Saturn in Pisces – thank you, i love you, goodbye
PART 1 OF TWO: reflecting on my Saturn Return, what Saturn's time in Pisces taught me, and what it's teaching you ☯︎
Hello, friends.
It feels so good to type these words — to say hi, hello, I’m ready to take up space.
Ready to be seen again.
I’ve been quiet here for over a month. In that time, my two year anniversary on Substack slipped by, unannounced. But you guys didn’t let me forget: Venette, Bry, Courtney,
, Julia, Lucy, Tara — thank you for renewing your annual subscriptions. Thank you for celebrating me when I didn’t have the capacity to celebrate myself. I love you.
I spent the last month lost in a haze of dancing, preparing; gearing up for two performances — one locally, one abroad. Throughout it all, all the things I wasn’t doing for my business burned in the back of my mind. I told myself, later. I would figure it out. I’d let other things fall into place.
Well, it’s later now. The performances have ended. The dust has settled.
And I am finally, eagerly, ready to step into the fray again.
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Let’s talk Saturn ☯︎
Now, for the meat and potatoes of this post: our dear old friend, Saturn.
Pisces bbys, raise your hand — and give yourself a good pat on the back. It’s been real, with Saturn hanging out in our sign since 2023.
Since March 2023, to now, May 2025, the planet of time, structure, discipline and karma has been swimming in the waters of Pisces ♓︎. We’ve had the rose tinted glasses ripped unceremoniously off our faces, and been brought face to face with the Truth. After all, Pisces is ruled traditionally by Jupiter, planet of wisdom and spiritual guidance. We’ve had the foundations of our beliefs tested, in more ways than one.
In this post, in typical TAA fashion, we’ll look back on Saturn’s time in Pisces, integrating the lessons, before we look ahead to Saturn’s foray into Aries, from now until April 2028 (our next post).
Astrology, after all, is the study of Time. Cycles. Patterns.
Let’s dive in.
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Saturn in Pisces: March 2023 ~ May 2025
I remember the day Saturn entered Pisces.
It was the day of the Full Moon in Virgo. I’d just moved homes, settling into the forest reserve, and I took a long walk around the compound.
My relationship to spirituality — which is what Saturn was testing, for me — was still tenuous then. Fragile. I was still using logic to make sense of the flow of my life; trying to use force to make things happen.
More readings. More reels. More, more, more.
Then, my Saturn Return hit. The day it went exact degree, I submitted my scholarship application to graduate from Astrology school.
Two weeks later, I got it.
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Saturn rules completion, laying a solid foundation, and seeing things through.
My Level 3 graduation program would be held at 9pm to 4am, Malaysia time, for three days straight. Despite the scholarship, I hesitated. Did I really want to put my body through that?
Long story short: I did it.
And I was so very proud of myself for it.
Perhaps that cemented the belief that to try, to be worthy of a spiritual pursuit, you needed to suffer. A very Saturnian theme.
It took the rest of Saturn’s time in Pisces — when he was kissing my Sun, and my Venus, especially — to solidify the fact that I didn’t need to suffer. Or control. Or do anything, really, except follow my heart.
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Saturn moves into Aries tomorrow.
This week, I had my final session with my coach. (Coincidentally, in the same forest reserve I lived in all those years ago.)
In our session, the theme that emerged was Integration.
“I feel so stuck in my work,” I said. “I feel like I might be losing faith in Astrology.”
“When was the first time you fell in love with it?” he asked.
Memories filled my mind. I started tearing up.
“When I was a little girl, barely a teenager, I would read the horoscopes in the Sunday paper,” I smiled. “It was a ritual before I even knew what a ritual was. How did I even know back then that I was a Pisces, and my crush, a Sagittarius?” I shook my head. “My love was so pure then. So innocent.”
Another memory comes back to me.
“When I was 18, I went on a student exchange program to Italy. There, I made new friends from all over the world. One of them was a Portuguese boy with a tongue piercing. I remember wondering what it would be like to kiss a boy like that. Anyway,” I blushed.
“He asked me, ‘do you know what a Mapa Natal is?’” A Natal chart.
“More than 10 years later, I was shocked to realize I still had that tab saved in my bookmarks. I understood nothing. It was all in Portuguese.
But the love, the curiosity — it’s still there.”
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We called upon my divine beings, asked them for support.
“Guide me on this integration journey. Help me bring all of me together — the splintered parts, the parts I cannot see. Dance, work, career, family, astrology. I still see spirituality as separate from myself. How can I integrate it as one?”
Their words of encouragement spilled over me.
“There’s nothing you need to do. It is already done.”
The true lesson of Saturn in Pisces: Find what you believe in, and surrender yourself to it. Build up boundaries to keep you on the path that’s right and true. But once you know it is for you — let go. Trust. Let it unfold.
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Suddenly, my coach told me to visualize a date in mind:
“That’s when this integration journey will be complete. Everything that unfolds between now and then, will be for this purpose. And so it is.”
And so it is.
My story is about Faith, and Trust, and Higher Studies, and Choosing to Believe — because of how my chart is.
Your story will be different.
Aries Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about intuition, dreams, surrender.
Taurus Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about community, vision, belonging.
Gemini Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about visibility, career, being seen.
Cancer Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about beliefs, philosophy, spirituality.
Leo Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about intimacy, mental health, rebirth.
Virgo Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about commitment and 1:1 relationships.
Libra Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about work, health, daily routines.
Scorpio Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about hobbies, pleasure, creativity.
Sag Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about roots, home, family, ancestry.
Cap Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about learning, connection, sharing.
Aqua Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about self worth, money, your values.
Pisces Rising: Saturn in Pisces was about body, identity, sense of self.
Reflect in the comments — what was Saturn’s journey through Pisces about for you? (March 2023 ~ May 2025) My goal is to create a community where we can learn and share from each other’s stories. Where we can fully integrate Astrology into our lives, and flow with it.
If the insights aren’t yet fully formed . . . Don’t worry. Saturn returns to Pisces one last time in September, so there’s still time to integrate.
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In our next post: I’ll explore Saturn in Aries, who it will affect most, and how you can best work hand-in-hand with him based on your Rising sign. ☯︎
See ya there!
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As I was reflecting on this, I realized: Saturn in my 9th house (Pisces) taught me that I am my own greatest Teacher. I don’t need to follow someone else’s dogma. I need to be so rooted, so *embodied* in my own Truth, my own Wisdom, that no amount of external doubt can sway me from my own lived experience. This is how I can teach. This is how I can lead, as Saturn moves into my 10th house (Aries). Thank you, Saturn ♡
Happy Anniversary, Gwen! That’s a big deal, and so glad you’re sharing your creativity with the world.
As much as I love to encourage people to take on their Saturn Return with a bit of awe and wander, I’m glad it’s out of Pisces 😅 A Saturn Return followed by a Sun conjunction felt like years of walking through the mud. And yet, I’m grateful for the work opportunities it gave me as it activated my 6-7 houses. I had no choice but to leap into 1:1 client work!