Saturn in Aries | May 2025 - March 2028

SATURN IN ARIES 2025 - 2028

Buckle up!

The Warrior’s Trial: Discipline, Karma, and the Slow Birth of a New Era

The clash of the old and young

“Aries wins the fight, but Saturn wins the war”

On Sunday the 25th of May 2025, Saturn, the planet of karma, limits, structure, and time, enters the fire sign Aries. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and rules action, survival, courage, war, and the self. He wants things now. He leaps before it looks. But Saturn doesn’t leap, he doesn’t rush - he builds slowly, measures, repeats, and delays. Aries is the young combative male. Saturn is the strategic, powerful older man.

This clash sets the tone: the beginning of a new karmic cycle, but one that comes with resistance. Saturn in Aries is like pushing through labour with no epidural - raw, intense, necessary. You will be forced to grow, but you’ll have to sweat for it. And you’ll be stronger because of it.

We get a short “preview window” mid-2025. Then Saturn returns to Pisces to finish unfinished business, before returning full force in February 2026, when the real karmic training begins.

TRANSIT TIMELINE

Enters Aries: 25 May 2025

Retrograde begins: 13 July 2025 (at 3° Aries)

Re-enters Pisces: 2 September 2025

Goes direct in Pisces: 28 November 2025

Fully re-enters Aries: 15 February 2026

Exits Aries: 13 April 2028

GLOBAL EFFECTS: THE RETURN OF PRIMAL SURVIVAL

Aries rules raw, primal life force: war, blood, fire, instinct, weapons. Saturn here brings karmic consequences to our relationship with all of the above. It’s primitive meets authority. And the world will feel it.

The last time Saturn was in Aries (1996 - 1999) the world saw a wave of blood based conflict, military escalation, and identity wars. I was in the first 3 years of my life so personally, I can’t remember much, haha! But the Kosovo War erupted as NATO launched airstrikes in response to ethnic cleansing, while India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons, escalating territorial tensions. In Afghanistan, the Taliban seized control and began enforcing strict militant rule. Globally, there was a rise in violent rebellion and lone wolf attacks including the Columbine school shooting and Australia’s Port Arthur massacre, which led to gun reform. Meanwhile, movements for sovereignty and independence gained ground: Scotland and Wales voted for self-rule, Hong Kong was handed back to China, and Chechnya (in Russia) reignited its push for independence. Tech pioneers like Google and Apple emerged during this cycle too, marking the birth of digital innovation built through solo vision and raw willpower. Saturn in Aries consistently brings consequences to aggression, rewards to self discipline, and karmic clashes over land, blood, and control. The same themes will return now, but louder.

Expect:

-Blood based and ethnic conflict:

Saturn in Aries has always correlated with race based wars, tribal battles, and “blood purity” rhetoric, or even clashes of religions. Think Vietnam protests in the 60s, or NATO’s war in Yugoslavia. Currently - Gaza and Israel, racial tensions in South Africa rising following the Afrikaner genocide retoric, and certain groups calling for war in South Africa (which I have personally seen online, Hindu Muslim conflict is escalating in India under Prime Minister Modi’s nationalist government, rising anti immigrant sentiments in the USA, Rohingya Muslim genocide by the Buddhist-majority military continues quietly in Myanmar, Ethnic violence between Tigrayans, Amhara, and Oromo groups has left hundreds of thousands dead or displaced in Ethopia and saturn in Aries may reignite fighting etc.

-Military escalation: global rearmament, border militarisation, war-zone expansion, rise in conscription rhetoric.

-Leaders with brute force: Alpha male, militarised, uncompromising, both real and performative.

-Survivalism: rise in off grid living, rural farming, weapon training, and DIY “resilience” culture.

-Laws around movement: travel restrictions, borders tightening, military lockdowns, limited access to public spaces, especially during 2026 to 2027.

Shadow Warning:

Aries rules the blood, and Saturn brings resentment and judgment. Expect sharp racial and religious divisions. Ethnic superiority narratives, bloodline pride, and “us vs. them” mentalities will flare up. The “law of the jungle” may rule in certain regions.

Long term Payoff:

Saturn builds legacy, not quick wins. This is the beginning of a global karmic shift around who gets to lead, how survival is earned, and what real strength looks like. The bravest leaders won’t be the loudest, they’ll be the most resilient.

|| PERSONAL EFFECTS: INNER MASTERY THROUGH FIRE

This is not a time for shortcuts. Saturn in Aries teaches maturity through discomfort, wisdom through action, and power through self control.

Core Themes:

-Impulse control: Aries is the child. Saturn is the father. When they meet, your inner teenager gets put through military training.

-Anger as a teacher: You’ll be forced to look at how you use or avoid your own anger. Suppress it, and it turns inward (illness, depression). Abuse it, and Saturn will humiliate you.

-True independence: Not rebellion. Not running away. But becoming someone who doesn’t wait for rescue. You will be pushed to carry yourself.

-Repetition as mastery: Expect months (or years) of doing the same hard things until they become effortless. Saturn wants you to become the skill, not just do it.

You Might Feel:

-Frustrated, stuck, and impatient

-Alone with no one to help you do it

-Exhausted by how slow things move

-Pressured to “man up” emotionally, regardless of your gender

-Ready to quit right before the breakthrough

Who’s Most Affected:

-Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn placements (especially Sun, Moon, Rising, or Saturn)

-Those born with Saturn in Aries (Saturn return) born 1996–1998

-People who rely on external motivation or can’t control their impulses

|| PHYSICAL IMPACT: THE BODY UNDER TRAINING

Aries rules the muscles, blood, and head. Saturn contracts, limits, and slows. The body itself becomes a battleground.

What to watch for:

-Muscle injuries, tight joints, loss of mobility

-Headaches, jaw tension, strokes, inflammation (I’m an Aries rising and have the worst migraine today that I have had in years but I really want to get this post out so pushing through!!)

-Blood thickening, poor circulation, increased cholesterol or pressure

-Burnout, especially for people who go “all or nothing”

Remedies for this transit:

-Move daily: walking, weights, martial arts, or bodyweight resistance

-Strengthen instead of strain: Saturn rewards steady effort, not overkill

-Grounding and hydration: keep the blood moving and the nervous system calm

-Protect your head: literally (helmets), emotionally (boundaries), and energetically (cooling herbs, meditation)

If you don’t move your body, Saturn in Aries will move it for you, through injury, stagnation, or exhaustion!!

SATURN’S TRAINING PROGRAM

Think of this transit like joining the army. You don’t get rewards - you get routine. You get up early, do the hard thing, and learn to trust the process. There’s no space for ego here.

Saturn will train you to:

-Act with discipline, not impulse

-Lead without arrogance

-Build skills through repetition

-Become physically stronger

-Master anger, rather than be mastered by it

As Lada said: this is the dojo of Mr Miyagi. The waxing on and waxing off of your destiny. Repeating small acts until they become instinct. Until your willpower becomes your nature.

SATURN + NEPTUNE IN ARIES (2025 to 2039)

Why is this training so important?

Because Neptune will follow Saturn into Aries, staying until 2039. And Neptune brings spiritual vision, creativity, and divine inspiration. But inspiration is useless without mastery.

You might receive a brilliant idea. A dream. A soul mission. But if you didn’t build the structure, routine, or skill during Saturn’s time, you won’t be able to hold it. Saturn lays the bricks. Neptune paints the masterpiece. This is why your discipline now becomes your freedom later.

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s 1961 chart has Aries ruling the 2nd house, and Pisces Rising. Saturn will transit both the 1st house (2025–2026) and then the 2nd house (2026–2028).

1st House Transit (Identity Crisis)

-Who is “South African” today? This will be publicly challenged.

-Government branding and leadership image may become more militarised or “macho.”

-Public frustration peaks. Youthful rebellion meets state control. I’ve seen this from the public!!

-Health crises rise: trauma, male suicide, nervous system collapse.

-Masculine power narratives dominate politics and protest movements.

2nd House Transit (Ownership Karma)

-The land question returns full force: who owns what and why.

-Inflation, debt pressure, and national resource depletion possible.

-Restrictions on wealth movement, agriculture, or private assets may increase.

-Survival economy emerges: trading, bartering, rural self-sufficiency.

-Karmic reset around stolen wealth, ancestral land, and financial inequality.

-Expect major political movements, rural uprisings, and protests linked to land, food, and fairness, especially during 2026 to 2027.

SPIRITUAL & PRACTICAL REMEDIES

What Saturn in Aries wants from you:

-Ground your fire

-Master your instincts

-Train like a warrior

-Lead like a monk

-Build like you’ll live 100 years

Do this:

-Daily physical practice (even 10 mins)

-Consistent wake-up and sleep time

-Strength training or martial arts (start slow, but stay steady)

-Avoid impulsive arguments, pause before reacting

-Wear iron or black tourmaline for energetic stability

-Say no to selfishness, karma is instant under this transit

Saturn in Aries is not about winning quickly.

It’s about becoming unbreakable.

You’ll feel tested. You’ll want to quit. You’ll wonder if it’s worth it.

But if you endure, if you build the skill, control the flame, and do the work … you’ll become the person who can hold the vision Neptune will bring.

This is your training ground.

This is the trial of your spirit.

And you were born for it!!! All the love, ZZ