Saturn in Capricorn: Life Lesson, Meaning & Years

What Saturn in Capricorn means

Saturn is at home: discipline, ambition and patience. You climb steadily to authority.

Saturn stands for duty, limits, time and mastery. In Capricorn it works seriously and with ambition; it climbs step by step and lasts.

The lesson of authority (Saturn is at home here): heavy duty early, real power later. The late bloomer who ends on top.

At a glance

Planet: Saturn: duty, limits, time and mastery
Sign: Capricorn, earth and cardinal, ruled by Saturn
Dignity: Domicile
Time in each sign: about two and a half years

Saturn rules Capricorn, so it is at home here and works at full strength.

When Saturn is in Capricorn

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

Jan 1900 – Jan 1903: in and out with its retrograde turns (Jan 1900 – Jul 1900, Oct 1900 – Jan 1903)
Mar 1929 – Nov 1932: in and out with its retrograde turns (Mar 1929 – May 1929, Dec 1929 – Feb 1932, Aug 1932 – Nov 1932)
Jan 1959 – Jan 1962
Feb 1988 – Feb 1991: in and out with its retrograde turns (Feb 1988 – Jun 1988, Nov 1988 – Feb 1991)
Dec 2017 – Dec 2020: in and out with its retrograde turns (Dec 2017 – Mar 2020, Jul 2020 – Dec 2020)

Famous people with Saturn in Capricorn

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

Barack Obama44th President of the United States4 August 196111masterLeo Corbin BleuAmerican actor21 February 19895Pisces RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker15 July 1606 – 16698Cancer Immanuel KantGerman philosopher22 April 1724 – 18044Taurus NaruhitoEmperor of Japan23 February 19605Pisces VoltaireFrench writer, historian and philosopher21 November 1694 – 17787Scorpio Walt DisneyAmerican animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepren…5 December 1901 – 19661Sagittarius Charles DickensEnglish novelist and social critic7 February 1812 – 18703Aquarius Neil ArmstrongAmerican astronaut and lunar explorer5 August 1930 – 20128Leo Marlene DietrichGerman and American actress and singer27 December 1901 – 19925Capricorn Roald AmundsenNorwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole16 July 1872 – 19285Cancer Richard WagnerGerman composer22 May 1813 – 18834Gemini

Saturn in the other signs

Saturn in the houses

Other planets in Capricorn

Questions and answers

What does Saturn in Capricorn mean?

Saturn is at home: discipline, ambition and patience. You climb steadily to authority.

Is Saturn strong in Capricorn?

Saturn rules Capricorn, so it is at home here and works at full strength.

How do I know if I have Saturn in Capricorn?

Everyone born Mar 1929 – Nov 1932, Jan 1959 – Jan 1962, Feb 1988 – Feb 1991, Dec 2017 – Dec 2020 has Saturn in Capricorn. For the exact day, use the free calculator.

Which famous people have Saturn in Capricorn?

Barack Obama, Corbin Bleu, Rembrandt, Immanuel Kant, Naruhito, Voltaire, Walt Disney, Charles Dickens