Saturn in Pisces Transit and Natal
Background painting: Dancing Fairies by August Malmstrom
The last time Saturn was in Pisces was April 1996. On March 7th, 2023, Saturn enters Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, for the first time in 27 years!
Saturn transits are one of the most important transits to follow. After 5 years of Saturn transiting its two domiciles (Capricorn and Aquarius), this is going to feel so very different from what we’re used to. In the signs of its domicile, Saturn can feel very heavy and constricting (as if I needed to say that – we were all here; these last few years have been a true horror show). This next period of three years with Saturn in Pisces is going to be a HUGE change of pace from the last five! Everything is going to feel different – Saturn is no longer at its most powerful and it’s like we’re breaking free, letting out a breath we’ve been holding in for years, and the very structure of our world feels a little looser and easier to move in.
In this article you’ll find information on:
☆ What Saturn means in astrology
☆ What natal Saturn in Pisces and transit Saturn in Pisces means
☆ Important dates for the current Saturn in Pisces transit (2023-2026)
☆ Saturn return in Pisces
☆ Bite-size horoscopes for Saturn in Pisces transit for your rising sign
*If you’re looking for your sign’s FULL horoscope for Saturn in Pisces, or a deeper dive into this transit, head over to the shop to download your nearly-25-page PDF on how Saturn in Pisces will feel for your rising sign, for any personal planets it will be transiting, and for us as a world.
What is Saturn in astrology?
☆ What does Saturn represent in astrology?
In astrology, Saturn represents time (especially long-term time), structures and systems, work and reward, agriculture, sowing and reaping, heavy lessons, consequences, commitment, blockages and limitations, building, and protection. Mythologically, Saturn is the god of time and agriculture, among other things.
☆ How long does Saturn stay in one sign?
Saturn stays in a sign for two to three years.
☆ How long does it take Saturn to go through the signs?
Saturn takes 27 to 30 years to go through all the signs.
Saturn in Pisces dates
March 7th, 2023: Saturn enters Pisces
May 24th, 2025: Saturn enters Aries
September 1st, 2025: Saturn retrogrades back into Pisces
February 13th, 2026: Saturn enters Aries, concluding Saturn’s time in Pisces.
In 2015-2017, Saturn was in Sagittarius and as a world we were on the road, looking for where we belong.
2017-2020 was for building our cabin in the woods. Saturn was in Capricorn.
In 2020-2023 Saturn was in Aquarius and we moved to a city in the desert, parched and struggling with the balance between the self and the world.
From 2023 through early 2026, Saturn is in Pisces and we’re washing away the sand and the bruises and taking a big sip of water. Perhaps we’re on the road again, but this time the road is the ocean. Where are we going?'
What does Saturn in Pisces mean?
With Saturn in Pisces, we’re not struggling to build nor struggling against the past. Instead, we are letting things dissolve, move, and change. We’re trusting. Accepting. Carving out channels for our waters to flow through and things aren’t quite so serious. No Saturn transit is “easy”, but this feels like a breath of fresh air, even if only because it feels so different from what we’re used to.
While Saturn is in Pisces, Pisces themes get pretty loud and are extra important to pay attention to. Saturn in Pisces is about: resolution, letting go, building the staircase to our wildest dreams, letting ourselves dream, making space for flow (perhaps even making space in your physical home?), learning to trust our intuition and the flow of time, trusting that we have enough time, resolving spiritual trauma or blockages, spiritual crises, creating a sound spiritual structure to flow through, working on trust and acceptance in general, sharing the burden > martyrdom, resolving creative blockages and blockages to profound and transcendent connection with other individuals and the universe at large, and issues of compassion and togetherness in a cold world.
Through this Saturn in Pisces transit, compassion becomes a bit fashionable again, softness reigns, and we reconnect to the porous and fluid aspects of society and ourselves. We are less concerned with what label we fit in, more concerned with carving out space for utopian ideals to grow in. Saturn in Pisces sets genuine care for the fate of the world in stone.
Pisces is ruled by Jupiter and Neptune, so within Pisces there are themes around belief, trust, acceptance, hope, spirituality, illusion/delusion, and fantasy. Saturn loves cold, hard reality, and this clashes with the Neptunian-Jupiterian nature of Pisces. As a result, we’re likely to experience lots of reality checks as our blind faith is tested, mirages fall, and illusions are shattered. Saturn in Pisces is about pulling back the velvet curtain and finding out that the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz has always been just a man. Saturn in Pisces asks the pressing question of Joan Osbourne’s “One of Us” (one of several songs on my Spotify playlist about Saturn in Pisces that was, incidentally, released the last time Saturn was in Pisces in the mid-1990s): “what if ‘god’ was one of us?” Saturn in Pisces both brings the otherworldy-spiritual back down to earth and invites us to recognize ‘god’ in everyday people.
Saturn in Pisces brings our big dreams back down to earth, too — while Pisces’ Jupiterian-Neptunian nature dreams big, Saturn likes to remain grounded. Pisces is also a water sign, so it carries strong themes around flow and what it takes to maintain flow. Saturn is system-oriented; Pisces very much isn’t. Saturn in Pisces asks us to carve out a channel for our waters to flow through more effortlessly into the future. What practical steps must we take to get to the utopian horizon we’ve been dreaming of?
Pisces’ symbol is two fish swimming in opposite directions but linked together by a band, representing the paradoxical nature of reality, the double-bodied nature of Pisces, and the way that Pisces is both the beginning and the end, with one foot here on earth and one foot someplace else. With Pisces being both the last sign of the zodiac and a mutable sign (mutable signs all come at the end of the earth’s seasons — they are like the earth’s exhale), Saturn in Pisces is rich with lessons around change and learning to let go, exhale, and move ahead by leaving something behind.
Saturn Return in Pisces
We all experience the infamous Saturn return when Saturn returns to the sign it was in when we were born. This happens every 27-30 years. So for anyone with their natal Saturn in Pisces, this is your Saturn return! People with their natal Saturn in Pisces are likely to experience these Saturn in Pisces themes in a more concentrated and personal way, and its lessons are even more important for you to learn in order to live your best life.
This is a time when you’ll be working on your issues and blockages surrounding Saturn in Pisces and the house in which Saturn in Pisces resides in your birth chart. This can be a difficult and intense time, but the goal is to improve your whole experience of life long-term.
Saturn in Pisces horoscopes for 2023-2025
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Saturn in Pisces for Aries rising
You’re looking for inner peace during this time, and sifting through the ways in which your subconscious beliefs and unconscious patterns of behavior keep you from your biggest dreams. This is the time to remember that rest and inner work are just as important as anything else!
Saturn in Pisces for Taurus rising
Y’all are weighing your pleasures with your goals, and reaaaally searching for the path to your goals, dreams, ambitions, and ideals; what needs to be done in order to make your dreams a reality? What will it take to create the life you dream of? Friendship and community are important themes at this time, too; who—or where—are your people?
Saturn in Pisces for Gemini rising
You are (re?)defining what ‘success’ means to you, exploring your relationship with both authority and being seen, working on your belief in yourself & your potential, really coming into your own in so many different ways, and perhaps celebrating success? This is also the time when you’re considering what your inner child really needs and making changes to better support their needs!
Saturn in Pisces for Cancer rising
Over the next 3 years, y’all are likely to be really getting out of or expanding your comfort zone, learning new things, and seeking meaning in your life. Spirituality and growth are important parts of this transit for you, and it might be surprising to find out just how much growth and meaning can be found right where you are when you shift your focus.
Saturn in Pisces for Leo rising
During this time, you are exploring the depths of your psyche and asking “WHY?” at every turn, working through blockages to intimacy, attending to your finances, and navigating change or instability. You’re remembering that while you may not be able to control the current you find yourself in, you can choose to swim, sink, or float. Take care of your finances and especially your taxes during this time!
Saturn in Pisces for Virgo rising
You are evaluating your relationships, solidifying or breaking commitments, deepening relationships or spending more time on your own (whichever is needed!), and exploring your shadow and projections. You’re also beginning to reap what you’ve sown over the last 15 years or so! In that way, this may be a pretty exciting transit for y’all.
Saturn in Pisces for Libra rising
For you, Saturn in Pisces means changing your day-to-day life to better support your overall health and well-being, and finding (or infusing) magic and creativity back into your daily life (after the last few years, heaven knows you need it). The changes you’re making here — and the things you do in your daily life — are what make your dreams into reality: find a flow that works for you and supports that!
Saturn in Pisces for Scorpio rising
Here you are nurturing your inner child (what makes them sing?); changing your relationship to substances, pleasure, creativity, and sex; and figuring out what you really want in love and in sex. The last few years were likely soaked with inner work, and now this is a time when it’s important to come back to what really brings you deep joy and make time for those things, even if it feels difficult (and it’s likely to!).
Saturn in Pisces for Sagittarius rising
Saturn in Pisces means Sag risings will be doing lots of deep inner work; breaking long-standing family patterns; tending to your private life & your work/life balance; and taking care of, settling into, or moving on from your home. This is the time when you’re tending to the health of your roots and the soil your whole life grows from, making sure that foundation is both sturdy and adaptable enough to grow all your dreams into tangible reality.
Saturn in Pisces for Capricorn rising
For the next few years, y’all are taking care of your mental health, improving your communication, and freeing yourself from the confines of any “comfort zones” that have gotten a little too small. You’re developing trust in your ability to navigate language and self-expression, and exploring the more personal and even physical parts of your spirituality. Friends and siblings may be important now, and many people move to a new home during this transit too!
Saturn in Pisces for Aquarius rising
During this time, you’re tending to your inner security, and working through any issues around money/finances and independence/self-sufficiency. Your sense of inner security has to come from someplace deep and be able to bend and breathe with changes inside and outside of you. This transit often coincides with changes to your finances, too, and long-term fulfillment becomes more important.
Saturn in Pisces for Pisces rising
As Saturn navigates your sign, you’re reconnecting with or strengthening your connection to yourself, making significant changes in many areas of life, and revamping the way you show up in the world. For some, this can be a heavier time; for others it’s a personal renaissance. It’s time to give yourself permission to embody all of your dimension, and let the world see how brilliantly prismatic you truly are. <3