Saturn is in Aries time for these zodiac signs to buckle up for the ride

Saturn — our planet of structure, hard knocks, karmic lessons and the long game — is entering Aries on May 24th.This transit is not just the planet changing signs — but the initiation of a brand spanking new, baptized by fire, Saturn cycle.Saturn will burn in Aries from May 24th until September 1, 2025, when the planet will retrograde back into Pisces for a few months before returning to the cardinal fires of the ram from February 14, 2026, through April 13, 2028.Saturn is named for the Roman god of time, agriculture and renewal — oft depicted with an errant party tit out of his toga and a sickle in his hand.This tool is apt when we consider the function of the planet in our lives and the perennial message that we reap what we sow and are only as strong as our ability to serve, sever and sacrifice.Once thought to be the last planet in the solar system — Saturn is known as a malefic and is associated with endings, limits, tough love and hard lessons.It takes between 27 and 30 years for Saturn to travel through the zodiac.

Saturn hasn’t been in the home hellfires of Aries since 1996.The planet is said to be in its fall in this cardinal fire sign — meaning its power is slightly compromised.Saturn is uncomfortable in the sign of Aries as the hot-blooded ID of the zodiac wants ‘now, fast and more’ — and Saturn is about the long game, not the quick hit.Aries is impulse and Saturn is restraint, meaning that recklessness will come with a heavier tax during this transit.

It’s about purposeful action, strategy over reaction.As a Mars-ruled sign — Aries is about conflict and Saturn represents the systematic.

In this way, this transit is the art (Saturn) of war (Aries).As Sun Tzu reminds us, “The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.”While we’ll all be under the influence of Saturn in Aries, some folks will feel the effects more acutely.The brilliant astrologer Evan Nathani...