Preparing for Life Changes What to Do Before Your Saturn Return
May 13
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The ever-dreaded Saturn Return, a phrase many people hear, shiver, and then run away from or fear. A Saturn Return is when Saturn returns to the sign in which you were born under, happening typically from the ages of 26-32, 54-60, and 81-90.
These times are usually periods of times in life where there is major upheaval in life, births, moves, property purchases, divorces, marriages, babies and everything in-between. Many people fear change, and the time can be described by some as spiritually and emotionally tough.
What is the Planet of Saturn All About?
In astrology, Saturn is known as the planet of structure, discipline, and karma. It rules boundaries—both physical and metaphorical—and is associated with lessons, limitations, and life responsibilities. Often called the “taskmaster” of the zodiac, Saturn governs time, maturity, and the hard-earned wisdom that comes from challenges and effort.
Key Themes of Saturn in Astrology
🪐 Saturn’s Astrological Significance
Overall Saturn isn’t here to make things easy—it’s here to make them meaningful. Though its influence can feel heavy, it's ultimately about helping you build a solid foundation for your life. When you align with Saturn’s lessons, you gain resilience, authenticity, and deep personal authority.
Seeing how Saturn marks a pivotal role in astrology and people's lives. I really wanted to give some perspective of how the true journey of Saturn Return (for me at least) has felt like it started the three years prior to me entering my own Saturn Return. As of the time of being written, my Saturn Return is just starting in Aries, as Saturn ends it's most recent transit in Pisces.
Preparing for my Saturn Return I have the following "Lessons" I felt that Saturn was trying to teach me before my Saturn return starts:
Lesson 1: Let Life Help Build Your Skills
Each job, relationship, boundary and life change are there to break down bad habits, situations and empower and embolden good habits and traits. Let each experience build you as the main character of your life
Lesson 2: Let Change Happen
We as humans don't like change, or routines that are comfortable to us, yet without change we do not evolve or add color or spice to life. Do the wild thing and add an experience, a job or new relationship or friendship.
Lesson 3: If It Feels Unstable, It Mostly Likely Is
If something feels uncomfortable or wrong, it most likely is. Address it the best you can, tough through it or LEARN TO LET IT GO. What is important, what isn't, what to fight for, and what not to fight for. Fighting everything is exhausting, FIND WHAT BRINGS YOU PEACE or EXCITEMENT.
Lesson 4: What We Want is Not Always What We Need to Focus On
Sometimes things are just not meant to be right now, whether that is a job, a relationship, a state of mind or success. What lessons are we taking away from each engagement with something, someone or some place. Somethings take time, you take time and the universe needs time to help bring things together. Ever hear of "good things take time" it takes to unlearn bad habits and time to rebuild good ones.
From my experiences so far, the transit of Saturn in Pisces for me has been one of the hardest for me and people around me as events have marked immense change for us, from big moves in locations, relationships and careers. These early lessons are normal, and as I like to say:
"I can't learn lessons for you, but you can learn them for you"
From my own experience, I have had 2 location moves, 3 major romantic relationship blunders, 3 big changes in friend groups, 5 massive career changes, numerous self-image reevaluations and the person I was 3 years ago was someone I don't recognize today.
With my Saturn Return about to start, I am not afraid, but with any major change, we can be nervous and anxious. The takeaway from the prep for a Saturn Return, embrace the lessons, see them as learning not change and don't let change scare us into inaction. As Saturn isn't here to make things easy— it's here to make them meaningful.
