Also called the Father of Time, he represents maturity, the old age and the aging. This ringed planet demands the acceptance of material values and the necessity to acquire them as temporal test of the human spirit- thus the name Saturn was mislabeled as Satan, by some religious faiths.

Saturn rules both Capricorn and Aquarius. It represents an individual who is severe, reserved, solitary and patient, someone who will acquire the goods of the world by slow and steady stages. It relates to those who work with the earth, farmers and miners, also monks, solitary religious people and beggars. 

If Saturn is badly placed (by house and sign) in a person’s natal chart, it indicates someone envious, mistrustful, never content, timid and the men are said to condemn women. Someone ruled by Saturn is apt to have a body of medium height and dark eyes. Anatomy ruled by Saturn includes the skeletal system, bones and teeth, skin, ligaments, knees, auditory organs, and gall bladder.

Saturn influences all hard dark stones and lead. It represents places such as the ruins, obscure valleys, graves, and churchyards.

Since October 2009, Saturn has been transiting through the sign of Libra, and will stay in that same sign until the first week of October 2012. A relationship and relatedness (or the lack of it), may have been a priority to resolve for the many of us during this time. Good judgment, diplomacy and tact are tools we can utilize.