Saturn in Aries, Saturn in the 4th House

Saturn in Aries ♈︎ in the natal chart

Work Style: Saturn in Aries in the natal chart is typically very disciplined and controlled. You express the opposite of the outgoing and freedom loving Arian energy instead making yourself more cautious and drawn inward. You often enjoy having someone else lead the way. Sticking to your work routine can be a struggle and doing a job that allows you to travel, move around, or manage crisis are best for your Saturn in Aries placement. 

Life Lesson: Saturn in Aries is learning the valuable lesson of self love. You are learning to accept all aspects of yourself and integrate them into your rich and wonderful identity. As Saturn represents life’s road blocks this planet may put up blocks when it comes to you self expression. You have the desire to show the world who you are but feel stuck in some way and unable to bring your authentic self forward. Saturn in Aries individuals are working through lesson of finding courage. You are learning to be fearless and true to yourself. This will require risk taking, making yourself vulnerable, and often placing yourself in situations that require you to be brave.

4th House

Keywords: Keywords for the 4th house include home, home life, parents, ancestry, relatives, privacy, birth place, nurturing, self-care, self-love, security, and spiritual initiation. 

Angular House Type: An Angular house type means it is ruled by a cardinal sign. In this case Cancer is the cardinal water sign ruling the 4th house. 

The 4th house in astrology is symbolic of our most private self. It is the part that is the hardest to express, representing things we often keep hidden from others. This house can also be representative of one’s parents, typically one or the other. It can represent what the earliest relationships in one’s life were life and home life environment. The 4th house is representative of one’s relationship with authority, thus the association with a parental figure. 

The areas of life the 4th house oversees include the ways in which you create a home for yourself. It looks at how important having a home base is for you. The 4th house is the security blanket of your natal chart. The sign on the 4th house is symbolic of how you take care of your deepest needs, where you need the most nurturing, support, and comfort. If you have an emphasis of planets in the 4th house in your natal chart this may indicate you tend to be shy or keep things to yourself, only revealing your true self to a select few individuals.