Saturn in the 1st House: Meaning by Rising Sign
The short answer
With whole-sign houses, Saturn is in your 1st house when it is in your rising sign itself: Saturn in Aries for Aries rising, Saturn in Libra for Libra rising, and so on for all twelve rising signs.
What Saturn in the 1st house means
Saturn describes where you're being asked to do the solid, unglamorous work. In the 1st house of self and how you come across, that plays out through you, your body, your appearance, the first impression you make.
The 1st is one of the four angular houses, the corners of the chart, where planets tend to show as events other people notice. Its natural sign is Aries, so Saturn here takes on some of Aries's concerns whatever sign it is actually in.
With whole-sign houses, Saturn sits in your 1st house when it is in your rising sign itself: for Aries rising that means Saturn in Aries. A transit of Saturn through one house lasts about 2.8 years, because that is how long Saturn usually stays in one sign.
Which sign puts Saturn in your 1st house
Find your rising sign in the left column. If your Saturn is in the sign beside it, your Saturn is in the 1st house.
| Your rising sign | Saturn in the 1st house |
|---|---|
| Aries rising | Saturn in Aries |
| Taurus rising | Saturn in Taurus |
| Gemini rising | Saturn in Gemini |
| Cancer rising | Saturn in Cancer |
| Leo rising | Saturn in Leo |
| Virgo rising | Saturn in Virgo |
| Libra rising | Saturn in Libra |
| Scorpio rising | Saturn in Scorpio |
| Sagittarius rising | Saturn in Sagittarius |
| Capricorn rising | Saturn in Capricorn |
| Aquarius rising | Saturn in Aquarius |
| Pisces rising | Saturn in Pisces |
How long a Saturn transit of the 1st house lasts
Saturn stays in one sign for about 2.8 years on average, so a transit of Saturn through your 1st house lasts about that long: as little as about 2.1 years and as much as about 3.0 years across the charted years.
About the 1st house
The 1st house of self and how you come across: you, your body, your appearance, the first impression you make. Its natural sign is Aries.
How the houses are counted
Houses here use whole-sign counting: your rising sign is the whole 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on around the zodiac. Many astrologers use Placidus or another quadrant system instead, which can move a planet close to a sign boundary into the neighbouring house. Either way you need an accurate birth time, because the rising sign changes about every two hours.
Saturn in the other houses
Saturn in the 2nd house · Saturn in the 3rd house · Saturn in the 4th house · Saturn in the 5th house · Saturn in the 6th house · Saturn in the 7th house · Saturn in the 8th house · Saturn in the 9th house · Saturn in the 10th house · Saturn in the 11th house · Saturn in the 12th house
Other planets in the 1st house: Sun · Moon · Mercury · Venus · Mars · Jupiter · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto
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