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Saturn in Scorpio

Saturn in Scorpio 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. Scorpio is a fixed water sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 553 have Saturn in Scorpio for the whole of their birth date. Bill Gates, Marilyn Monroe and Steve Jobs are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Libra (59), Aries (57) and Pisces (50); every Sun sign appears with Saturn in Scorpio. 5 more were born on a day Saturn moved into or out of Scorpio and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Bill Gates and Marilyn Monroe both have Saturn in Scorpio.Is your Saturn in Scorpio?Find out with the free Saturn return calculator

What Saturn in Scorpio means

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

Your discipline is built around trust and control, and letting go of either does not come easily. You brace for betrayal even in relationships that have given you no reason to. Comfort with vulnerability does come in the end, and most people around you never see how hard you worked for it.

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 Scorpio

All 553 people with Saturn in Scorpio, A to Z

Saturn in Scorpio, 1920 to 2060

  • 20 December 1923 to 6 April 1924
  • 13 September 1924 to 2 December 1926
  • 22 October 1953 to 12 January 1956
  • 14 May 1956 to 10 October 1956
  • 29 November 1982 to 6 May 1983
  • 24 August 1983 to 17 November 1985
  • 5 October 2012 to 23 December 2014
  • 15 June 2015 to 18 September 2015
  • 11 November 2041 to 21 June 2042
  • 14 July 2042 to 21 February 2044
  • 25 March 2044 to 31 October 2044

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 Scorpio, and meets their first Saturn return at about 29.

Questions people ask

How do I know if I have Saturn in Scorpio?

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 Scorpio?

Bill Gates, Marilyn Monroe, Steve Jobs, Basshunter and Cristiano Ronaldo all have Saturn in Scorpio. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 553 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When was Saturn in Scorpio?

Between 1920 and 2060, Saturn is in Scorpio from 1923 to 1926, 1953 to 1956, 1982 to 1985, 2012 to 2015 and 2041 to 2044, with short returns to the neighbouring sign when it turns retrograde near the boundary.

More of Scorpio

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.

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