Saturn Transit in Libra

Libra is Saturn's sign of exaltation. Parashara and Brihat Jataka both place the highest point at the twentieth degree, and the sign lord Venus is Saturn's friend. This is the strongest Saturn transit of the cycle, and for about two and a half years Saturn gives its best results: justice, fair dealing, lasting partnership and standing earned through honest work.

Libra rules marriage, business partnership, trade, courts and public reputation. An exalted Saturn brings fairness to each of them. Contracts signed now tend to hold, and long partnerships are tested until the honest ones deepen. Legal matters move toward a just settlement, slowly.

The nakshatras are Chitra, Swati and Vishakha. Swati, ruled by Rahu, holds the middle of the sign and gives independence and gain through trade. Vishakha, ruled by Jupiter, turns the effort toward purpose and completion.

From the Moon, Scorpio, Libra and Virgo Moon signs are in Sade Sati, with Libra in the middle phase. Even in Sade Sati, an exalted Saturn is kinder than a debilitated one. Cancer Moons have Saturn in the fourth house and Pisces Moons in the eighth. Leo, Taurus and Sagittarius Moons and lagnas receive Saturn in the third, sixth and eleventh, Phaladeepika's favourable houses.

The transit asks for balance. An exalted Saturn wants the person to weigh both sides, to deal with others as equals and to accept the slow verdict of time. Cutting corners in partnership costs the most now.

The remedy is fairness itself. Settle old accounts, return what was borrowed, and treat partners and employees with the same measure. Saturday service and the Shani mantra keep the gains steady, and forgiving a debt counts as dana alongside Parashara's sesame and oil.

Watch the kidneys and the lower back, which Libra governs.

Saturn in Libra for each Moon sign

Counted from the natal Moon, following Phaladeepika. Sade Sati covers the 12th, 1st and 2nd from the Moon, and Dhaiya covers the 4th and the 8th. Read the ascendant the same way. Vedha and the birth chart can change the result.