Saturn in Scorpio
What Saturn in Scorpio means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Saturn is actually in Scorpio.
The sign: Scorpio
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Fixed
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Mars (traditional), Pluto (modern)
Essential dignity
Saturn holds none of the four major dignities in Scorpio: no rulership or exaltation, no detriment or fall.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Saturn is in Scorpio
Every stay of Saturn in Scorpio between 1900 and 2100, useful for checking a birth year.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Dec 20, 1923 | Apr 6, 1924 |
| Sep 13, 1924 | Dec 2, 1926 |
| Oct 22, 1953 | Jan 12, 1956 |
| May 14, 1956 | Oct 10, 1956 |
| Nov 29, 1982 | May 6, 1983 |
| Aug 24, 1983 | Nov 17, 1985 |
| Oct 5, 2012 | Dec 23, 2014 |
| Jun 15, 2015 | Sep 18, 2015 |
| Nov 11, 2041 | Jun 21, 2042 |
| Jul 14, 2042 | Feb 21, 2044 |
| Mar 25, 2044 | Oct 31, 2044 |
| Dec 25, 2070 | Mar 27, 2071 |
| Sep 18, 2071 | Dec 6, 2073 |
| Oct 26, 2100 | Jan 17, 2103 |
Dates in UTC, to the day: a slow planet takes hours to cross a sign boundary.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.