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Your Saturn return is when Saturn comes back to the sign and degree it held at your birth, at about 29 to 30 and again near 58 to 60. Enter your birth date and you get both dates, how many times Saturn crosses your degree, and what the return asks of you.

Find your Saturn return

Date of birth · time and city make it more exact
The date gives you the return within days. Add the time and city for the exact dates.
  • Your natal SaturnThe sign and degree of Saturn at your birth.
  • Both return datesThe first return near 29 and the second near 58, with exact dates.
  • Every passSaturn can cross your degree three times because of its retrograde: each date is listed.
  • What it meansA short reading by the sign Saturn was in at your birth.

Your first Saturn return comes at about age 29 to 30, the second at 58 to 60 and the third near 88. This free calculator lists the first two from your date of birth alone; add your birth time and city for exact days. Saturn can cross your birth degree once or three times because of its retrograde.

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How it’s calculated

Saturn takes about 29.5 years to go around the zodiac. The return is the moment transiting Saturn reaches the longitude it had at your birth. We compute your natal Saturn and then follow Saturn day by day through the years around age 29.5 and 59, refining each crossing to about a minute.

Saturn turns retrograde for about four and a half months a year. Around your return it can cross your degree once, or three times: forwards, backwards, forwards. When it does, the three passes fall within about a year, and each one is listed with its date.

Saturn moves at most about 0.13° a day. Without your birth time we use noon on your birth date, so your natal degree is off by at most 0.07° and the return dates can be out by a few days, or more when Saturn is near a turning point. Add the time and city to remove that.

Saturn return ages: When Saturn comes back to its birth degree
ReturnAge
First return29–30
Second return58–60
Third return87–89

Saturn takes about 29.5 years to go round the zodiac, so the ages are approximate and your own dates depend on your natal degree. The calculator lists the first two returns.

Saturn in the twelve signs

A short reading for each sign. Find yours above, or read across for a friend.

Saturn in Aries

Your Saturn is in Aries: the return tests how you stand on your own. It asks for patience with your impulses and for taking the lead without bulldozing.

Saturn in Taurus

Your Saturn is in Taurus: the return looks at money, security and what you value. It asks you to build slowly and to drop what costs more than it gives.

Saturn in Gemini

Your Saturn is in Gemini: the return looks at your voice and your focus. It asks you to choose what to learn and to follow it through.

Saturn in Cancer

Your Saturn is in Cancer: the return looks at family, home and emotional security. It asks for boundaries with the people closest to you, and a home you build yourself.

Saturn in Leo

Your Saturn is in Leo: the return looks at self-worth and creative risk. It asks you to put real work behind what you want to be seen for.

Saturn in Virgo

Your Saturn is in Virgo: the return looks at work, health and standards. It asks you to be less harsh with yourself and still keep a practical routine.

Saturn in Libra

Your Saturn is in Libra: the return looks at commitments and fairness in relationships. It asks you to be honest about what each partnership costs and gives.

Saturn in Scorpio

Your Saturn is in Scorpio: the return looks at trust, control and letting go. It asks you to face what you have been holding on to.

Saturn in Sagittarius

Your Saturn is in Sagittarius: the return looks at beliefs and direction. It asks you to commit to a path, and to test your views against experience.

Saturn in Capricorn

Your Saturn is in Capricorn, its home sign: the return looks at ambition, authority and responsibility. It asks what you are building and whether you still want it.

Saturn in Aquarius

Your Saturn is in Aquarius: the return looks at belonging and independence. It asks you to find your place in a group without losing your own view.

Saturn in Pisces

Your Saturn is in Pisces: the return looks at boundaries, faith and practical dreams. It asks you to give your imagination a structure.

Questions

Asked often

What is a Saturn return?

It happens when transiting Saturn returns to the exact position it held when you were born. The first one comes at about 29 to 30 years old, the second at about 58 to 60, the third near 88. Astrologers read the first as the move into adulthood proper: a review of commitments, work and what you are building.

How long does a Saturn return last?

The exact return is one crossing of your degree, or three crossings within about a year when Saturn turns retrograde. Astrologers also speak of a wider return period of roughly two years around it, while Saturn is within a few degrees of your natal degree. For scale, Saturn spends about two and a half years in each sign.

Why are there sometimes three dates?

Because of retrograde motion. Seen from Earth, Saturn appears to move backwards for about four and a half months a year. If that happens as it reaches your degree, it crosses it, backs over it, and crosses it a third time, all within about a year. Many people have only one pass.

Do I need my birth time?

Not for a good estimate. Saturn moves slowly, so the date alone gets you within days for most people. With the time and city the dates are exact, which matters if Saturn was close to a station when you were born.

What if I am past 30?

You may be in the return or just past it, and the calculator says so. The second return is also shown, which falls in your late fifties.

Go further

The year your return is in

The year-ahead forecast follows Saturn and the other slow planets through your own chart, month by month. The natal chart book reads where Saturn sits in yours.

Forecast: the year ahead · $19.99Natal chart book · $24.99

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