Planets · 7 of 9
Saturn (Shani) in Vedic astrology
Longevity, discipline, labour, servants, delay, sorrow, old age, democracy and the masses, the legs and the nerves.
- Sanskrit
- Shani शनि
- Signifies
- Longevity, discipline, labour, servants, delay, sorrow, old age, democracy and the masses, the legs and the nerves
- Nature
- The greatest natural malefic
- Own sign
- Capricorn and Aquarius
- Exalted
- Libra, deepest at 20°
- Debilitated
- Aries, deepest at 20°
- Moolatrikona
- Aquarius 0°–20°
- Aspects
- The 3rd, 7th and 10th houses from itself
- Vimshottari dasha
- 19 years
- Nakshatras ruled
- Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada
- Day
- Saturday
- Element
- Air
- Direction
- West
- Colour
- Black and dark blue
- Traditional gem
- Blue sapphire (we do not sell gemstones)
Saturn in Jyotish
Saturn is the slowest of the visible planets, taking about 29½ years to circle the zodiac. It is the planet of discipline, effort and time. It delays but does not deny; well placed it gives patience, organisation and lasting achievement. Its transit over the Moon is sade sati.
Friends and enemies
| Natural relationship | Planets |
|---|---|
| Friends | Mercury, Venus |
| Neutral | Jupiter |
| Enemies | Sun, Moon, Mars |
These natural (naisargika) relationships, from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, are not always mutual: the Moon counts Mercury a friend, while Mercury counts the Moon an enemy.
Saturn in your chart
Where Saturn sits in your chart (its sign, house, dignity and the planets it joins or aspects) shows how these significations work out for you, and its dasha shows when. See your Saturn in your free kundli, or read chapter 3: the 9 planets.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika for the signs, planets and houses; Muhurta Chintamani for the nakshatra classes and the guna milan attributes. Wording is our own.