Saturn in fifth house

The nature of Saturn should always be comprehended in all forms before one can really grasp the essence of its placement in any house of the chart. Fifth house is extremely critical and shows how we perceive events, how outer circumstances affects us and how and where our brain & intelligence reacts and find stimulation .We all have seen in our childhood how someone looks deeply dissatisfied and lost even after getting 95% in exam and how some others seems to feel relief and are able to derive joy in merely passing. What makes it possible? Mystery lies in our fifth house(though role of fourth house cannot be separated and both fourth and fifth houses need to be judged in matters of feel and inner joy).

Saturn in its real form is a veil, a restrictive force which blocks free flow of life force. But mere mention of blockage does not make this mighty planet as ‘evil’. What speed breakers are meant for? For slowing down our moving vehicle, and that’s what exactly Saturn does.Its motive is grand and it really doesn’t care whether you like it or its as per your convenience because deep down in esoteric sense, Saturn is nothing but force of your own Karmas,which will follow you until you escape the cycle of Samsaara itself. The placement of Saturn is actually very esoteric and its manifestation in physical world can be very different based on conscious level of individual and his or her primary impulses. Still we can learn about generic nature of this placement whose understanding can open the doors for comprehending this placement in totality, including its basic urge here.

A big wheel in rest for ages or in motion since long comes to mind if we want to take an analogy .It requires force to either stop or start this wheel and in physics this phenomena is called as inertia. Inertia, this is precisely the term that should be the base, the framework on which we can lay our understanding of Saturn in fifth house .Here Saturn makes one different in the way they perceive others, all events which they feel fall outside of them. As these persons grow up, they tend to be silent performers, they are quite and are born with a void within, an empty space waiting for some rules and guidelines to be imposed on it .From where these set of rules will come and with what quality of pride they will be followed will be determined by large factors though like sign falling in fifth house, state of Moon and other interrelationships between planets. In generic sense, these individual can grow up taking their surroundings very seriously, and would accept limitations as if they were born to pay off some karmic debts. Their inner state can be of rejection initially, a feeling of losing control over their external circumstances, a situation of submitting their half baked egos to more authorative figures around them or to strongly flowing currents of time.

As these individuals start to gain consciousness and their ego develops ,they become strong in their approach ,which in other terms can also called as rigid .These individuals have their own unique sense of judging things, people ,events and often they have pre-set parameters for almost all spheres of life. Saturn is thoroughly practical and it loves to analyse and measure stuff in precise quantity and quality, so these individuals will have their own templates for everything. For example in matters of love and relationships ,they tend to settle down late or can also have many disappointments primarily because they will internally compare the reality(the love &lover in question) with the images they have framed about love and lover since ages, and often the comparison is so strict and dry that they are left dissatisfied and disillusioned.

They have their own pace of learning and assimilating things and adjusting to people and situations. When Saturn is low on strength and not in its friendly sign, then there could be hesitation in opening up and expressing oneself freely.Though there are many positive aspects too which should be looked into. Their minds are powerhouse and they have amazing capacity to retain knowledge. They can memorize huge amount of data in their brains and when this Saturn is powerful and healthy, they can be very effective in analysing and their discriminating powers can be highly evolved. Discussing shallow aspects of this placement would devoid us of exploring long term vision of Saturn, which is always far reaching and grounded. These individuals might take time to trust others but once they open up and share their hearts, they will make one of the most reliable and trustworthy partners as sincerity is deeply infused inside them. They need high level of commitment in their relationships and most of their expectations are implicit and they think others should understand it.They don’t believe in creating fuss ,rather they like to perform silently and often remain neutral to excess pain and pleasure.

The Spiritual importance of this placement is very deep. This house is intimately connected to past lives .Saturn placed here can mean very intriguing past Karmas. A restricted and unhealthy Saturn here will give constraints and old Karmic debts have to be paid during its time period. There are many ways in which this Spiritual giant can achieve this. One can face many disappointments and delays which will lead to deep detachment giving a way to birth of Spiritual tendencies .On other hand a powerful Saturn can make one unconsciously regain fruits of Spiritual deeds done in series of previous lives and one often restarts this journey when Saturn arrives. They can do extremely well in inner world as they possess amazing quality to remain detached like a lotus leaf. The words of French philosopher Henri Bergson will perhaps summarize the essence here, Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.


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