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☉︎ ☍︎ ♄︎ Sun opposition Saturn
The opposition strings the Sun and Saturn along one axis, so each tends to be met out in the world, in other people, rather than owned within.
The Sun governs selfhood, confidence, and creative vitality; Saturn governs work, time, and responsibility. Read the aspect as the working relationship between them.
The opposition places them on one axis, so the Sun tends to show up in the people and situations Saturn attracts. The task is to own both ends instead of casting one of them onto someone else.
Pushed in a good direction, it yields a steady, generous sense of who you are sharpened by patience that builds something lasting. Pushed badly, it hardens into pride that has to be the center set against fear that hardens into a wall.
Timing matters. When the Sun forms this opposition to Saturn in the sky, it is a temporary weather system that comes and goes. Held in a natal chart, it describes something the person carries for life.
Here the opposition joins Sun (identity and vitality) with Saturn (structure and limits), held 180° apart.
Right now
Sun and Saturn currently stand about 149.2° apart, 30.8° away from an exact opposition. Watch it move on the live clock.
When: past and next exact oppositions
| 21 September 2025 | most recent |
| 4 October 2026 | upcoming |
| 18 October 2027 | upcoming |
Computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Where these two stand today
Related oppositions
In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about oppositions · all aspects.