Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.22.16
Sthāna· The universe in orderSaturn’s Slow Passage Is Inauspicious
“Situated 1,600,000 miles above Jupiter, or 12,000,000 miles above earth, is the planet Saturn, which passes through one sign of the zodiac in thirty months and covers the entire zodiac circle in thirty Anuvatsaras. This planet is always very inauspicious for the universal situation.”
What the purport teaches
- Saturn is described as situated 1,600,000 miles above Jupiter, or 12,000,000 miles above earth.
- Saturn passes through one sign of the zodiac in thirty months. It covers the entire zodiac circle in thirty Anuvatsaras.
- The translation describes Saturn as always very inauspicious for the universal situation.
Try this today
Make a two-line note recording Saturn’s time in one zodiac sign and its time around the entire zodiac.
Ask yourself
What stands out to you about the length of Saturn’s passage through the zodiac?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.