Saturn Transit in Ardra
Saturn in Ardra nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 22 Jul 2032, 09:17, leaves 30 Jul 2033, 11:08
- Last stay
- 8 Jun 2003 to 16 Jun 2004
- Typical stay
- about 1 year (median of 5 stays)
Saturn in Ardra: every entry and exit
Saturn returns to Ardra about every 29 years. That makes 10 stays between 1900 and 2100, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 2003, 18:18 | 16 Jun 2004, 05:23 | about 1 year | 2003 |
| 22 Jul 2032, 09:17 | 31 Jan 2033, 17:32 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 6 months | 2032 |
| 30 Mar 2033, 23:07 | 30 Jul 2033, 11:08 | about 4 months | 2033 |
Show the other 7 stays, 1900 to 2100
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 1914, 12:14 | 15 Dec 1914, 18:40 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 4 months | 1914 |
| 6 May 1915, 00:33 | 23 Aug 1915, 19:22 | about 4 months | 1915 |
| 9 Jan 1916, 01:40 | 11 May 1916, 12:06 | about 4 months | 1916 |
| 18 Jun 1944, 14:02 | 27 Jun 1945, 04:04 | about 1 year | 1944 |
| 3 Aug 1973, 14:44 | 5 Jan 1974, 22:44 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 5 months | 1973 |
| 21 Apr 1974, 03:58 | 11 Aug 1974, 02:11 | about 4 months | 1974 |
| 31 Jan 1975, 04:47 | 25 Apr 1975, 13:05 | about 3 months | 1975 |
What Saturn in Ardra nakshatra means
Ardra lies in Gemini, Mercury's sign, where Saturn is welcome. Its lord is Rahu, who behaves like Saturn and is counted its friend in the usual lists. The deity is Rudra, the howling form of Shiva, and the symbol is a teardrop. Saturn meets a friend in a friend's house here.
Ardra is the storm. Its themes are grief, sudden change, sharp intellect, research and the clearing that follows tears. Under Saturn the storm is slow and long, and a loss is absorbed over months. A quarrel with a sibling or neighbour hardens, and a long piece of technical work demands more than it seemed to.
The throat, the shoulders and the breath need care. Saturn takes about a year to cross a nakshatra, and the yearly retrograde usually splits the stay into two or three visits. In Ardra each return reopens the same grief, and each time it is a little lighter.
From the Moon, Cancer, Gemini and Taurus Moon signs are in Sade Sati, with Gemini in the middle phase. Pisces Moons have Saturn in the fourth and Scorpio Moons in the eighth. Aries, Capricorn and Leo Moons and lagnas hold Saturn in Phaladeepika's third, sixth and eleventh and do well.
The transit shows how a person grieves. Rudra weeps and then destroys what is dead, and Saturn in Ardra asks whether one can let the dead thing go. The person who has mourned honestly comes out clear-headed, with a sharper mind for the work that follows.
Remedy is Rudra's own: the chanting or hearing of Sri Rudram, water offered to Shiva, and honest tears where they are due. Give sesame oil on Saturday, recite Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah, and serve those who labour outdoors in bad weather. Keep away from intoxicants for the length of the stay.