VedaChartsFirst visit
- When
- April 1971 to June 1973
- How long
- about 2 years
- Stories
- 64, mostly conflict and disaster
Most covered
- Dec 1972Apollo 17
- Mar 1973Pioneer 10
- Mar 1973CITES
- May 1973Skylab
Born then: Elon Musk, Eminem, Anna Netrebko.
Sky history
Saturn in Taurus
Patience in the sign of what we own
Returns about every 29½ years. What the transit means, then what was in the news and who was born each time it passed through Taurus since 1900, so you can test the teaching against the record, and against your own life.
Next visit
Aug 8, 2029
That is about 3 years away. Last time it was here from June 2000 to April 2003.
Right now Saturn is in Pisces →
What Saturn in Taurus means
Patience in the sign of what we own
- Saturn
- Time, limits, work and what lasts.
- Taurus
- A fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus. Earth signs build and keep. A fixed sign holds and deepens.
- Comfort
- In a friend's signTaurus is ruled by Venus, a friend to Saturn, so Saturn is at ease here.
- Rhythm
- Stays about 3 years at a time. Returns about every 29½ years.
Saturn is the planet of time, limits and work. Taurus is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus: land, money, food, comfort and the things that keep their value. Venus is a friend to Saturn, so the planet is at ease here, and its slow building suits a sign that likes things to last.
The theme is steadiness under pressure. Resources get counted, saved and defended. What is worth keeping gets reinforced; what was only comfortable gets questioned. The lesson is the difference between value and ease.
What the tradition expects
- Money, land and food under long, careful management
- Conservation, rationing and the price of comfort
- Slow gains that hold, against quick ones that do not
Carry this into the record
Where in this record did something steady get tested, and what held?
How to read any transit
Three questions, in this order. They work for every planet and every sign.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 visitsPick a visit to read its record. The most covered stories come first; the kinds of story show as colours.
26 years ago
2000–03
June 2000 to April 2003
It crossed in and out of Taurus, so it was there twice:Jun 6, 2000 to Jul 23, 2002Jan 8 to Apr 7, 2003
In the news
20 of 51 stories- Jul 252000Air France Flight 45902000 plane crash of Concorde in ParisConflict and disaster
- Oct 52000Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević2000 overthrow of Yugoslavian president Slobodan MiloševićPolitics and society
- Nov 720002000 United States presidential election54th quadrennial U.S. presidential electionPolitics and society
- Jan 2620012001 Gujarat earthquakeEarthquake in IndiaConflict and disaster
- Feb 262001Treaty of NiceEU treaty of 2001Politics and society
- Mar 25200173rd Academy AwardsAward ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 2000Culture and sport
- Apr 720012001 Mars Odyssey2001 NASA orbiter studying the geology and hydrology of MarsScience and space
- May 222001Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic PollutantsTreatyPolitics and society
- May 2320012001 UEFA Champions League finalFinal of the 2000–01 edition of the UEFA Champions LeagueCulture and sport
- Jun 12001Nepalese royal massacreEvent on 1 June 2001 in Kathmandu, Nepal in which Crown Prince Dipendra killed most of the royal family (including King Birendra and himself) with a gunConflict and disaster
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.
- Greta ThunbergSwedish climate protection activistBorn Jan 3, 2003
- Billie EilishAmerican singer-songwriterBorn Dec 18, 2001
- Erling HaalandNorwegian footballerBorn Jul 21, 2000
- Joshua BassettAmerican actor and singer-songwriterBorn Dec 22, 2000
- Olivia RodrigoAmerican singer-songwriter and actressBorn Feb 20, 2003
- Joao GrimaldoPeruvian association football playerBorn Feb 20, 2003
Compare two visits
The same transit, a generation apart. Pick any two of Saturn's visits to Taurus and read them against each other.
Second visit
- When
- June 2000 to April 2003
- How long
- about 3 years, in 2 stays
- Stories
- 51, mostly culture and sport
Most covered
- Nov 20002000 United States presidential election
- Feb 2001Treaty of Nice
- Apr 20012001 Mars Odyssey
- Sep 2001September 11 attacks
Born then: Greta Thunberg, Billie Eilish, Erling Haaland.
1971–73 leaned to conflict and disaster, 2000–03 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 Taurus, 216 in all, by kind, next to the usual mix across every transit since 1900.
Saturn in TaurusUsual mix
| Kind of story | These visits | Usual |
|---|---|---|
| Conflict and disaster | 52% | 35% |
| Politics and society | 19% | 29% |
| Science and space | 12% | 13% |
| Culture and sport | 17% | 24% |
| Treaties and agreements | 11% | 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.