Celebrity Astrology: Effects of the Saturn Return
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In astrology, your Saturn Return is one of the most transformative, important things that happens. This is the time period when Saturn returns to where it was at the time you were born, happening roughly every 29 years. In the zodiac, Saturn is connected to responsibility, career, discipline, and ambitions. Sometimes referred to as the cosmic teacher, Saturn symbolizes life lessons. Your Saturn Return is a turbulent time of growth and self-reflection, leading you to a new phase of life more aligned with who you really are. Your first Saturn Return is the most significant, being the time in your life when you reach full adulthood. Several artists, such as Taylor Swift and Frank Ocean, have reached great success in their careers during this time in their lives.
Starting off with Taylor Swift, she had her first Saturn Return in January of 2019. Leading up to this, she had her iconic Reputation era and tour, which ran through the end of 2018. Remember that Saturn is an extremely slow-moving planet, so you will feel the energy of this return over a few years. Nothing symbolizes the Saturn Return better than a snake shedding its skin. Not only was the time leading up to her return extremely transformative, but 2019 is when she left behind the first phase of her career. The Old Taylor was officially dead. She released Lover in 2019, the first album she owned and the first without the pressures of her previous record label. The following year, she surprise-released Folklore and Evermore back to back, creating and releasing a new style of music in a way she never had before, completely throwing out the strict release schedules of previous eras. 2019 was also when she announced and embarked on her re-recording journey. Your Saturn return deals with long-term goals and ambitions, and here Taylor laid out the plan for the most successful era of her career yet.
Beyoncé is another great example of what life looks like after your Saturn Return. She had hers in October of 2010, and this is when we started to see a shift in Beyoncé’s career. In 2011 she released her highly acclaimed and successful album 4 and announced her first pregnancy. She began to pull back from the public eye, slowly becoming the ever elusive Beyoncé that we know today. She began taking much longer breaks between albums, ceased public appearances almost entirely, and everything she has done since has been a new career height. In 2013 her self-titled album shook up the industry with a surprise drop, changing the day that music is released from Mondays to Fridays and receiving the greatest critical acclaim of her career so far. In 2016 her iconic album Lemonade was yet another career peak, and just last year, she released Renaissance, receiving even better acclaim than Lemonade did. Pre-Saturn Return was Beyoncé the popstar, but post-Saturn Return is Beyoncé the legend. She got pregnant with her rainbow baby and fulfilled her lifelong dream of being a mother, took full control of her career and her narrative, and continued to reach new heights in her career, fully exemplifying Saturn Return energy.
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When promoting her latest album, 30, Adele blamed her Saturn Return for the most turbulent period in her life. Her Saturn Return happened in January of 2018, and the time period surrounding this is when her marriage fell apart. She details this experience in the album, clearly showing that this relationship was holding her back and not serving her. While it was painful, she is now on the other side, in a much happier phase of life, still achieving great success in her career.
Frank Ocean had his Saturn Return in December of 2016, the same year he dropped his highly acclaimed album Blonde and tricked his label out of an unfavorable contract. He dropped a visual album called Endless in August, technically fulfilling his contract with Def Jam. It was footage of him building a staircase with the music in the background, but this was not ever intended to be his next album. The day after releasing Endless, he dropped Blonde as an independent artist on his own terms. He successfully took control of his career and maintained his artistic integrity while reaching a new height of critical and commercial success.
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One artist currently experiencing their Saturn Return is Ariana Grande, who began hers this March. This year, she achieved her ultimate lifelong dream of playing Glinda in the upcoming Wicked movie series and has stated that she is in the vocal prime of her life. She also achieved great success in her off-season with her #1 hit remix of “Die For You” by The Weeknd as well as successful business ventures with her cosmetic and fragrance lines. However, like Adele, she is currently experiencing one of the most turbulent times of her life. Her marriage dissolved this year as well, and we all remember the Spongebob scandal. She has had a long history of messy relationships, and during this extremely turbulent time, I suspect she is going to come out the other side having grown from all of this mess. She’s right in the thick of it right now, so only time will tell, but with Saturn as the cosmic teacher, I believe she is going to grow out of this pattern. Nothing like the entire world against you to teach you a karmic lesson. In your natal chart, Saturn represents your fatherly figure. Ariana has had a strained relationship with her father in the past, fueled by the drama surrounding her parents’ divorce as a child. This may be the time in her life when she really starts to heal this wound, and this could be a factor in her growth and development, especially when it comes to relationships.
If you are interested in your own natal chart or calculating when your own Saturn Return will be, astro-seek.com has great in-depth calculators for both.
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Writer: Richard Rentz
Edited by: Nina Rueda and Sarah Harwell
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Richard Rentz is a writer for Strike Magazine Orlando. He’s an avid record collector who loves skiing, playing Animal Crossing, and rewatching “Bottoms”. You can reach him at rentzrichardm@gmail.com or on Instagram at @rentzrichardm.
