Saturn in Cancer, Saturn in the 4th House

Saturn in Cancer ♋︎ in the natal chart

Work Style: The Saturn in Cancer in the natal chart individuals are very disciplined in their work style. They are extremely hard workers tending to work in food service, public service, or caregiving. Being in the public eye is okay with you and you feel duty bound to take on responsibilities in your community. You often like to work in fields that allow you to read and study history, politics, and mysteries. People with this placement can find themselves working in politics or in service to the government. 

Life Lesson: The Saturn in Cancer individual is working to overcome feelings of insecurity regarding their authentic and internal feelings. You may find life circumstances put you in situations that force you to deny your authentic self. Saturn in Cancer is providing you support in learning this life lesson. On your life journey you are understanding to recognize and honor your experience. You are learning to feel like a whole person without the emotional support from a close partner or family member. Saturn in Cancer is helping you to not worry so much and perceive that your emotions, psychic experiences, and dreams are all credible aspects of human existence.

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.