Saturn has been retrograde since 13 July 2025, up till 27 November 2025. Saturn is currently retrograde at 0 degrees of Aries, in a conjunction with retrograde Neptune in Aries at 1 degree. Note that we also have Chiron Retrograde in Aries.
Noteworthy Dates
13 July 2025 – Saturn stations retrograde in Aries
1 September 2025 – Saturn retrogrades into Pisces
28 November 2025 – Saturn stations direct in Pisces
14 February 2026 – Saturn transits into Aries
This is important as Saturn is considered to be in its fall placement in Aries.
Saturn, Aries and Pisces Qualities
Saturn – Cardinal Earth. Of boundaries, structures, foundations, building from the ground up, lessons, restrictions.
Aries – Cardinal Fire. Charges ahead, does it first and thinks later, fiery, does things quick and fast.
Pisces – Mutable Water. Goes with the flow. Very spiritually inclined. Intuitive. Double-bodied, dual nature.
With the short explanation above, you can see why Saturn doesn’t like to be in Aries. On a flip side, it’s going to push us to be more cautious whenever we take action. Allowing for a more effective approach to whatever we do, that will actually be more sustainable in the long run. When it goes into Pisces, it’s going to ‘blur’ the lines between what was ‘black and white’. Boundaries and restrictions may not appear so strict, and can be bent a little.
But that also means our own boundaries may be overstepped by others. Enforcing lessons that push us to reevaluate our connection to others and the environment we put ourselves in. To be more firm and stand on our ground instead of being ‘pushed’ around.
Saturn Retrograde in Aries and Pisces
Saturn Retrograde – There will be more lessons, more delays, more restrictions and more boundaries. These will push us back into being more inward. To reflect on our structures in our lives and restructure them. Then to see how we can progress further in life. Or if we need to take a step back in order to go two steps ahead.
Saturn Retrograde in Aries – Re-evaluating our identity and the way we take action. It’s also being aware of how we have gone about our independence and our sense of self.
Saturn Retrograde in Pisces – Re-evaluating our connection to spirituality. Of what it really means to be human, to energies and people around us. To see where we have moved away from facing necessary confrontations. Then to actually ‘face the music’ and reality of how things are. Address them and see how we can work through them progressively. This is also about taking the steps needed towards building our dreams, behind the scenes. Dissolving any structures that we have built thus far, of topics relating to wherever we have Pisces in our chart.
To note, Saturn in Pisces will form a very good aspect (trine) to Jupiter in Cancer. Happening from 11 October 2025 to 27 December 2025. However, from 12 November 2025, Jupiter will retrograde in Cancer, up till 10 March 2026. We’ll cover what this aspect and what Jupiter retrograde means in another post.
Aspects
Saturn Retrograde in Aries sextile (positive) Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini and Venus in Leo.
While the aspects are favourable, there is an opposition between Venus in Leo and Pluto retrograde in Aquarius. This is also called a cradle formation. When you’re able to balance the energies of Aquarius and Leo, the effects of the cradle formation will be extremely positive in your life.
Saturn retrograde in Aries is going to enforce a holdback or withdrawal. Especially on how you have been going about enforcing your identity. This will spark a change between how you have been communicating with others and how you have been thinking. Positively affecting how you have been relating to others romantically and platonically. But requiring a balance to your own hopes and wishes for yourself as well. The way you have been communicating your ideas or beliefs could not only go through certain changes but also transformations. All of which will positively impact your own hopes and wishes.
When you’re able to balance social dynamics with your own self-expression, you’ll notice that things in your life will work in favour of each other. Of course also allowing any necessary changes to happen instead of resisting it. While there could still be restrictions or lessons, they appear only to trigger you to make the necessary changes for growth.
What to take note of when Saturn is Retrograde in Aries and Pisces
1. Take Action With A Plan
Ensure that any action taken during this period isn’t hastily approached. Plan it well. Best if it contributes to a long term result and not a one off quick thing. Especially so if it’s a bit more troublesome. Take the troublesome route for now and not a shortcut.
Shortcuts will produce a more negative outcome. This may delay or result in more work needed to be done.
2. Restructure Your Goals
This is a very good time to think about what you really want to achieve on a career perspective. Alongside hopes and wishes that you have for yourself and your higher self.
Think about it, note it down. See what you can do now, that enables you to build a strong foundation for what you want to achieve. Foundation is key during this period. It’s not about an outward show of what you can do. It’s more inward and behind the scenes, even if no one knows what you’re trying to do.
3. Learn About Your ‘Self’
While many of us are focused on outward achievements, this is a time to focus on finding out who you are. Even if you think you already have yourself figured out. What is your identity? How do you take action? How have you been relating to others? Are you communicating in a healthy manner? How have you been participating in social activities? How have you been going about your daily life? Are all those aligned with who and what you truly are? Or are you shaped by society and just following through the motions?
After asking yourself these questions, ask yourself what can you do instead? In order to come across or be who you truly are?
4. Let Your Creativity Roam Free
Creativity is not just about design, arts etc. It’s about doing whatever makes you happy and breaking out of the mundane routine of life. This could be building a lego set, going for a pottery class, doing a home project etc. It’s the little things in life that enables you to let loose and enjoy life itself. Do whatever comes to mind. Live a little.
5. Stand On Business
We’ll be tested and pushed. To the point where we might lose ourselves. Ask yourself what is the situation trying to trigger in you? Is it helping you to grow or pulling you down. If it’s toward growth, surrender to the flow of things and see where it takes you. If pulling you down, put your foot forward and say no.
What does Saturn Retrograde in Aries and Pisces mean for your rising sign?
Aries Rising
This is happening in your 1st house of self and later in your 12th house of subconscious.
There could be some lessons regarding your own sense of self. How you’ve been taking action or coming across to others. Pushing you to reevaluate how you have been relating to others, expressing yourself, communicating with others and how you have been with your social groups. This is specially related to how you want to appear in your highest self or to your friends, or hopes and wishes you have for yourself. This is also making a positive aspect to your social groups, hopes and wishes for yourself, personal beliefs, relationship with siblings or children and your own self-expression/hobbies.
What requires a balance will be between your social groups or hopes and wishes for yourself, and your relationship with romantic partners, children and your self-expression. Are you too focused on your own self-expression that you’re neglecting all other social dynamics? Or are you too focused on finding like-minded social circles that you’re forgetting what it is you’re trying to express?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you’ll be forced to go deeper and connect with subconscious structures or patterns that you have developed thus far. You may find yourself in situations where you’re triggered, in ways you never saw coming. Reflect on what it is. See if it’s something you need to work through to ‘dissolve’, in order to align towards your higher self.
Taurus Rising
This is happening in your 12th house of subconscious and later in your 11th house of friendships, hopes and wishes.
Any lessons or restrictions are actually there to help you become more aware of your subconscious. Especially of how you have been taking action independently (or lack of it). To learn that taking a break from everything and being by yourself is actually what you need to balance everything that’s going on in your life. This is also making a positive aspect towards your finances, your relationship with your family, your home, and your career.
What requires a balance will be between your career goals/higher self alignment and your family relationships and commitments. Are you too focused in your career that you’re neglecting what you truly need at home? Or are you too focused on your home environment that you’re detached from your career/higher self?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you may have to become more fluid with your hopes and wishes. Not so much set in stone anymore, but adjusting them to a more achievable reality. You may also encounter more lessons from your social groups, and will need to set some boundaries.
Gemini Rising
This is happening in your 11th house of friendships, hopes and wishes. And later in your 10th house of career or higher self.
Lessons about your own identity that could come from your social groups. Or boundaries that appear from your own hopes and wishes for yourself. This is however making a positive aspect to your house of religion, long distance travel, philosophy, higher learning, how you take action and your communication with romantic and platonic relationships. To figure out who you are and what you want to truly be identified with, when it comes to your own hopes and wishes or social groups.
What requires a balance will be between your pursuit for higher knowledge, religion, philosophy, long distance travel, and your communication with others, relationship with siblings, or personal beliefs. Are you too focused on expressing your own beliefs that you’re disregarding the need to be open to what others have to say? Or are you too identified with universal beliefs that your own personal beliefs are misaligned?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you may need to address your career or higher self goals. It’s not enough to dream about where you want to go or what you want to achieve. To actually put in the hard work needed in order to actually get what you want for yourself.
Cancer Rising
This is happening in your 10th house of career or higher self. And later in your 9th house of higher learning, long distance travel, religion and philosophy.
Lessons about your career goals, achievements and higher self will push you inward to reflect on what it really is that you want, and how you have been so identified with it. Is it something you truly want and on the road towards? Or are you steering off from your own identity and only aligning with what society expects of you? This is making a positive aspect to loss or gains from others, your subconscious beliefs and your finances.
What requires a balance will be between your loss or gains from others, shared finances and your relationship to money or your finances. Are you too caring that you’re disregarding your own needs and material sustenance? Or have you been spending too much on your boosting your own ego that you’re even tapping into shared finances?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you may need to start addressing your need to travel, how religion/philosophy has played a part in your life, or if you want to pursue further education. Once you address these, especially from 11 October, there will be a very positive aspect between these topics and your sense of self.
Leo Rising
This is happening in your 9th house of long distance travel, religion, philosophy and higher education. And later in your 8th house of loss or gains from others.
Lessons regarding how you have placed your identity upon these topics, or lack of them will come to the forefront. You’re pushed to reflect on how these have affected or shaped your sense of identity. This is also making a positive aspect to your 1-1 relationships or spouse, your social groups, hopes and wishes for yourself as well as your own relationship to yourself.
What requires a balance will be between how you have strongly identified with your ego/sense of self and your relationship to others. Especially 1-1 dynamics and your spouse. Are you too focused on wanting things your way that you disregard what others need? Or are you too detached in your relationships with others just cause you want to focus on yourself?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you may need to address certain loss/gains that comes from others or your daily routines. As it’s your 8th house, it could be less evident in the physical sense.
Virgo Rising
This is happening in your 8th house of loss or gains from others. And later in your 7th house of 1-1 relationships and spouse.
Lessons regarding how you have gained from others or lost because of others. Especially regarding your daily routines, or from your romantic interest. All of which will push you inward to rethink who you truly are, or where it is you want to be headed. This is also making a positive aspect to a transformation in your daily routines, a change in your career as well as your subconscious relationship to your own ego, your own self love.
What requires a balance will be between how you have been going about your daily life, your selfless habit of being of service to others, and your own subconscious ego, your self-love. Have you been trying to accommodate to everyone in your life that you diminish your own happiness? Or have you been too isolated from the world that you’re forgetting what you really need to do on a daily basis in order to integrate with society?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you may need to set clearer boundaries between you and others. Giving yourself up too much isn’t doing you any good. Set some restrictions for yourself and others in order to maintain a healthy relationship between all the parties involved.
Libra Rising
This is happening in your 7th house of 1-1 relationships and spouse. And later in your 6th house of routines, health and habits.
Lessons regarding your own sense of identity with regards to your 1-1 relationships. Who are you apart from others? While you’re always balancing and maintaining peace, this is a time where you’re pushed to enact more of your sense of self to others, and not to be too passive, for more lessons and restrictions will occur until you learn to stand up for yourself. This is also making a positive impact to a transformation in your own self-expression, your change in thoughts or higher beliefs and relationship to your social circle/hopes and wishes for yourself.
What requires a balance will be between how you have been expressing yourself, or lack of it, and your relationship to your social circle. Have you been expressing yourself or holding yourself back so that your social circle can thrive? Or have you been too focused in social dynamics that you’re forgetting what makes you unique?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you may need to set routines in place as your daily routines, especially if it contributes to your career, will be blurred. The boundaries set in your workplace may not be as evident and you’ll need to work with it or set your own clear boundaries. You’ll see positive results from 11 October onwards.
Scorpio Rising
This is happening in your 6th house of routines, health and habits, and later in your 5th house of self-expression, hobbies and romantic interest.
Lessons regarding your daily routines will push you inward, asking you to reflect on what you’ve been doing, and if it is actually giving you the freedom to act upon what you want to do, that actually contributes to a long term goal you have, or if you’re just focusing on routines that are short term with little to no contribution to your career/higher self. This is also making a positive aspect to a transformation at home, a change in loss or gains from others, and your relationship to your career or higher self.
What requires a balance will be between your home environment and your career goals. Are you too detached from your home environment and focusing on career or outward achievements? Or are you too individualistic in what you need in your life to feel emotionally secure, that you’re disregarding an outward expression into the world?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you will be pushed inward to really ask yourself if you have been expressing yourself in a manner that allows you to thrive. Some boundaries need to be set, whether it’s how you express yourself, how you relate to your romantic interest or how you have been taking part in your hobbies.
Sagittarius Rising
This is happening in your 5th house of self-expression, hobbies and romantic interest, and later in your 4th house of home and parents.
Lessons regarding your own self-expression, your identity when it comes to your romantic interest and how you have gone about your hobbies will push you to re-evaluate your monetary situation and communication or belief systems. Whether it’s an over expression of your own ego, or a lack of it, you’re pushed to go inward to reflect on it. This is also making a positive aspect to a transformation to your communication or belief systems, a change in your relationship with others, and your own need to explore higher belief systems, travel the world or expand your horizons.
What requires a balance will be between your own personal beliefs and mass adopted beliefs. This could also be travels and your relationship with your siblings. Do you need to change the way you communicate in order to connect with more like-minded people who share the same beliefs? Or do you need to transform your individualistic beliefs and balance it out with universal ones?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, you will be faced with certain restrictions at home or from your parents. This could also affect your inner security or what you need in a home. It’s useful to know what you truly need in order to enact your own sense of security at home. Set clear boundaries with your parents.
Capricorn Rising
This is happening in your 4th house of home, inner security and parents, and later in your 3rd house of communication, personal beliefs and siblings.
Lessons regarding your home and how you have been identified with your family. You may have been too individualistic at home, thus a period that pushes you inward to reflect on your actions. Whether it’s a lack of action at home and a focus on your career, or a deeper look at what you truly need in order to feel emotionally secure. This is nothing to do with an outward show of what you’ve achieved, but more of an inner work. This is also making a positive aspect to your finances, your daily routines and your gains or loss from others.
What requires a balance will be between your finances, your inner values, your relationship to money and how you have been losing or gaining from others. Are you too focused on shared finances with others and how you’re going to be able to gain from them or lose to them? Or are you too focused on transforming your own finances that you’re disregarding others’ needs?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, there will be restrictions regarding your personal beliefs, your communication style and your relationship with your siblings. Boundaries will be blurred and may be crossed. You will need to know what your own personal beliefs are, whether it’s what you truly believe in or it’s a belief that you just happen to know of and stuck with it.
Aquarius Rising
This is happening in your 3rd house of communication, siblings, short travels and personal beliefs, and later in your 2nd house of finances, your inner values and your relationship to money.
Lessons regarding the way you have identified with your personal beliefs, however individualistic or unique they are will come to the forefront. To reflect on whether it’s what you believe in because you truly believe in it or just cause it makes you stand out from the crowd and appear ‘special’. This is also making a positive aspect to your own self-expression, your own sense of identity and your relationship with others, especially 1-1 relationships.
What requires a balance will be between your own sense of self and your 1-1 relationships. Are you giving yourself up too much in your 1-1 relationships or giving yourself enough time to detach and get more in touch with who you are?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, there will be lessons regarding your finances. This could be regards to the way you go about earning money, or a deeper reflection on how you, your unique self, relates to your inner values. There could be unclear boundaries on how finances are a part of your life now, to make sure to set your own clear intentions and structures in order to gain financial stability.
Pisces Rising
This is happening in your 2nd house of finances and inner values, and later In your 1st house of self.
Lessons regarding how you have approached money, earning money and used money as an ‘identity’ will push you inward to really reflect on what your relationship to money is, especially subconscious thoughts about it. This is making a positive aspect to your subconscious, your home/parents, inner security and daily routines.
What requires a balance will be between your subconscious and your daily routines. Are you focusing on the higher good that’s in you, or boosting your own ego on a daily basis?
When Saturn moves into Pisces, 1 Sep onwards, there will be restrictions about your own sense of identity and how you have been going about expressing yourself. These lessons or restrictions will come from friends, your own hopes and wishes and your subconscious. Take this time to figure out who you truly are, where it is you want to be headed and how you can get more in touch with your inner child.
To note that any lessons you learn during this period is truly just a period of alignment. Look at your own natal chart to see which houses are affected, as well as your own natal placements and the aspects to this Saturn transit in order to gain a full picture of what exactly is going to happen, and how to prepared or learn from it, instead of resisting it.
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