Shani/Saturn

Shani/Saturn

The Saturn is the servant in Vedic astrology. It represents hard-work, sorrow, old men, servants and the lower level workers, people in the iron and steel industry, municipality and drainage works. A well-placed Saturn can bestow excellent power, prestige, name and fame, whereas a badly placed Saturn can devastate you. Its metal is iron, colour is blue, gem is blue sapphire and direction is west. Saturn is the slowest moving of the 9 planets and takes approximately 2-1/2 years to transit a Sign and completes the round of the Zodiac in 30 years. It is the Udyog karaka or the planet connected with profession.