Saturn in Virgo, Saturn in the 5th 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.

5th House

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 5th house include love affairs, romance, sex, sexuality, creativity, art, dating, play, playfulness, children, spontaneity, fun, diversity, and the spotlight. 

Succedent House Type: The Succedent house type is ruled by a fixed sign. Leo is the fixed fire sign ruling the 5th house. 

The 5th house in astrology is symbolic of creativity, sexuality, and children. The reason all of these themes come together in the 5th house is due to the fact that they all of them are related to making or creating something outside of oneself. Creativity brings forth something new and imaginative. Your relationship to sexuality or how you express your sexuality can be a creative act or viewed as the reproductive act that creates babies. 

Having an emphasis of planets or lack of planets in the 5th house speaks more to what you make and create in life and less literally to how many children you will or will not have. When you are playing in the 5th house it is all about finding your creative spark, what enlivens you, and how you can bring your true identity forward. 

The focus of the 5th house is what unique experience do you want to share with others, what makes you special. The 5th house is also associated with affairs, flings, and romance due to the playful and often spontaneous nature of this area of the chart.