Saturn in Leo, Saturn in the 12th House

Saturn in Leo ♌︎ in the natal chart

Work Style: Saturn in Leo in the natal chart individuals often spend a lot of their energy on their career. You will have a tendency to work late hours, put in excessive amounts of effort, and take on multiple projects at once. With Saturn in Leo you have fixed goals set and once your focus is locked in you rarely waiver from your path. You are generally tenacious and strong-willed. At work you will tend to be ambitions striving for promotions or recognition.

Life Lesson: With Saturn in Leo in the natal chart you are learning the value of self love. Appreciation and admiration for yourself will lead to others feeling the same about you. When you do not meet your expectations you tend to be very hard on yourself. With this placement you may feel blocked occasionally in accessing your full personality or creativity.  Your desire is to see your personality blossom fully in the achievement of your goals and aspirations. You want to express yourself and Saturn is giving you this lesson that you do have to work for it. With patience and self-love you will have better acceptance of your creative life journey.

12th House

Keywords: The 12th house is associated with psychic abilities, spiritualism, multi-dimensions, the ocean, creativity, hospitals, prison, institutions, space, the vast universe, escapism, altered states of consciousness, meditation, traps, identity crisis, soul’s journey, mystery, secrecy. 

Cadent House Type: A Cadent house type is ruled by a mutable sign. Pisces is the mutable water sign overseeing the 12th house. 

The 12th house in astrology is the hardest part of your chart to get to know. It is often said about this house that everyone else see’s it before you do. In traditional astrology this house is often associated with “undoing” or self-sabotage. Another spin given to the 12th house is one of a very spiritual context; reaching states of complete freedom from one’s ego, merging with all of the universe. Escapist activities such as drugs, drinking, watching television, and compulsions are often found here in the12th house. 

This area of the chart talks about going on a journey to uncover your own secrets, subconscious, and psyche. It symbolizes pealing back the layers to reveal the authentic self underneath. Psychic gifts, spiritualism, and karma are also found here. The 12th house is often associated with the lesson of boundaries by experiences places that can make you feel “trapped” or “locked” in.