What is the Saturn Return? I must admit that my interest in the subject has been highly piqued, being that my 27th birthday is in just over a week; over the past few months I've noticed changes in my life, in my emotions, and in my thinking patterns. I've heard many people discuss a "quarter-life crisis," occurring roughly at age 25 as an individual leaves the ideals of youth and struggles with ideas of marriage, children, and careers. I never put much stock into the idea, but the more I learn about the Saturn return, the more I wonder if the "quarter-life crisis" isn't merely another term for a person's first Saturn return. In 2000, rock band No Doubt released an album titled

In astrology, the Saturn return occurs about every 29.5 years, when Saturn returns to the place in your chart it was at the time of your birth (29.5 years is the length of time it takes Saturn to orbit once around the sun). Since these returns occur about every 30 years, most of us can expect to experience three Saturn returns in our lifetime: one around the ages of 27-30 (marking the transition from youth to adulthood), one around the ages of 58-60 (marking the transition from adulthood into the sage), and one (potentially) around the ages of 86-88 (marking a transition into what is to come in the next life). The Saturn return is a wake-up call, where you may be shocked into