Transiting Saturn opposite Sun can be a draining time because you are more likely to feel weighed down and pessimistic about the challenges and blockages to your progress. These tests which we all go through seem more serious and more numerous during this transit, and are likely make you feel more burdened and restricted in your freedom or self expression. These challenges to your will or ego can come from people who it is very difficult to fight against, such as parents, bosses, anyone with some authority over your life. This is why it can be so frustrating, you have to struggle on through the boring routines even though you may want to break free.
This period can be a low point but it is important to remember that it is probably happening for a reason. It may be that your ambitions are being held back at the moment because the timing is not right. There may be some more lessons or skills to learn so that when this transit passes you are ready to take full advantage of new opportunities. The Sun rules your self esteem and and your ego, so this may be low during this time, better to remain patience, focus on hard work and look after yourself, play it low key for a few months. A time to strengthen your character by facing any adversity head on which will give you more confidence in the future.
You can learn more about this transit by studying people who live with Sun opposite Saturn all their lives.
Saturn Opposite Sun Transit Dates
Aries decan 2 (born Mar 30 to Apr 9) had this transit from October 2010 to October 2011.
Aries decan 3 (born Apr 10 to 20) has this transit from October 2011 to October 2012.
Taurus decan 1 (born Apr 21 to 30) has this transit from October 2012 to October 2013.
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In essence its limiting. But then there is the other element of learnng to deal with limitation and this is why saturn is also known as The King Maker – although the conjunction probably better for a good king. There are some lousy kings in history!!
Do you remember when Linford Christie was competing to retain his OLympic gold medal? He was disqualified after three false starts. Saturn was directly opposite his sun. It will literaly stop you dead in your tracks.
What a perfect example of the frustration of Saturn opposite the Sun. Another angle on it is that work can get in the way of everything. Hard for Aries who wants to play!
I didn’t know that about Linford Christie, great example!
Actually, I might have made a mistake, I think it was conjunct… Will look again.
It was conj so this belongs in the other post!
Or not since that’s Uranus conj Sun!
Bah… I’m going back to sleep! Have not adjusted to the South Atlantic anomaly yet… Part of brain still in Northern Hemisphere!
Oh, I think I still have jetlag one week after coming back to Australia. That’s my excuse anyway!
yes yes and yes. Had this up until October 2011 and it was extremely depressing – never so near collapse from pain and lack of sleep in my life. And never so frustrated at how SLOW the process was. I was recovering from a car accident (still not done) and had to take the firm I work for through a new business formation and new partner. Also – with sun in eighth ended up having to see a psych for ptsd and it was like Alice going down the proverbial rabbit hole. Ended up being a lot of emotional processing (more work) as trauma was tied into all the emotional stuff going on at time of accident. So – heavy work in many ways while being physically very weighed down by injury. Was working hard at recovery as well which required a lot of discipline. Very insightful – perfect frustration and stopped dead in my tracks!!! Uber – you did it again
wow…I am also recovering from a car accident, and everything got crazy at work where we now fear for our jobs. Relationships have gradually taken on a frustrating quality, getting over a big heartbreak…am usually a happy person but this has been a frustrating time.
I’m a 22 deg. Aries.
Oh yes not to mention the Sun in Libra joining Saturn in opposing my Sun.
But I’m thankful for my other posative transits going on. (like SunTrineMars,MoonTrineMars,MercuryTrineVenus!)
But yes the weekend I was really feeling this opposition!
From people getting on my nerves at work, to my date plans getting canceled due to car trouble…and feeling like I couldn’t get any thing done around the house.
But I did learn stuff.
I was also born with Saturn Squaring my Sun. (People tell me I don’t look like an Aries.)
But on the bright side Saturn Sextiles my Moon.
Spot on with what has been going on under this transit. I have also had pluto square pluto (unless I am wrong) which is another very trying transit. Glad this one is over this month and some positive transits forecast. Taking care of myself has involved sleeping way more than the average person and way more than I usually do, figured have to sleep rather than have nervous exhaustion! Also lot less energy for things like the gym so my weight has ballooned lately (perhaps progressed sun in taurus, taurus likes their food!)
Sleeping more than usual sounds spot on. Sun is vitality and Saturn does wear you down. I had Sun opposite my Saturn today and went back to bed for a few hours.
…..a lighthouse at night in silence, a deep quarry lined with quartz in brilliant starlight, a hermit polishing an obsidian mirror, a politician daily checking his vault full of diamonds and gold, a temple filled with the sound of heavy industry, a prisoner remembering his inner child being embraced by his father, a sundial made from the hands and face of an old stopped clock…..
I am a 25 degree Aries with a 20 degree Aries Rising…I guess I should climb under a rock for a year. Ugh.
Ooops I lied… I am a 13 degree Aries rising!
Uranus doesn’t get to 13 degrees Aries till 2014 so you have some time before your crystal experience, something to look forward to!
Lori – make the rock a crystal and see where that takes you!!!
You know what…I am a double Aries…I CAN DO THAT! <3
I have Saturn conjunct Moon as well as my daughter , sister , and Mother .It runs in the family so it must be karma .
Oh my goodness! That is really stunning family synastry, never heard of anything like this before.
* Business/job ….
THIS IS THE END OF A 29-YEARS CYCLE , AND THERE ARE APT TO BE MANY ENDINGS IN YOUR LIFE , SOON THERE WILL BE A TIME OF BEGINNINGS . MEAN-WHILE , YOUR ENERGIES ARE LOW , AND YOU`LL PROBABLY FEEL DISCOURAGED . OTHERS MAY OPPOSE YU OR CIRCUMSTANCES FRUSTRATE YOU . ITS NOT LIKELY YOU´II ATTAIN ANY OF YOUR GOALS NOW . BE PATIENT AND DONT STRUGGLE TOO MUCH . THIS TOO , SHALL PASS .
LOVE AND MARRIGE ….
THIS IS A TIME OF ENDLINGS IN YOUR LIFE , AND IT MAY INCLUDE THE END OF SOME RELATIONSHIPS , ESPECIALLY ANY THAT HAVE BEEN LIMITING TO YOU . BE PATIENT , A TIME OF BEGINNINGS WILL COME SOON .
Thank you for the information…I know this is the truth although it does not sound too encouraging.
Hi lori , thank you, it was as little so .
I (28 deg Aries) am moving into an “antisocial” phase where I have no need for a partner, or for friends or family around me, and all I care about is my personal projects. I am quite content with my own company. I have become almost completely emotionless, have stopped caring about everything except my creative pursuits, and have become a completely maddening flake – I have had enough of too much responsibility, and am focusing exclusively on myself and my own needs.
I do take the “restrictive” influence with a pinch of salt, since I refuse to believe that anyone has the power to restrict me. I am pretty sensible in my assessment of what is realistic, so I just set my personal goals and get on with them – I was in a relationship with a Scorpio for a while, who taught me that recognition by the outside world didn’t really matter, and I have to say it has been helpful to me, as I can just get on with life and do what I enjoy without my soul being in thrall to other people.
I have also been through experiences in the past year with social groups that have taught me what I am, and am not prepared, to accept, and have grown something of an elephant hide. I am on the verge of giving one particular activity up, as it no longer serves any purpose in my life. So I don’t see the influence as restrictive – just another obvious period of growth.
I think this is the way forwards. Saturn is the kingmaker – it can restrict but it builds too. I can totally relate to where you’re coming from. Most interaction is just mindless reaction. Well done you.
Right on!
Hi!
I do feel the burden! I am an aries 27° 24´ in 10th house. And a cancer ascendant 9° 14´. So! Saturn opposing sun and squaring ascendant. Not even my pretty and otherwise funny moon in sagitarius is helping much. My bosses at work restrict me. Promotion was given to others. And at home, children are asking for opportunities that I am not able to afford, to give. Restriction, again. I feel sad and my brain feels in void. I would not have a hint to bring my self out of this situation. I read that we are to be patient and to take it easy, walking in these low profile modes. I think there is not a choice! God Blesses us all!
Rín.
WOW, so interesting to read these. I have my sun at 27’35 Aries (10th house), Moon at 29’51 Pisces (9th House), and Ascendant at 19’35 Cancer. I also have Venus retrograde conjunct Mercury in the 10th house between 6 and 7 Aries, with only a ’21 degree distance between them. My moon is pretty closely conjunct my Midheaven, which is at 1’56 Aries.
I got a lot going on.
Looks like I’ll be having Saturn opposite my soon this year at the same time I’ve got Uranus conjunct my moon/midheaven. Any insight from anyone on how this will affect things?
I dropped out of law school in Cincinnati about two months ago. I had completed the first year successfully, and with good grades, but more and more, I realized I didn’t want to be a lawyer at all. I wanted to be a writer. So I took one of the hugest risks of my life, left law school, hightailed it out of Ohio and moved to Colorado about a month and half ago.
Prior to that move, my story was EXACTLY like Calli’s above; I mean creepily so. I became a hermit, pretty much. I had been kinda the “bell of the ball” in law school, partied all the time, dated a zillion dudes at once, and had to be loved by everyone. Then I dated a Scorpio who caused me to take a deeper look at myself and stop being a slave constantly seeking validation from others.
Recently, things have started to pick up speed for me. I’m a finalist to be on a Sundance reality show with my gay best friend, which would help me gain some publicity to hopefully get a book deal. I’m writing a humorous book for women about avoiding the whole hating-yourself-into-a-bad-marriage,-career,-and-life thing that seems to happen to a lot of us 20-something gals. I want to give other women the kind of empowerment I have come into and encourage them to ditch their fears and have faith in their own talents and intuition.
Additionally, my boyfriend (the sage Scorpio) is in talks with the city government of NYC to manage a big public art project there for summer 2013, and I have agreed to do some grant-writing for that, which should bring in some income if the show doesn’t pan out.
Right now, my finances are tight as hell and I don’t have a “real” job because of the other potential/pending life developments. Additionally, I have been dealing with a huge physical and spiritual separation from my family for the first time in my life, and that kind been a little difficult, but it has been a very, very positive development for my own personal growth. Like Calli, I’m relatively isolated for the first time, but it feels good. It feels necessary, and like I can finally just be myself.
My basic question is: things have kinda never been better, hahaha! So what gives? Have I just not hit the doom-and-gloom part yet? I keep reading that this month is supposed to see a whole lot of new and lucrative career developments for me, and that would make sense with everything going on, but should I brace myself for a whole lot of rejections and disappointments?
Is a Saturn-Sun transit any easier on you if you are already spiritually aware of/workin on the “lesson” you’re supposed to learn by the time the transit hits?
Thanks for reading, guys, and good luck to all my fellow Aries!! Remember to tap into that Aries courage and willpower when the chips are down, guys. We’re the little fireflies of the world, even when our lights are momentarily out!
Some astrologers believe that Saturn opposite anything can be positive because it is the furthest away it can be from said planet. Also I have noticed that when a transiting planet aspects anything in your chart it will activate the same planet(in this case Saturn)in your natal chart. So expect it to manifest wherever you have it your natal chart as well as issues related to the house the transiting planet is in of course. I hope this is helpful. I do believe your spiritual awareness is significant as well.
I’m interested in the fact that you are dating a scorpio. I started texting and telephonically speaking with my first love on 9/2/2011, we were with each other for two weekends shortly thereafter (we live 8 hours apart), once again the intenseness was AWESOME (unfortunately I broke his heart 42 years ago), and then by October 12th he stops the “lovie dovie” texting (even though his last one stated.. “.. you starting to appreciate what we have…”. Long story short, he did the typical Scorpio thing and almost vanished. I could add several examples of why I know he had not changed how he felt, but got “scared” because he had been so vulnerable and open with me. So, now it is in “friendship status” and we have not talked, texted or emailed in close to 6 weeks. My spiritual guide tells me (as well as multiple others) that he will call… just be patient. Do you have any words of encouragement? Thanks.
Best wishes Erica! That was great, thanks for the inspiration. Follow your dreams. Now I feel like all my issues this transit are normal. Loved hearing from all the fellow aries
-Nancy
I don’t like this aspect though i can learn a lot of it. My sun is on the first degree of taurus in 7. The opposition is not yet exact. I can feel it on my relation. A dark cloud, but also a ferm lesson. Don’t possess or control, let it flow, concentrate on the light in the relation, take it serious
Saturn opposed my sun when my son was nearing a year old, in late 2010-early 2011. I had gained a lot of weight from my pregnancy, was lethargic and depressed, my relationship had bit the dust. It took me a very long time to realize just how down I was – the times in my life that anything has gotten me down for so long have been very rare! What I remember most, though, was FEAR. I was so insecure and fearful of the future, and just saw death and bereavement in every card and every transit. Paralysing fear. In hindsight it dawned on me that old Saturn was transiting opposite my Aries sun and conjunct Pluto (house 8/2). At the time, it was just awful. I’m quite glad that transit is over! Now, Saturn will square my moon while Pluto squares my Sun and Uranus conjuncts it… I’ll enjoy the respite from the outer planets while I can!