Saturn Transit in Ashwini
Saturn in Ashwini nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 3 Jun 2027, 05:44, leaves 7 Mar 2029, 11:00
- Last stay
- 17 Apr 1998 to 1 May 1999
- Typical stay
- about 1 year 9 months (median of 5 stays)
Saturn in Ashwini: every entry and exit
Saturn returns to Ashwini about every 29 years. That makes 11 stays between 1900 and 2100, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 1998, 13:22 | 1 May 1999, 00:32 | about 1 year | 1998 |
| 3 Jun 2027, 05:44 | 20 Oct 2027, 07:28 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 5 months | 2027 |
| 23 Feb 2028, 19:39 | 16 Jun 2028, 01:33 | about 4 months | 2028 |
Show the other 8 stays, 1900 to 2100
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 1909, 06:15 | 2 Sep 1909, 01:47 (retrograde, re-enters) | 55 days | 1909 |
| 19 Mar 1910, 02:28 | 23 Jul 1910, 10:46 | about 4 months | 1910 |
| 16 Sep 1910, 03:07 | 1 Apr 1911, 05:55 | about 6 months | 1910 |
| 27 Apr 1939, 22:28 | 10 May 1940, 14:06 | about 1 year | 1939 |
| 17 Jun 1968, 07:16 | 28 Sep 1968, 09:09 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 3 months | 1968 |
| 7 Mar 1969, 15:31 | 1 Jul 1969, 06:20 | about 4 months | 1969 |
| 12 Oct 1969, 16:24 | 20 Mar 1970, 13:52 | about 5 months | 1969 |
| 2 Nov 2028, 20:09 | 7 Mar 2029, 11:00 | about 4 months | 2028 |
What Saturn in Ashwini nakshatra means
Ashwini opens the zodiac in Aries, the sign of Mars, where Saturn is debilitated. Its lord is Ketu, whom the tradition treats like Mars, so Saturn meets an enemy twice over here. The deity is the pair of Ashwini Kumaras, physicians to the gods, and the symbol is a horse's head.
The nakshatra is quick and Saturn is slow. Its themes are speed, healing, first efforts and the impulse to begin, and Saturn puts a brake on each. Work started here takes longer than planned, and the body asks for rest before the mind agrees. The head, the eyes and the nerves need care, and an old complaint may return for treatment.
A single visit lasts about four months. The yearly retrograde usually brings Saturn back, so the full passage comes in two or three visits spread over about a year. Each return reopens what the first visit left undone.
From the Moon, Taurus, Aries and Pisces Moon signs are in Sade Sati, with Aries in the middle phase. Capricorn Moons have Saturn in the fourth and Virgo Moons in the eighth. Aquarius, Scorpio and Gemini Moons and lagnas receive Saturn in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika names as favourable.
Impatience is the tendency this stay brings into view. Much of what a person calls speed turns out to be haste, and the months here sort haste from readiness. Whoever can wait finds the healer's steadiness in the transit.
The remedy is patient care of the sick and the old, the physician's work done without hurry. Light a sesame oil lamp on Saturday, recite Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah, and give sesame or iron to a labourer. A prayer to the Ashwini Kumaras for health suits the nakshatra, and an evening visit to Hanuman on Saturday steadies the mind.