Saturn return — Astrology glossary

A Saturn return is the period when transiting Saturn comes back to the position it held at birth, completing one full orbit. Because Saturn takes about twenty-nine and a half years to circle the zodiac, the first return falls around ages twenty-eight to thirty, the second near fifty-eight to sixty. Astrologers treat it as a milestone of maturing and reckoning, when the structures of a person's life are tested and whatever was built on weak foundations tends to give way. In a natal chart it matters as a predictable turning point tied to Saturn's natal sign and house. For example, someone whose natal Saturn sits in the relationship sector often experiences the first return as a time of either committing seriously or ending a partnership that no longer holds.