Saturn or Shani is the servant in astrology. He represents hard work, sorrow, old men, servants and the lower level workers, people in the iron and steel industry, municipality and drainage works. A well placed Saturn can bestow excellent power, prestige, name and fame and a badly placed Saturn can devastate you. Its metal is iron, color is blue, gem is blue sapphire and direction is west.
Saturn is the slowest moving of the 9 planets and takes approximately 2-1/2 years to transit a sign and completes the round of the zodiac in 30 years. He is the Udyogakaraka or planet connected with profession.
It is famously called as Shani. Saturn is considered to be the negative astrological planets of the lot. It is slow, lethargic, lazy and careless. It is known for the bad luck it brings to people. Wherever it goes, it takes away the happiness and instills dark emotions besides making them sorrow. But when it is in the proper place, it brings wisdom, authority, success and your life will be all colorful. Every person goes through a rough phase where he has a seven and half years of bad phase when ruled by this planet.
Saturn or Shani in Sanskrit is highly debatable planet in astrology. Astrologers have many viewpoints about the dasha and antardasha of Saturn. It is very slow moving planet and spends a great time of two and half year in one zodiac. Sade-Sati (seven and half years) and Dhaiya (two and half years) is its most talked and researched dashas. People are generally very suspicious about these two dashas, and do a lot of praying and worship of Lord Shani – God associated with this planet.
Saturn is the outermost planet amongst the planets in astrology. Average time for Saturn in a sign is 2 ½ years. Saturn is the chief governor for longevity. Saturn is said to be ‘lame’.
- It is probably the only planet whose Lord i.e. Lord Shani is duly worshipped and prayed in the temples around country and people gather and pray in these temples with full rituals on Saturdays.
- Saturn rules Capricorn and Aquarius, and 10th and 11th house. Saturn takes 30 years to complete the zodiac cycle. Saturn is friend with Ketu, Mercury, Venus, and enemy with Mars, Sun, and Moon. Vimshottaridasha of Saturn is of 19 years, and constellations are Pushya, Anuradha, and Uttarabhadrapada. It is exalted in Libra and debilitated in Aries. Gemstone of Saturn is Blue Sapphire or Neelam.
- Saturn has image of a cruel and hard planet. Saturn signifies more hard work and less reward in one’s life. At the same time it is very important planet of your life cycle. Dasha of Saturn brings you to the real purpose of your life and teaches many life lessons associated with past, present, and future life through hurdles, problems, setbacks, sorrow, and pain for a long time as it is very slow moving.
- That is why death, poverty, debt, sorrow, grief, misery, slavery, imprisonment, separation, and places such as jails, slums, sewers, and graves come under the influence of Saturn. Dasha of Saturn brings the best out of you with highest human qualities.
- Spirituality, detachment, sincerity, stability, longevity, and consistency also come under the influence of Saturn. It signifies workers, labours, servants, butchers, engineers, real estate agents, farmers, sweepers, hermits, and monks etc.
- In the body, Saturn represents the muscles, joints, teeth, knees, and bones. When weak, it causes constant and painful diseases, fracture, cancer, arthritis, insanity, impotency, miserliness and selfishness.
- Saturn is strongly associated with iron, coal, wood, and steel, and people with strong Saturn makes a lot of wealth through the business of these material.
Saturn plays the role of a taskmaster in the Zodiac. Saturn commands us to get to work and to work hard. Saturn rules time, old age and sobriety. It can bring depression, gloom, jealousy and greed, or serious acceptance of responsibilities out of which success will develop. Learning life’s lessons is key to this Planet, in keeping with its role as teacher. It rules the earth sign Capricorn and air sign Aquarius.