Saturn In Pisces For Pisceans

Saturn is mere months* away from being in Pisces and Pisceans are starting to talk. Or more accurately – issue some cryptic expletives and change the topic. It’s understandable. After the fuqery of the past few years, who wants a planet with a reputation like Saturn in their sign?

Enough with constrictions and life lessons already – we need to clone Jupiter or reprogram a particle accelerator to alter Saturn Rays. Contemporary Pisceans don’t want to hear a single word about maturity or Marcus Aurelius. Disclosure: I’m Pisces and when I remembered that Saturn is in Pisces from March, I was actually at the hardware store asking if they sold scythes. It was for a gardening concept but still.

The following tips and/or perspectives are written for Pisces people but you can, of course, extrapolate.

(1) Saturncore.

Saturn is a Time-God – not the only one, btw – and the prime effect of this energy in your Sun Sign is mind-blowing, staggering awareness of Time. You’re sharply aware of Tempus Fugit – the old Latin axiom: It doesn’t mean ‘time flies’ – it means ‘time flees.’ Add a tax bill, tight, armoured neck muscles and a loose or sore tooth for the full fuq-it Saturn trifecta.

It’s almost as if delusions, poetic protocols and blowing money on vaporware or magic have a muscle relaxant and anti-plaque effect. But recall that Saturn scenarios respond brilliantly to data, diligence and a coherent plan. Castrophizing is not a strategy.

Saturn in your sign is also an effective counter to the worst Piscean impulses – your nemesis emotions like guilt-tripping over misplaced ideals or Love Zombie escapades, applying magical thinking to anti-magic people or indulging a martyr complex.

(2) Saturn In Pisces Is Less Amped

Saturn is less potent in Pisces than it has been in Capricorn or Aquarius AKA the last five years. Saturn rules Capricorn and, depending on who you talk to, it’s the former or co-ruler of Aquarius. Whatever, they’re affiliated: Saturn is super strong in both signs and two major, rare planetary alignments further strengthened this influence.

The long-reverberating Saturn-Pluto conjunction of January 2020 was more like a gang merger in some cybergoth thriller and then that segued into the long-running Saturn-Uranus square. Saturn in Pisces doesn’t pull any stunts like that: it will sextile (good) Jupiter + Uranus in Taurus and trine the Scorpio South Node.

It does align with Neptune in Feb 2026 but in Aries!

(3) Saturn in Pisces As Performance Enhancer

Saturn inspires the non-Piscean desire to put things in a linear time context – deep dive historical research benders and wild insights from raw data are very saturnine. It can feel austere or dour when you’re accustomed to your personal surreal process but see it as an augmentation. The magic will still be there when you’ve emerged from the archive catacombs or finished your spreadsheet.

When Saturn is in your sign, you can work more or more effectively. You revile short cuts and feel compelled to find better ways of doing things. But you’re not calling press conferences or vibe-based – you’ll not only be in the ‘engine room’, it’s where you’ll want to be. You can see the success potential.

Note also that some Pisceans were born with Saturn conjunct their Pisces Sun. Eg: the iconic dancer Sylvie Guillem and brilliant Justine Bateman.

(4) Feet Therapy

It sounds wacky but you know how in medieval images of Zodiac-body symbology, Pisces is the feet? Zooming on your feet is a way to alleviate/nurture Piscean problems. When Saturn is a factor, it’s not so much foo-foo pedicures as foot mobilizing or exercises, thinking about gait & footwear, DIY massage, acupressure and getting to know your feet.

It works! And, of course see a podiatrist or similar if you need to. But the initial saturnine ritual is simply you giving some nurturing attention to your feet. Two concepts: Toe spacers/separators – life altering – and that the Pilates Virgo says feet arches correspond to the pelvic floor.

(5) Your Late 2015/2016 Paradigm Is About To Pay Off

You’ve been increasing your magical consciousness and becoming more metaphysically sophisticated since Neptune arrived in Pisces over a decade ago. The Saturn in Saggo square to Neptune from November 2015 to October 2016 would have been productive but psychically + emotionally an ordeal.

Whatever the cognitive or material gains from that period, they’re about to be extended by Saturn in Pisces. I don’t like this term but this phase will ‘reward’ your slog over that 11 month period. You may even enjoy a satisfying ‘you were right’ revelation.

(6) Lean Into The Cynicism – Seriously.

Sick of being people’s fave performance dolphin/confession booth/secret Muse? Fuq that too. With Saturn in your sign, feel enjoy having the mindset of a trillion year old operator.  It’s preferable to being naive or having your reactions set to perma-indignation. “A high speed rail announcement again,” you’ll cackle to yourself, recalling the corrupt tendering process for the library in Ancient Carthage.

Even if you’re a dewy ingenue, you’ll feel your wisdom and experience. Expressing them is the most likely way to get/stay ahead. Trying to act nonchalant when you’re a Pisces doing Saturn makes people suspicious. Some may also stand ready to accuse you of having the latest narcissism variant the second you drop roles you’re bored with but which benefited them.

Yes, cynicism has a bad rap but it helps to offset the Pisces tendency to canonize people they have a crush on or be hooked into imbalanced friendship dynamics. Go with it! Eye rolls and disinterested shrugs can help to exercise eye muscles or release your scaps.

(7) Structured Magic With Rad Results

Saturn in your sign IS a time when you need to keep your eye on the main mundane games in your arena – it’s true. But you know that when you beam your consciousness into practical matters, you’re beyond. This part of it is just a mindset.

Saturn likes structure and so do you but you like to build something and then tear it down to rebuild. Saturn is more into enduring structures. So see this phase as a time when you can and will build lasting, resilient whatevers. It doesn’t mean you need to take on conventional values or spin up a facade – the structure will work for you. Pisces is an ocean not a fishpond – everyone knows this.

If you were born in the Eighties or earlier, recalling your experience of Saturn in Pisces the last time around can be helpful. Obviously it was nearly three decades ago (!) and you, society etc have evolved since then but scan for key themes.

These cultural vibe prompts may help: Saturn in Pisces started with Kurt Cobain’s demise, Playstations were launched and incredibly cool for a while, Grunge and Gingham were concurrent trends (totally Piscean dichotomy), Bjork launched her arguably most iconic album – Post – but also had a hell of a Saturn Return.

The Macarena became the most repeat-played song in human history and everyone saw Toy Story. Cable television, unknowingly enjoying its last big burst of mass media primacy pre-internet, streamed footage of Tonya Harding’s trial for hiring goons to attack her rival ice-skater, OJ Simpson’s attempt to elude police capture, John Kennedy Junior in a bandanna, on a bike – whenever he left the house and Princess Diana’s ‘I adored him‘ interview.

Pisceans Erykah Badu and Helen Fielding (Bridget Jones Dairy author) both debuted in the first months of Saturn in Pisces – their originality immediately capturing major interest. Think also slip dresses, fake fur and more prevalent tattoos and piercings. This time around, Saturn in Pisces comes with Pluto in Aquarius, upping the disinterest in convention.

Yet something strange happened to perfume in those Saturn in Pisces years and it was tangible enough to alter the scentscape at street level. Many more men started to wear fragrance – perhaps influenced by Issey Miyake’s pour homme launch and the unisex CK One – and scents in general became more watery, with top notes of melon or green tea.

Thinking about what you smelled like then is bound to evoke some sharp saturnine insights. And think also what did you build? Or foundation? Saturn transits are most appreciated after they’re done but they improve with age and incrementally.

Remember your most enduring achievement or realizations of the 90s Saturn in Pisces and your 2015/2016 demolition + rebuilt job for an idea of what you can most successfully build on from March 2023. Thoughts?