Saturn is going direct on November 15th, which incidentally is also my birthday! This is great news for me and for all my followers born on November 15th, as Saturn turns direct on this powerful day. When a planet is retrograde, it enhances certain qualities; for example, retrograde Saturn can help sharpen your observation skills and judgment. However, it also tends to slow down your normal pace, particularly in decision-making, as you’re drawn more toward reflection than action. As decision-making slows, fewer things get implemented or manifested due to a lack of action.
In simple terms, retrograde Saturn may boost your observation and analytical skills. But since you’re often re-evaluating yourself and the world, you may tend to procrastinate, which can impact your finances, relationships, and career. Now, as of November 15th, Saturn will go direct, and slowly, you’ll feel the energy to take action again. Exactly 45 days later, you’ll start noticing the benefits of Saturn—Shani Maharaj—unfolding in your life.
The cycles of retrograde and direct motion are divinely orchestrated by the will of God. Retrograde represents a pause, while direct motion represents moving forward. If you don’t understand the power of pausing, you miss the chance to grow from the inside out. Self-growth is often possible when you pause, when you simply do nothing, and retrograde gives you this golden opportunity to stop, rethink, re-strategize, renovate, relocate, revamp, and recharge yourself. This period allows you to become a better version of yourself, ready to take on the world when the retrogression stops and the planet resumes its normal pace. Now, as Saturn returns to its direct path from November 15th onward, let’s explore how this significant planetary shift will impact each of the 12 zodiac signs.
Aries – Saturn going direct is excellent news for Aries natives, as it will put your career and family life on a positive track. You’ll start benefiting from your networking skills, and your friends will be more cooperative and understanding toward you. This shift also brings a significant positive change in your earnings. If you’ve been waiting and trying for a good job, Shani Maharaj is likely to bless you with one. Shani Maharaj always favors those who refrain from hurting others with arrogant or offensive comments or behavior. So, if you are a good-hearted person, mark my words—this shift in Saturn’s movement will certainly bring a big smile to your face. And when you smile, you look beautiful. So hang in there, and don’t give up, as Saturn is returning to save you from your troubles. Just keep focusing on doing good karma.
Remedy for more benefits – For 45 days, each evening, light a mustard oil lamp in your temple or pooja room, facing the south direction.
Taurus – Retrograde Saturn brought challenges and setbacks in your career, affecting your self-growth efforts. However, as Saturn returns to its direct motion, you’ll notice unresolved issues at work starting to clear up, and differences with your seniors will begin to ease. Relations with your father or fatherly figures will also improve. Any obstacles to higher education or foreign travel will be removed. In recent months, your luck factor may have felt weak, but now you’ll start experiencing a positive shift in how people perceive you, and you’ll regain your lost confidence. Overall, Saturn—Shani Maharaj—is set to bring more laughter and joy into your life, as long as you remain sincere, loyal, and humble. Remember, if you cause trouble for others, Saturn cannot bring good results. So, stop troubling others, and this positive movement of Saturn will certainly bring good news into your life.
Remedy for more benefits: For 45 days, each evening light a lamp with Chameli oil (Jasmine oil) in front of Lord Hanuman’s image, and you will be alright.
Gemini: Retrograde Saturn has significantly impacted your marriage or relationship, and your finances have taken a hit as well. However, as Saturn goes direct, you’ll gradually find relief in both relationship and financial matters. Exactly 45 days from now, you’ll start feeling much better and more relaxed. However, if you are a negative person who offends others with hurtful comments or actions, nothing will improve in your life, and you’ll continue to face difficulties. To receive the positive results of Saturn, focus on your karma—stop hurting others with your words and actions, and you’ll start making progress in life.
Remedy for best results: For 45 days, each evening, light a silver lamp with cow’s ghee in your temple (Pooja Ghar), facing east.
Cancer: Retrograde Saturn has brought considerable pain and suffering into your life. Positioned in the 8th house for Cancer natives, the past six months have been a period of testing. Your enemies have been working against you, constantly trying to undermine you, but now, as Saturn goes direct, the tables will turn, and you will emerge victorious. Your adversaries will start feeling the pressure, while you’ll find your way and begin progressing. Issues in marriage or relationships will begin to ease, and your finances will also improve. It’s essential to fast on all Saturdays, visit a Lord Hanuman temple each Saturday, break a coconut, and donate 2 liters of groundnut oil to a priest. Starting from December 1st, 2024, you’ll begin to feel positive changes, and by June 2025, you’ll experience total relief from debts, family, and financial issues. So, dear Cancerians, stay positive, distance yourself from negative, toxic people, and things will improve.
Remedy for best results: For 45 days, visit a Lord Shiva temple every Monday, offer white flowers, and observe a fast. On Mondays, drink only water or milk, and eat only fruits or dry fruits, breaking your fast on Tuesday morning.
Leo: Retrograde Saturn gave you a window to evaluate your relationship status and your position at the workplace. During this period, you likely reconnected with past partners, old friends, and had the chance to reconsider certain projects or past work matters. Now, as Saturn goes direct on November 15th, you’ll start moving forward with confidence, leading to significant positive developments in your marriage, partnerships, and workplace dynamics. If you’ve been involved in a legal case, expect a major breakthrough. Those affected by black magic will also find relief and solutions working in their favor. Overall, Saturn going direct brings positive results for Leo natives—but only if you manage your ego and refrain from hurting father figures or older individuals.
Remedy for enhanced positive results: For 45 days, visit a Kaal Bhairav temple every Sunday. Light a lamp with groundnut oil and offer 5 lemons, 1 coconut, and *mithai* (any Indian sweet) to Lord Kaal Bhairav.
Virgo – The Retrograde Saturn phase has caused significant pain and suffering in your life, including health issues, attacks from secret enemies, and stress due to bad debts and credit problems. However, as Saturn goes direct on November 15th, you will slowly start feeling better. You’ll find effective solutions to your health concerns and begin to feel more relaxed and at peace mentally. Nevertheless, beware of overindulgence in pleasure-seeking activities, as it could undermine the positive results bestowed by Lord Saturn. From December 1st onward, you will begin experiencing positivity in both family and finances. When you have retrograde Saturn in your birth chart, a transiting retrograde Saturn can bring additional challenges and suffering; however, the troubles are now ending, and you’ll soon be smiling your way home. Concerning children, you’ll notice positive developments, and your investments will gain momentum, providing good returns. This is also an excellent time to begin any spiritual sadhana or practice you may be considering.
Remedy for positive results – Start feeding cows with your hands every Friday. Offer soaked sprouts mixed with soaked raw rice to cows each Friday. The blessings of the cows will help you eradicate troubles and negativity from your life.
Libra – The Retrograde Saturn phase has caused much suffering in matters of home, emotions, and challenges concerning children or investments. This period has also affected your mother adversely. However, now that Saturn goes direct, you will find considerable relief in matters of home, emotional well-being, and areas related to children and investments. If you are single, challenges in relationships or difficulties in finding a good partner will ease, and you may experience a breakthrough in your love life. For those trading in the stock markets, the upcoming month, starting from December 1st, is very positive and could bring you significant gains. Focus on regular meditation, as the more you meditate, the more clarity you will gain, which will enable you to make the right decisions in life.
Remedy for positive results: Wear a full white dress on Fridays for 45 days, and visit a Goddess Lakshmi temple to light one earthen lamp with white mustard oil. If you cannot visit a temple, you may perform this ritual in your home temple.
Scorpio – Retrograde Saturn stalled many of your projects and activities. You tend to procrastinate, which has led to missed opportunities and lost fortune. However, now that Saturn turns direct, you will begin to take action. Misunderstandings will start to fade, and your communication skills will improve. Travel plans will also be executed in a timely manner. Decisions related to home or real estate will gain momentum, allowing you to move forward with plans for renovating or redesigning your home or even selling and relocating. Issues concerning your mother will be resolved, enabling you to achieve your dreams connected to your home or real estate. This is a time when you will start feeling emotionally positive, bringing purpose to your life, and soon there will be a big smile on your face – and when you smile, you look beautiful!
Remedy for positive results: For 45 days, visit a nearby river or sea and feed the fish with pieces of dough or fresh wheat bread. The more you feed the fish, the more beneficial it will be for you and your family.
Sagittarius – Retrograde Saturn has caused various financial difficulties, and you may also feel dissatisfied at work. However, this situation will now begin to change for the better. Gradually, your finances will start improving, and you may find new job opportunities that bring much contentment. Businesspeople will start seeing positive results in profit margins, and creative artists will find new work opportunities. It is essential to stay humble and avoid hurting others with offensive comments or actions. Remember, Saturn returns what you give to others. So, be mindful of your thoughts, as thoughts lead to words, words lead to actions, and your actions define your character. Cultivate positive thoughts, and you will attract more blessings from Lord Saturn – Shani Maharaj!
Remedy for positive results: Fast for 45 Thursdays and light a lamp filled with cow’s ghee beneath an Audumbar tree (also known as the Cluster Fig tree) on 45 Thursday evenings.
Capricorn – Retrograde Saturn caused significant stress in managing your finances. Earnings came in, but they quickly disappeared due to rising expenditures. Financial stress also limited your travel plans. However, as Saturn goes direct, starting from December 1st, you will begin to feel the positive effects of Saturn’s direct movement. Gradually, your finances will improve, and you’ll manage expenses more efficiently. Any obstacles related to communication or publication plans will be removed, giving you the momentum to start your new publication or project. Overall, Saturn’s change in direction is excellent news for all my Capricorn followers—stay positive, as even bigger news awaits you: your Sade Sati will end next year in June 2025. So, keep your fingers crossed, as you are on the path to victory, and your enemies will be defeated. However, remember, these positive developments will unfold only if you refrain from hurting others through your actions or words. Be mindful of your thoughts and actions, and you will be rewarded with all the blessings Saturn is bringing your way!
Remedy for positive results: Light a lamp filled with mustard oil beneath a Peepal tree and break a coconut before Lord Hanuman every Saturday for two months.
Aquarius – The Retrograde Saturn period had a strong impact on your mind, and many of you have experienced significant mental suffering during this time. Health issues often arise when the mind is disturbed, as the root of all diseases lies in the state of the mind. This is why the Moon chart is crucial for evaluating both mental and physical health conditions. The second phase of Sade Sati combined with retrograde Saturn was a challenging double dose for you, but now Saturn’s direct movement will bring much-needed relief. Both mental and physical health will gradually improve in the coming days, though the progress may be slow. It is essential to embrace a more spiritual lifestyle by consistently practicing daily meditation and chanting. Obstacles or delays related to foreign travel or settlement will now gradually clear, allowing you to realize your dream of settling abroad. Any losses incurred during the Saturn retrograde period will now be recovered, so stay positive and mindful of your thoughts and actions. If you hurt others, you may not receive the benefits of Saturn’s direct movement—focus on self-growth and avoid causing harm.
Remedy for positive results: Wear a full blue outfit for 45 Saturdays, visit a Lord Hanuman temple on each of those Saturdays, light a lamp with sesame oil beneath a Peepal tree, and walk around the Peepal tree seven times.
Pisces – Pisces – Retrograde Saturn has caused considerable pain in areas of earnings and relationships, with many also facing high medical expenses during this period. However, as Saturn goes direct, you will start feeling much relief in matters related to earnings and relationships. Saturn is a very slow-moving planet, and its results manifest slowly but steadily. Though Saturn goes direct on November 15th, you’ll start experiencing its effects from December 1st onward. If you were feeling stuck with matters connected to foreign lands or visa issues, you will finally get a breakthrough in your efforts for foreign travel. Remember to meditate daily and chant the Ram Mantra – “Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram” – as this will protect you from the effects of Rahu’s transit over your Moon sign, Pisces. This period has been particularly challenging for Pisces, with the combined effects of Sade Sati, Retrograde Saturn, and Rahu’s transit, but now you’ll find some relief. Though the battle isn’t over yet, continue to persevere like a brave warrior—remember, a true warrior never gives up until the very last breath.
Remedy for positive results: Fast on Guruvar (Thursdays) from sunrise to sunset, and donate 2 kg of yellow chickpeas, 1 kg of cow’s ghee, and 1 kg of jaggery powder to a temple priest. Perform this remedy each Thursday for six months, and you will feel much better.
Overall – the transition of Retrograde Saturn to Direct Saturn is indeed a good news for many good hearted fellows on this planet. Human life is full of sufferings – no matter whether you have lots of money or you are a total bankrupt person – suffering is always there. While money can address your basic needs of life but money certainly cannot buy happiness, money certainly cannot buy love, cannot buy the bliss, the joy within. And so balancing your life is necessary – you need to work for your daily needs but don’t do too much because Too much is the only sin says Lao Tzu. Balancing your life is the message. Don’t be too materialistic and don’t be too spiritual. You need to remember that you are still not a monk – you have still not been initiated into monkhood. And so you need to keep working efficiently to address your basic needs as well as you need to spend time on your self growth journey by being consistent in your meditation and chanting. There is absolutely no need for renunciation. Only fools and fake people renounce – the real warriors never renounce – they can fight their daily battles and as well as also worship the Holy Lord with deep faith and love and in the end only such warriors progress on their spiritual path. Since today is my birthday – how can I leave you all without telling you a beautiful story – and so the story is about a dervish – a wandering mystic. The story is told of a dervish who went to visit a great Sufi master. Seeing his affluence, the dervish thought to himself, “How can Sufism and such prosperity go hand in hand?” After staying a few days with the master, he decided to leave. The master said, “Let me accompany you on your journey!”
After they had gone a short distance, the dervish noticed that he had forgotten his KASHKUL, the begging-bowl. So he asked the master for permission to return and get it.
The master replied, “I departed from all my possessions, but you can’t even leave behind your begging-bowl. Thus, we must part company from here.”
The Sufi is not attached to wealth or poverty; he is simply not attached to anything. And when you are not attached to anything, you need not renounce. Renunciation is the other side of attachment. Those who understand the foolishness of attachment don’t renounce. They live in the world, yet they are not of the world. Be just like this Sufi—be in this world, do your daily duties, do not run away from your responsibilities, and at the same time, stay focused on your spiritual path. When you are able to do this, that is when you truly mature into a beautiful flower—and then there is no looking back. Then you become a dance, a beautiful painting, a lovely poem. This is the way of its happening—this is how it happens—this is how Lahiri Mahasaya, the great Guru, lived; this is how great saints lived. Saint Tukaram, Saint Eknath—they all were married, they also had children, but they never renounced. They continued to fight their daily battles while staying focused on their spiritual path.
Enough for now—today is my birthday, and it is time for me to go back to my master, because without him I would have been dead by now. And no matter how much my enemies try to kill me, I will remain alive until the master says, “It’s time.”
Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.
