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Saturn in Cancer

Saturn in Cancer is where Saturn sat in the zodiac at the moment of birth, the part of a chart read for discipline, doubt and what takes years. Saturn stays in a sign for about two and a half years, so a Saturn sign is shared with everyone born in the same stretch of years. Cancer is a cardinal water sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 393 have Saturn in Cancer for the whole of their birth date. Donald Trump, George W. Bush and Angelina Jolie are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Virgo (46), Leo (40) and Cancer (39); every Sun sign appears with Saturn in Cancer. 1 more were born on a day Saturn moved into or out of Cancer and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Donald Trump and George W. Bush both have Saturn in Cancer.Is your Saturn in Cancer?Find out with the free Saturn return calculator

What Saturn in Cancer means

Read for discipline, doubt and what takes years. If this is your placement:

Emotional security is where you build discipline, and you may have learned early to be the steady one at home. Asking for care is difficult for you, even when you clearly need it. Over time you become the dependable anchor for other people, including some who never quite return the favour.

One placement is one part of a chart; the Sun, the Moon, the rising sign and the planets around them change how it plays out. Draw your whole chart to see the rest.

Famous people with Saturn in Cancer

All 393 people with Saturn in Cancer, A to Z

Saturn in Cancer, 1920 to 2060

  • 20 June 1944 to 2 August 1946
  • 1 August 1973 to 7 January 1974
  • 18 April 1974 to 17 September 1975
  • 14 January 1976 to 5 June 1976
  • 4 June 2003 to 16 July 2005
  • 14 July 2032 to 27 August 2034
  • 15 February 2035 to 11 May 2035

A short return to the neighbouring sign, when Saturn turns retrograde close to the boundary, shows as two stays a few months apart. Anyone born in one of these stays has Saturn in Cancer, and meets their first Saturn return at about 29.

Questions people ask

How do I know if I have Saturn in Cancer?

From your birth date: the Saturn return calculator works it out from the real sky. Saturn stays in a sign for about two and a half years, so most birth dates settle it; on a day it changed sign, the time decides.

Which famous people have Saturn in Cancer?

Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Angelina Jolie, Bob Marley and Anggun all have Saturn in Cancer. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 393 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When was Saturn in Cancer?

Between 1920 and 2060, Saturn is in Cancer from 1944 to 1946, 1973 to 1976, 2003 to 2005 and 2032 to 2035, with short returns to the neighbouring sign when it turns retrograde near the boundary.

More of Cancer

Positions are computed from each person’s birth date and place with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a placement is listed only when it holds for the whole birth date, and a rising sign only with a birth time Astro-Databank records. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. Every planet in every sign.

Photo credits (48 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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