Saturn in Sagittarius: Life Lesson, Meaning & Years

What Saturn in Sagittarius means

Your lessons are belief and truth; you build your own philosophy from experience.

Saturn stands for duty, limits, time and mastery. In Sagittarius it works freely, honestly and hopefully; it looks for meaning and distance.

The lesson of belief: you build a faith that has been tested, not borrowed.

At a glance

Planet: Saturn: duty, limits, time and mastery
Sign: Sagittarius, fire and mutable, ruled by Jupiter
Dignity: Peregrine: neither strong nor weak by sign
Time in each sign: about two and a half years

When Saturn is in Sagittarius

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

before 1900 – Oct 1900
Dec 1926 – Nov 1929: in and out with its retrograde turns (Dec 1926 – Mar 1929, May 1929 – Nov 1929)
Jan 1956 – Jan 1959: in and out with its retrograde turns (Jan 1956 – May 1956, Oct 1956 – Jan 1959)
Nov 1985 – Nov 1988: in and out with its retrograde turns (Nov 1985 – Feb 1988, Jun 1988 – Nov 1988)
Dec 2014 – Dec 2017: in and out with its retrograde turns (Dec 2014 – Jun 2015, Sep 2015 – Dec 2017)

Famous people with Saturn in Sagittarius

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

Michael JacksonAmerican singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer29 August 1958 – 20096Virgo Charles DarwinEnglish naturalist and biologist12 February 1809 – 18825Aquarius Vladimir Leninfounding leader of the Soviet Union22 April 1870 – 19246Taurus Abraham Lincolnpresident of the United States from 1861 to 186512 February 1809 – 18655Aquarius Mahatma GandhiIndian independence activist2 October 1869 – 19489Libra Lionel MessiArgentine association football player24 June 19871Cancer Martin Luther King Jr.American Baptist minister and civil rights leader15 January 1929 – 19681Capricorn Che GuevaraArgentine Marxist revolutionary14 June 1928 – 19674Gemini Frédéric ChopinPolish composer and pianist1 March 1810 – 18495Pisces Lady GagaAmerican singer-songwriter and actress28 March 19861Aries Huang XianfanChinese historian, ethnologist and educator13 November 1899 – 19826Scorpio Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate6 March 1927 – 20141Pisces

Saturn in the other signs

Saturn in the houses

Other planets in Sagittarius

Questions and answers

What does Saturn in Sagittarius mean?

Your lessons are belief and truth; you build your own philosophy from experience.

Is Saturn strong in Sagittarius?

Sagittarius is neither Saturn's own sign nor its exaltation, detriment or fall, so Saturn is peregrine there: neither strong nor weak by sign. It takes on Sagittarius's style: freely, honestly and hopefully; it looks for meaning and distance.

How do I know if I have Saturn in Sagittarius?

Everyone born Dec 1926 – Nov 1929, Jan 1956 – Jan 1959, Nov 1985 – Nov 1988, Dec 2014 – Dec 2017 has Saturn in Sagittarius. For the exact day, use the free calculator.

Which famous people have Saturn in Sagittarius?

Michael Jackson, Charles Darwin, Vladimir Lenin, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Lionel Messi, Martin Luther King Jr., Che Guevara