Transits
Saturn Cycle Summary
While all transiting planets follow the same counter-
clockwise motion through the signs and houses of our
natal chart, astrologers tend to focus on Saturn, due to
the fact that it controls form—everything physical in the
chart and in the life. Saturn measures generations, and,
its return at about 29.4 years marks the threshold of
young and old, of inner and outer. Saturn marks some
of the major rites of passage.
The cycle of Saturn through the houses of the chart
follows the form all cycles, going from a point of greatest
vision, or, outside-looking-in, to a point of greatest
experience, inside-looking-out. The tenth house cusp is
the point of greatest vision (outside-looking-in) and the
fourth house cusp is the point of greatest experience
(inside-looking-out).
The six left houses (10, 11, 12, 1, 2, and 3) chart the
path of Saturn going down, from the top of the chart to