Depending on its exactness (see "strength" and "orb" just above in this reading's header in your own personalized book You and the Universe) this could easily be the most significant aspect in your chart! You were born as Saturn rose in the east. The closer Saturn was (see orb) to being exactly on the eastern horizon - your Ascendant - when you were born, the more reluctant you as a soul were to come into your body. Your birth was probably difficult for your mother, and if Saturn is within a few degrees of your Ascendant (see orb), may have caused her great trauma, a Caesarian, or in extreme cases even death.

Bob Dylan's verse, "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." is really true of your life. You were born old, and had many responsibilities while still a child, as well as a feeling of not having been loved at an early age. There's often a feeling of lost childhood with this placement of Saturn. As you mature into an adult you will have the desire and the opportunity to regain and relive some of your lost youth.

You need to overcome your fear and develop self-confidence and a sense of your own self-worth. You're shy, conservative, very reserved and possibly self-effacing; but are extremely responsible, patient, self-disciplined and persevering, capable of working long and hard to achieve your goals. Discipline and responsibility in your self-expression is your hallmark; freedom in your self-expression is your challenge.

IF Saturn is in your twelfth house AND within 4° of your Ascendant (see orb), THEN its expression through your first house is at least as strong as through your twelfth; if its orb is less than 2°, it should be read as though it were in the first house and not in the twelfth at all!

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