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Saturn in Leo

The taskmaster in the sign of the king

Returns about every 29½ years. What the transit means, then what was in the news and who was born each time it passed through Leo since 1900, so you can test the teaching against the record, and against your own life.

Next visit

Aug 27, 2036

That is about 10 years away. Last time it was here from November 2006 to September 2009.

Right now Saturn is in Pisces →

What Saturn in Leo means

The taskmaster in the sign of the king

Saturn
Time, limits, work and what lasts.
Leo
A fixed fire sign, ruled by Sun. Fire signs act first and lead. A fixed sign holds and deepens.
Comfort
In an enemy's signLeo is ruled by Sun, an enemy to Saturn in the tradition, so Saturn is uneasy here.
Rhythm
Stays about 3 years at a time. Returns about every 29½ years.

Saturn is the planet of time, limits and work. Leo is a fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun: authority, performance, pride and the self at the centre. The Sun and Saturn are enemies in the tradition, the king and the one who tells the king no.

The theme is authority held to account. Power structures stiffen or crack. Leaders are judged on what they built, not on how they shone. The lesson is that pride without responsibility does not last, and that service is the mature form of command.

What the tradition expects

  • Rulers, monarchies and heads of state under scrutiny
  • Pride tested by duty, in public life and in the arts
  • Institutions of authority reformed or hardened

Carry this into the record

Which of these stories is about a leader being measured by what they were responsible for?

How to read any transit

Three questions, in this order. They work for every planet and every sign.

  1. How comfortable is the planet here?Exalted, at home, in a friend's sign, or debilitated. Comfort sets whether the planet's themes come easily or have to be worked for.
  2. Which house is it in, for you?The same sign is a different house for every rising sign. The house says which part of life the transit touches: money, home, work, partners.
  3. What else was in the sky?A slow transit sets the backdrop. The other slow planets, and the eclipses, say what played out in front of it. No single transit explains a year.

Every visit since 1900

4 visits

Pick a visit to read its record. The most covered stories come first; the kinds of story show as colours.

20 years ago

2006–09

November 2006 to September 2009

It crossed in and out of Leo, so it was there twice:Nov 1, 2006 to Jan 10, 2007Jul 15, 2007 to Sep 9, 2009

In the news

20 of 53 stories
  1. Dec 132006Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesInternational treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilitiesPolitics and society
  2. Apr 162007Virginia Tech shootingShooting on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United StatesConflict and disaster
  3. Apr 2220072007 French presidential election2007 presidential election in FrancePolitics and society
  4. Aug 42007Phoenix (spacecraft)Robotic Mars lander spacecraft developed by NASA as part of the Mars Scout ProgramScience and space
  5. Sep 272007Dawn (spacecraft)NASA space probe exploring Vesta and CeresScience and space
  6. Nov 72007Jokela school shooting2007 School shooting in Tuusula, FinlandConflict and disaster
  7. Dec 132007Treaty of LisbonTreaty modifying the constitutional basis of the European Union, signed by all the States of the Union in Lisbon on 2007Politics and society
  8. Feb 1720082008 Kosovo declaration of independenceDeclaration of independence for KosovoPolitics and society
  9. May 1220082008 Sichuan earthquakeEarthquake in ChinaConflict and disaster
  10. May 2120082008 UEFA Champions League finalAssociation football matchCulture and sport

Born during this visit

Anyone born under a transit carries it in their birth chart. Those with a chart in our library open straight into it.

Compare two visits

The same transit, a generation apart. Pick any two of Saturn's visits to Leo and read them against each other.

1977–80 leaned to conflict and disaster, 2006–09 to culture and sport. The same transit set the backdrop both times; what played out in front of it differed.

The pattern across 4 visits

What made the news. Every story in the record for Saturn's visits to Leo, 190 in all, by kind, next to the usual mix across every transit since 1900.

Saturn in LeoUsual mix
Kinds of news story during Saturn's visits to Leo, next to the usual mix since 1900
Kind of storyThese visitsUsual
Conflict and disaster29%35%
Politics and society37%29%
Science and space13%13%
Culture and sport21%24%
Treaties and agreements17%10%

Gold numbers differ from the usual mix by five points or more. Wikipedia covers some kinds of story more than others, and a few visits are a small sample, so treat a difference as something to notice and check, not a rule.

The stories and people come from Wikipedia. We show the ones written about in the most languages, a rough measure of how widely they are known. Tap any of them to read more.

These things happened while Saturn was in Leo. That does not mean Saturn caused them. The teaching above is what the tradition expects; the record is yours to weigh.