Saturn in the 5th House

Putra Bhav — children, intellect, romance

Favourable Results

If Shani (Saturn, the slow, disciplinary, karmic graha) stands under a favourable influence, the native (the person whose chart it is) is self-respecting, righteous (dharmatma, devoted to dharma), long-lived (dirghayu), and a vanquisher of his enemies (shatru). He is given to wandering and travel. Such a Shani generally obstructs formal education (vidya), yet in the branch of learning that belongs to Shani, namely yantra (machinery and mechanical science), the native attains good success. He is sure to obtain one son, while daughters come in greater number. Houses built by his children (santana) bring favourable results, but houses he builds himself bring unfavourable ones. He profits through travel and transport, through mines, through lands, and through public (government) departments.

Unfavourable Results

The native is crooked (kutil), ill-favoured in appearance, devoid of reverence, an unbeliever (nastik, an atheist), dull of intellect, suspicious by temperament, wily, indolent, and poor. He suffers from unmaad (mania, mental derangement) and from disorders of the stomach, and he often remains beset by illness. His education does not reach completion. His property, wealth, and affluence remain fickle and unsteady. His sexual desire is weak, and so the comfort of children (santana sukh) eludes him; more than once he is obliged to take an adopted son (dattak putra). He receives suffering at the hands of friends (mitra), and he remains unsuccessful in matters of love.