Saturn in Cancer: Life Lesson, Meaning & Years

What Saturn in Cancer means

Saturn is in its detriment: your lessons are family and emotional security, and you may carry duties at home early.

Saturn stands for duty, limits, time and mastery. In Cancer it works tenderly and protectively; it works through home, family and feeling.

The lesson of feeling: coldness in the early family is turned into a home you build yourself.

At a glance

Planet: Saturn: duty, limits, time and mastery
Sign: Cancer, water and cardinal, ruled by Moon
Dignity: Detriment
Time in each sign: about two and a half years

Cancer is opposite Capricorn, the sign Saturn rules, so here it works against the grain.

When Saturn is in Cancer

Everyone born in these months has Saturn in Cancer. The edges can shift by a day with the time zone.

Aug 1914 – Jun 1917: in and out with its retrograde turns (Aug 1914 – Dec 1914, May 1915 – Oct 1916, Dec 1916 – Jun 1917)
Jun 1944 – Aug 1946
Aug 1973 – Jun 1976: in and out with its retrograde turns (Aug 1973 – Jan 1974, Apr 1974 – Sep 1975, Jan 1976 – Jun 1976)
Jun 2003 – Jul 2005
Jul 2032 – May 2035: in and out with its retrograde turns (Jul 2032 – Aug 2034, Feb 2035 – May 2035)

Famous people with Saturn in Cancer

Only people whose Saturn stayed in Cancer through their whole birth day, wherever they were born.

Donald TrumpPresident of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)14 June 19464Gemini NapoleonFrench military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 181515 August 1769 – 18211Leo George W. Bush43rd President of the United States6 July 194633masterCancer Alexander PushkinRussian poet, playwright, and novelist6 June 1799 – 183711masterGemini Nikola TeslaSerbian-American engineer and inventor10 July 1856 – 19431Cancer John F. Kennedypresident of the United States from 1961 to 196329 May 1917 – 19637Gemini MolièreFrench playwright and actor15 January 1622 – 16739Capricorn Max PlanckGerman theoretical physicist23 April 1858 – 19474Taurus AnggunIndonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality29 April 19749Taurus Woodrow Wilson28th President of the United States28 December 1856 – 192433masterCapricorn Niels BohrDanish physicist7 October 1885 – 19623Libra Angelina JolieAmerican actress4 June 19755Gemini

Saturn in the other signs

Saturn in the houses

Other planets in Cancer

Questions and answers

What does Saturn in Cancer mean?

Saturn is in its detriment: your lessons are family and emotional security, and you may carry duties at home early.

Is Saturn strong in Cancer?

Cancer is opposite Capricorn, the sign Saturn rules, so here it works against the grain.

How do I know if I have Saturn in Cancer?

Everyone born Aug 1914 – Jun 1917, Jun 1944 – Aug 1946, Aug 1973 – Jun 1976, Jun 2003 – Jul 2005 has Saturn in Cancer. For the exact day, use the free calculator.

When is Saturn next in Cancer?

Jul 2032 – May 2035.

Which famous people have Saturn in Cancer?

Donald Trump, Napoleon, George W. Bush, Alexander Pushkin, Nikola Tesla, John F. Kennedy, Molière, Max Planck