Saturn Retro in Sagittarius, 2019

Saturn is about to retrograde in Sagittarius and we are again entering the time of the year where energies will be intense as Jupiter-Saturn both will be retrograde for about 4 months and in between Mercury will be retrograde once in Cancer. So, planets are again nearer to Earth and their effects on us is again intense.

Most of the things of this Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius in 2019 will be similar to Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius in 2018 - https://www.astrosaxena.com/satretro18 as planet and sign energy is same. So, majority of results would be similar and anyways, Saturn always indicates our challenges in any house and sign.

The only major difference is last year Saturn was retrograde in Moola Nakshatra and this year it is retrograde in Purva Ashadha Nakshatra. So, we can say that Saturn is away from the destructive energies of Moola. But can we really afford to say that? Especially when Saturn is transiting along with Ketu (Moola's lord), almost on exact same degree for the rest of the year.

So, I think this Saturn retrograde will be as intense as last Saturn retrograde in Moola as energy exchange is similar. We have recently gone through joint impact of Saturn-Ketu in Sagittarius through various articles and posts 

- https://www.astrosaxena.com/skpsagi19 

which will be equally relevant during this retrograde with only addition of the higher intensity due to retrograde motion.

Now, let's see some of the additional impacts which this transit may have -

1. Purva Ashadha is nakshatra of higher education and segregating useful information from the mix of all kinds of information. So, Saturn retrograde will make us work harder on our higher education and ability to differentiate between right information and wrong information. It can also make us differentiate between genuine people in our lives from fake ones. This is more so as Purva Ashadha is part of Sagittarius which represents higher education. So, this Saturn retrograde will surely make us learn some new lessons on rationalization.

2. As it is nakshatra ruled by Venus which represents finance & wealth, this Saturn retrograde will make us reflect on our finances and it is time to be smart about it. People who are careless about financial matters can learn some big lessons during this retrograde. It is time to spend money only when it is inevitable.

3. As Venus also represents relationship, this Saturn retrograde will be helpful to those relationship which are grounded in honesty, practicality and realistic ways. Other relations, where people are not honest, practical and realistic about challenges of relationship can fall apart. As Saturn is transiting with Ketu, it is a difficult transit in matters of relationship especially if it is happening in your 2nd house, 5th house, 7th house, 8th house or 11th house from Ascendant or Moon sign. It doesn't mean that others are going to enjoy in relationship during this Saturn Retrograde as relationship in itself remains a challenge.

4. Then main impact of this Saturn retrograde can be assessed only after considering the joint impact of Saturn-Ketu-Rahu-Mars as they all will be impacting each other till June-end at least. Even after that Mars will be debilitated in Cancer which is another troublesome time. We will discuss about Mars transits in detail and how to handle these difficult transit as they happen. But right now, the best utilization of this accumulation of malefic energy in Gemini/Sagittarius axis can be done when we can focus on higher education and knowledge. If we focus on being honest and practical in wealth and relationship then we can sail through these coming 3-4 months of difficult transit in a positive way.

5. But this transit can become troublesome if people are opinionated or fundamentalist about their views. As Sagittarius is sign of different religions and all 4 planets involved are malefic, we can say that we can see a rise in fundamentalism and violence, as most of the population is unaware of what they are doing? Events of New Zealand and Sri Lanka already gave us indications as to what we can expect in coming times if we choose to remain unaware. We all can see the topics discussed in Indian Election right now and people are adamant to fight over what they believe in.

So, all we need is higher level of awareness to deal with this transit in a positive way else it can go other way around too.

A generic advice to all, please avoid unnecessary arguments and negligent driving for coming 3-4 months.

Thanks,

SPB