Saturn Transit in Pisces
Saturn in Pisces (Meena). Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Saturn is in Pisces, since 29 Mar 2025, 22:01, until 23 Feb 2028, 19:39.
- Last stay
- 2 Jun 1995 to 17 Apr 1998
- Typical stay
- about 2 years 11 months (median of 5 stays)
Saturn in Pisces: every entry and exit
Saturn returns to Pisces about every 29 years. That makes 11 stays between 1900 and 2100, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb 1996, 18:35 | 17 Apr 1998, 13:22 | about 2 years 2 months | 1996 |
| 29 Mar 2025, 22:01 | 3 Jun 2027, 05:44 | about 2 years 2 months | 2025 |
| 20 Oct 2027, 07:28 | 23 Feb 2028, 19:39 | about 4 months | 2027 |
Show the other 8 stays, 1900 to 2100
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 1907, 02:55 | 7 Oct 1907, 23:44 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 6 months | 1907 |
| 11 Jan 1908, 04:45 | 9 Jul 1909, 06:15 | about 1 year 6 months | 1908 |
| 2 Sep 1909, 01:47 | 19 Mar 1910, 02:28 | about 7 months | 1909 |
| 26 Feb 1937, 03:32 | 27 Apr 1939, 22:28 | about 2 years 2 months | 1937 |
| 9 Apr 1966, 04:51 | 3 Nov 1966, 11:56 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 7 months | 1966 |
| 20 Dec 1966, 01:38 | 17 Jun 1968, 07:16 | about 1 year 6 months | 1966 |
| 28 Sep 1968, 09:09 | 7 Mar 1969, 15:31 | about 5 months | 1968 |
| 2 Jun 1995, 10:46 | 10 Aug 1995, 02:18 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 2 months | 1995 |
What Saturn in Pisces means
Pisces is Jupiter's sign, and Jupiter is neutral toward Saturn. The sign rules endings, sleep, foreign lands, hospitals, expenses, isolation and moksha. Saturn stays about two and a half years and brings discipline to the least disciplined sign of the zodiac. The result is a slow letting go.
Expenses rise and must be watched. Sleep may suffer, and the feet, which Pisces rules, need care. Time spent alone increases, sometimes by choice and sometimes through circumstance. Foreign residence and long stays away from home are common under this transit.
The nakshatras are Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati. Uttara Bhadrapada is Saturn's own nakshatra, and in it the transit gives depth, patience and real spiritual progress. This middle third is where a sadhana begun in earnest takes root. Revati, ruled by Mercury, closes the stay with the settling of accounts and the end of a cycle.
From the Moon, Aries, Pisces and Aquarius Moon signs are in Sade Sati, with Pisces in the middle phase. Sagittarius Moons have Saturn in the fourth house and Leo Moons in the eighth. Capricorn, Libra and Taurus Moons and lagnas receive Saturn in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika names as favourable.
What is shown is how one holds attachment. Saturn in Pisces removes supports one by one and asks what remains. For a person of practice, what remains is enough, and the transit is one of the most valuable of the cycle. For a person who leaned on outer comfort, the removal feels like loss until it is understood.
The remedy is the practice itself. Meditation at a fixed hour, seva in a hospital or an ashram, and the Shani mantra make Saturn in Pisces a friend. Parashara's dana for Saturn, sesame and oil given on Saturday, may be joined with feeding the poor near water. Sleep early, spend little, and let the endings complete.