Saturn in Virgo, Saturn in the 4th House

Saturn in Virgo ♍︎ in the natal chart

Work Style: With Saturn in Virgo in the natal you will be a very meticulous worker. You have a strong work ethic and pour yourself into the task you are working on. Individuals with this placement are often exceedingly dedicated to their chosen career path. Once you have decided upon a career you rarely change your mind or switch careers. As a Saturn in Virgo you are very skilled at diagnosing problems this can take place in healthcare but also in the corporate world as an auditor or inspector. You are typically a strict rule follower only allowing yourself to break the rules if necessary.  

Life Lesson: With Saturn in Virgo you are often working through challenges regrading your role or status. You often find yourself in a helping and support roles and are unsure how to see your way out of that. Saturn colors your personality with great discipline. You may tend to make yourself out to be the martyr and are learning to be the master of your own destiny. Saturn in Virgo individuals often put a lot of pressure on themselves to be perfect. You are learning to relax, take things in stride, and understand that you are not fated to take the brunt of a situation you are not responsible for.

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.