What will the coming end of Saturn in Pisces mean for us? Saturn enters Pisces again for its last lap from 1st September 2025 to 13th February 2026. With Saturn going in to Pisces we get the feeling that we are at the end of the line since Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac. So this sign change feels a lot more final than say from Capricorn to Aquarius. It seems a lot more like an end of an era.
So how does Saturn in Pisces operate? The quality of energy is very different from when it was in Aquarius where it rules supreme. In the water bearer Saturn was powerful and fantastic at setting boundaries. However, in Aquarius, the planet could also get, dare I say it.. (And as a stellium Aquarius I feel like I can say it.) autistic. Saturn in Aquarius is the archetypical genius geek, hyper-focused on perfecting structures and making sure they are 100% efficient. This obsession with technology comes at a price since relationships and empathy are often left on the back-burner.
However now with Saturn in Pisces we are starting to feel burnt out by the digital world. We crave the opportunity to go with the flow of our intuition once again. Saturn in Aquarius brought us AI art among a plethora of boundary-setting apps. Track and trace for one! Covid implemented many Saturn in Aquarius limitations on our movements, but Saturn in Pisces will change all that. There will be a backlash to any hyper-digital art I think. Artists might look to go back to creating in mediums that are impossible for AI to replicate, like real life abstract oil paintings and watercolour.
Saturn is uncomfortable in Pisces since the sign is so blurry with no precise edges. So clarity is hard to find. But can Saturn bring a grounding to spirituality? Saturn in Pisces could spark interest in more earth-based, pagan religions. The lord of the rings loves to test us, so in Pisces, it will test our belief systems. Saturn also helps crystallise our dreams for us, especially in a sign like Pisces which is all about the imagination and making those fairytales come true. Pisces, like all the signs, is divided into three decans. So let’s look at how Saturn fairs in each Pisces decan and what it does when it meets the fixed stars there.
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Saturn In Pisces Decan 2
Victim/Saviour & Resurrection
I found Pisces Decan 2 to be the most difficult one karmically because it is so easily contaminated. I wrote “Pisces decan 2 is probably the most liquid area of Pisces, which means it also risks being the most toxic. These subjects are supremely absorbent of their environment, so can work positively or negatively.” Austin Coppock also found problems here with Saturn in particular: “The ancient one tends to exaggerate the boundary between the spiritual aspects of life, preventing easy and harmonious interchange which is the goal of this face”.[12]
The most liquid version of Pisces with the driest and most brittle planet will cause problems. For example; like when you have a plant that is so dry it can no longer absorb any moisture at all. The fixed stars are Achernar which is religious star in Constellation Eridanus the river and Ankaa in Constellation Phoenix. It looks to me like a period of chaos, that puts a formidable leader in power as suggested by Bernadette Brady below. Hopefully, they will bring order out of the chaos.
Saturn In Pisces Decan 3
Retrograde 1st September to 28 November 2025
Daring Visionaries & Star Measurers
I found a more positive side to this decan than the stars below suggest. But Saturn here can take a bit of getting used to. The lord of karma always adds more weight and challenge to the Pisces Decan 3 experience. But that’s exactly what it is, an experience! Saturn gets better with time and wisdom. This last decan is also the last of a 33-year cycle with Saturn and the world-weariness is starting to set in. However, I also see this as an exhilarating point of time as we are on the very edge of change. Daring Pegasus reaching for the stars exemplifies this decan and both fixed stars below are found in Constellation Pegasus.
Saturn helps us be more realistic in our goals so we need to pay attention to the wise elders at this time. If we act impulsively and carelessly we could fall to the earth with a nasty bump like Pegasus’s rider Bellerophon. Scheat is also on the verge of becoming “The star of our age” since in 2045 it will reach Aries point and move into the tropical constellation of Aries. We are not that far from it now really. Maybe Saturn in Pisces decan 3 can give us an idea of what that will mean for humanity.
Saturn on the Fixed Stars
Markab 23º ~ Exact 23rd March 2025 “Born in poverty, prison or asylum, may be abandoned, hard life, imprisoned for a crime, few friends, unfavourable for domestic matters, death under similar conditions to birth.” [7] “Seeking respect by endeavouring to build reliable structures and ideas. Being cautious, overly concerned with stability, seeking to understand chance. Safety is sought in tradition, protocol and upholding the law” [8]
Scheat 29º ~ Exact 17th May 2025 “Danger of death in infancy, domestic trouble, colds and consumption, death by drowning or accident. [9] Danger of death in catastrophes such as floods, shipwreck, mining accidents, aeroplane accident, or maybe by suicide. [10] “One who records and notates. To collect, compile or compute data; a tendency to be dogmatic with one’s ideas of truth. A time when the so-called experts are challenged.” [11]
