograde shows separation fromthe father with recurring visits. The parents may be divorced, or the father may work away for long periods of time or may be inan institution.

Answer 6

people who have saturn in the first house often appear to others to be cold, remote, humorless, excessively cheap, and as in your case, sad. But what in fact they are are serious minded and hard working people who can be loyal friends. What you need to do is learn to lighten up a bit. A heavily afflicted saturn means frustration, hostility and continued obstacles in your path through life. Good luck.

Answer 7

Saturn is a private, reclusive type associated with the oppressed lower classes, who is learned in esoteric philosophy and concerned with liberation from the material world. Saturn can bring a lot of sorrow and loneliness but from these you can progress to enlightenment.

Saturn is the most distant planet, slow, deep, eccentric, private - associated with age and the things that come with age: wisdom, death, bones, enlightenment. He is also associated with practice of yoga and lord shiva.

His true Sanskrit name is "Shani"