Natal Chart – Saturn in the 7th House

By
Leah Whitehorse
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Saturn in 7th ArtWith Saturn in the 7th house, you are serious about your relationships but that could be taken in different ways. One of the classic features of this placement is that often the subject may not marry or commit to a relationship until after the first Saturn return, and sometimes not until they are much older. Maybe this is because you know that it is a serious commitment so you need to be sure. But maybe it’s because where Saturn sits in the chart, we often have an unswerving desire to avoid that area of life at all costs.

You may be drawn to those who offer you the security you need, or you may run at the thought of getting hitched. Saturn poses a challenge. This is the area of life where you are required to develop self-mastery and maturity but the thought of opening up and being vulnerable to someone else can be a frightening prospect. Maybe you want to be strong and resist. Maybe you don’t want to be tied down or obliged to anyone else. Perhaps you struggle with commitment or fear that your partner will. Relationships are rarely black and white but it can feel like all or nothing.

You may be drawn to those who display typical Saturnian traits – someone in business; someone who is solid and reliable; ‘husband or wife material’, a traditionalist. Some with this placement may find themselves with an older partner. Going deeper, subjects with Saturn in the 7th House may find themselves with a partner who is more like a parent. If this manifests, it can be helpful to look back at your own parent’s relationship to see how this may have impacted upon you. In a similar vein, you may be drawn to someone who suits your parents or society’s expectations of you.

Saturn in the 7th House can have high standards and expectations. Negatively expressed, this placement can trigger a ‘never good enough’ trait. It may be that you are casting the bar too high or setting yourself up for failure before you’ve even begun for fear of being hurt. Sometimes too, it’s easier to find the partner inadequate than deal with your own short-comings. Dissatisfaction becomes a wall around you. Planets in the 7th house are often disowned and projected onto the partner.

Sometimes this placement can generate a fear that you just aren’t lovable enough or good enough to be with someone else resulting in loneliness and isolation. Issues around partners and even open enemies may test your limits. Occasionally some natives with this placement attract partners who are overly strict or limit their freedom in some way either through personality or through health issues. Often this is a manifestation of the subject’s own fears being played out through another. Sometimes, depending on other aspects, this placement can indicate staying with a partner long after the expiry date. If these negative manifestations play out, it is a clue to look within to find your own inner Saturn and form a better working relationship with yourself first and foremost.

When Saturn is in the 7th house or in a challenging aspect to Venus, often people moan and groan, my love life is doomed! But Saturn can instil stability just as much as fear. We all need a little bit of Saturn in a relationship to give it staying power. Don’t forget that Saturn is exalted in Libra, the sign corresponding to the 7th house.

Whilst you may find it more difficult to initially make the leap, once you commit, you commit. Saturn in the 7th house can indicate longevity in relationships. Sometimes there are fewer partners taken or fewer opportunities for love to blossom but when the connection is there, you pay it the serious attention it deserves. As  realist, you are less inclined to be swept away by big promises and fairytale romances but as a result, your partner has the benefit of the real you. Your caution can pay dividends. ‘For better or worse’ is ultimately a Saturnian line. With growing awareness, Saturn gives you the self-discipline to work on yourself and to recognise that relationships too take work.

When functioning well, Saturn can manifest as a responsible and loyal partner. Whilst you may not be inclined to be overly demonstrative, you show your abiding love in other ways such as being a rock for your partner to lean on. Love for you is a verb. Far from never being happy in marriage like the old interpretations suggest, Saturn in the 7th house shows that you have the potential to reach a great level of maturity and understanding not only of your partner but of yourself. When there is an inner marriage within the self then you can meet your partner adult to adult, choosing to be with them on level ground; independent yet walking side by side, sharing the journey of life through all its ups and downs.

Painting – ‘Sonntäglicher church’ by Carl Friedrich Lessing

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25 COMMENTS

  2. Hi Leah! What you said “where Saturn sits in the chart, we often have an unswerving desire to avoid that area of life at all costs.” sounds … true!

    So if Saturn sits in the 1st house, we tend to avoid ourselves?

  3. Hi Laura – Saturn in the first can sometimes manifest as not putting yourself forwards, feeling inhibited/inferior or sometimes just afraid of what the world might see or bring. And yes, it can indicate self-avoidance.

  4. That is very true. also because of this avoidance people also tend to deny Saturn in their chart to a level it is hard to open their eyes to see its influence on their life! very difficult to deal with…

  6. Hi, very curious… I’m trying to single out the worst options, between an venus square saturn and a mercury in retrograde with a moon in Aquarius and a Venus in Pisces, OR mercury in retrograde, a venus in Pisces, moon in Libra, is there a better choice?

  7. Makes sense. I feel like a failure today because higher learning is my challenge. Sat in the 9th. I’m reluctant to meet new people because I’m not a “savant.”
    I am not in the work/job sector I need to be in for lack of experience but I’ve not done much in hunting it down now have I. All I do is moan. But being able to understand Saturn better with time is helpful. I suppose my Saturn return will fuck the living daylight out of me in two years or something. Then I’ll get my shit together if I haven’t yet.

  8. Hi Educursed – I also have Saturn in the 9th house. Education can feel like both a challenge and a calling all at once and there’s the forever feeling of never feeling like I know enough. But then that’s what makes Saturn work so well here too because we always strive to understand 🙂

  9. Hi Leah, my Saturn is in first house and my ascendent is Leo, i have no planets in 7 TH House but the indicator of seventh House is saturn. What do u say about my marriage life?
    Thanks
    Hajni

  11. I have aries saturn in 7th house with no aspects. I also have venus in capricorn… needless to say this scared me a little, especially when I was younger and first learning astrology

  12. I’ve struggled with relationships all my life. Either horribly abusive ones or extreme loneliness. Saturn in cancer in the 7th. :/

  13. Hi,it’s libra woman with saturn aries in 7th house….my juno in virgo of 12th house is also a thing.Im overly worried *started shaking* (QwQ)
    This…is looking way worser than I thought…im actually scared.
    Other placements doesn’t have saturn…except neptune capricorn in 4th house.It calmes me down but looking online it sounded way more serious than I imagined.
    My other some of placements in case:
    Moon taurus
    Venus sagittarius
    Mars sagittarius
    Asc libra

  14. Yes! This is me to a “T”! Saturn in the 7th. I’ve only married once in my early 20’s and divorced rather quickly. I’ve never married again and I’m almost 40. My relationships have never lasted more than 3 years. Although, after reading this I will say that I feel much better knowing there are reasons for it! I realize there are no perfect chart compatibility readings but I do have a few questions. When I did a chart-to-chart comparison of a “male” friend of mine it says his Saturn in Cancer is in my Seventh house. Well, I’ve read that the 7th house is ruled by Libra. However, there is a Leo symbol in it as well. Can you help explain this?

  16. Why do I have so many challenges in my life in being able to keep Newer friendships that last, or relationships that are Not as fulfilling as I want…..I have Saturn RETROGRADE in 7th house…..I wish I didn’t have this reading, because it is very challenging in even my SIBLING Relationships & my relatives… in some cases, and since our Mom passed away worse, even to have close relationships with relatives due family dynamics within my family culture, very challenging to have – never really knew them well enough. I try to protect myself from getting involved too much with most people, since I either am disappointed or just plain hurt due to misunderstandings…

  17. Hi Leah , I am a Sagittarius and I’m very afraid for my love life . I have Saturn in 7th house in Cancer and Gemini , venus opposite saturn in Capricorn in the 1st house . Is it a very bad position ?

  18. “Often this is a manifestation of the subject’s own fears being played out through another.” What do you mean by that?

  19. Hi Diva – In the previous sentence I talked of how sometimes, someone with this natal position might choose an overly strict partner or someone who restricts them in other ways. Saturn can represent our fears or how we limit ourselves. Because it is in the 7th house, it can mean that we can disown those fears but they come back to us through the type of partner that we choose. One way or another, we have to deal with the challenge in our own psyche. So, a partner who restricts us in some way may be because deep down, we’re afraid of going beyond our perceived limits. We feel like we’re not allowed or good enough or we don’t have the authority to do that for example. It isn’t always the case of course, there are many ways, including positive ways, that this placement can work.

  20. Draconic chart; moon oppose Saturn in Taurus 27°..(Saturn in 7th house) Venus in libra inconjunct Saturn in Taurus…I want other ppls money for myself…I don’t trust others…and I hate giving out money especially for ppl who can work for themselves..giving money leaves me regretting…will never do it again…..I would love to be in relationship but with someone whose not controlling and gets their own money….or certain contracts between us….I do love spiritually, I do merge with my lover, I am loyal and can commit but will leave very fast if they try to become financially dependant and controlling or jealous… those are the three things I’ve been dealing with in my past relationships…I’ve been single for going on 10 years now… my standards are very high when it comes to relationships…when it comes to female encounters they seem fake, phony, jealous and sneaky….(most of them)…..I love late degree Virgos and Capricorns.

  21. I have sun in Taurus on Algol at 24 degrees conjunct my Saturn in Taurus on Algol at 25 degrees I also have Scorpio rising. I seem to have a path of dead lovers/ boyfriends bodies follow me since I was in my ones. But it is a specific pattern. Like a serial. But I have had many compliments about my age I’m 47 and in the past 4 years I’m told I look better now than I ever did. I think this conjunction being so close to the older symbolism it makes the native age gracefully. Tho my boyfreinds keep passing. And I’m sure there is no one for me.im afraid if I am with anyone they will die somehow in a year. I’ll just look better with age but lonely all the whole while doing it 🙁

  22. Hi all.
    Saturn in Aquarius sits in 7th house. Only him. Asspecting the asc in can on very low degree.
    So, there there is – the 7th house cusp place the cold capricorn. Lord of the 7th is sitting in the 7th.
    Oh mine, oh mine, oh mine.

  23. Intersting…
    I have pisces satrurn in my 7th.
    Married twice, first pretty young, to a pisces sun architect ? who was 8 years older.
    I am very responsible, always have long relationships, even in my younger age.
    Now I am married with my second husband 14 years. I am happy.

  25. Both my uncles have Saturn in their 7th house. They are in their 60s and both never got married. One of them has venus opposite saturn, and he’s very suspicious of other people, he suffers from a severe paranoia that makes him start arguments with neighbours over petty things. He also has Jupiter the lord of the 7th sitting on the exact cusp in its domicile, and it surprises me that it wasn’t enough to relieves him from the pain of solitude.

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