Sade Sati Sample chart
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15 Nov 2011 – 24 Jan 2020
28 Jan 2041 – 4 Dec 2049
When retrograde, Saturn sometimes steps back into the previous sign, so the start and end dates can shift by a few months. The calculator shows the exact dates.
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Sade Sati is the period when transiting Saturn passes through the 12th sign from your natal Moon, then the Moon's own sign, then the 2nd sign. Saturn stays about two and a half years in a sign, so the three together make about seven and a half years. Saturn takes about 29.5 years to go round, so it usually comes two or three times in a life.
What tradition says
Tradition associates Saturn with discipline, patience, hard work and the accounting of one's actions. So Sade Sati is seen as a stretch in which responsibilities grow, things move slowly and a person matures. It can be seen as a time for putting life in order, not as a punishment.
Many people finish their studies, settle a home, rise in their work or live some of their best and most formative years during Sade Sati. Saturn's period asks for effort and patience, and work done with diligence often lasts a long time.
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