Man, 2023 rolled around and suddenly everyone was talking about Saturn jumping into Pisces. I ain’t gonna lie, I usually just shrug off most of this cosmic stuff. But a friend of mine, she’s super into it, kept saying, “Dude, this is a big one. You gotta pay attention.” So, being the curious type, even if a bit skeptical, I figured, “Alright, let’s see what the fuss is about.” I decided right then I was gonna actually track this thing, not just passively hear about it.
My tracking wasn’t some fancy astrological chart reading, nah. It was mostly just me scribbling stuff down in a beat-up notebook I found lying around. I kicked it off the day Saturn officially moved into Pisces in March 2023. I just wrote down the date, clear as day. Then, I set myself a reminder to jot down anything major, or even minor, that felt like a shift in my life. I wasn’t looking for grand pronouncements, just personal stuff – feelings, small life changes, things that felt like a push or a pull.
The Start of the Scrutiny (March 2023 Onwards)
Right off the bat, I started noticing things. Or maybe I was just looking harder, who knows? That first month, man, it felt heavy. Like a weight was added to my shoulders. I was already juggling a bunch of stuff at work, and suddenly it felt like every little decision became a huge ordeal. I wrote it down: “March 2023 – Feeling bogged down, like wading through thick mud. Work pressures intensified, suddenly gotta define everything really clearly, no more grey areas.”
I kept that notebook close. Every few weeks, I’d flip it open and just dump whatever came to mind. It wasn’t pretty writing, just bullet points and messy thoughts. I started looking at things like: “What feels like it’s dissolving?” and “Where am I being forced to face reality?” My buddy kept telling me Saturn makes you responsible, makes you deal with your crap, and Pisces is all about dreams and illusion, but also deep feelings and the subconscious. So, Saturn in Pisces? She said it’s about making your dreams real, but only after you clear out the foggy bits. Sounded intense.
Here’s some of what I jotted down:
- Spring 2023: Had a massive fallout with an old friend. Like, out of nowhere. It hurt, but then I realized the friendship had been based on a lot of unspoken assumptions and half-truths for years. Saturn made me stare it down. Wrote: “Friendship dissolved. Harsh truth, but needed.”
- Summer 2023: I got super into a new creative project. Something I’d been dreaming about for ages but never actually started. It was tough, required serious discipline. My notebook said: “Started painting. Hard work. No instant gratification. Saturn telling me to actually do it, not just dream it.”
- Fall 2023: Felt a weird call to connect with something bigger. Not religious, just… spiritual. Started meditating. Never done that before. Wrote: “Seeking meaning beyond the daily grind. Quieting the noise. Piscean influence pushing for inner peace?”
The Grind and the Glimmers (2024 into 2025)
As 2024 rolled in, I started seeing patterns emerge. It wasn’t just about big dramatic events anymore. It was more subtle, a persistent pressure to get my act together in specific areas. My finances, for example. I’d always been a bit loose with money. Suddenly, I felt this intense need to budget, to plan, to really understand where every dime was going. This wasn’t someone telling me to do it, it was just… internal. My notes from that period are full of numbers and calculations, things I never bothered with before.
I also noticed a big push on my empathy, or lack thereof. I’ve always been a pretty head-down, do-my-own-thing kind of guy. But during this transit, especially in late 2024, I found myself thinking more about how my actions affected others, how I could be more supportive. It felt uncomfortable, like stretching a muscle I hadn’t used in years. My notes reflect this shift: “More sensitive to others’ pain. Feeling things deeply. Is this the Pisces teaching me something?”
The whole “dissolving illusions” thing really hit home around mid-2025. I was holding onto some old ideas about how my career should be, what success looked like. And one by one, those ideas just crumbled. It was painful, like losing a part of my identity. But then, new pathways opened up, pathways that felt more authentic, more aligned with what I actually wanted, not just what I thought I should want. The notebook entries from then are a bit dramatic, lots of crossed-out plans and frustrated doodles, but also tiny sparks of new ideas.
The Realizations (Approaching 2026)
Now, as we’re heading towards the tail end of this whole ride, I’m looking back at my scribbled notes. It’s pretty wild to see the progression. It wasn’t some instant magic fix, nothing like that. It was a slow, steady chipping away at things that weren’t serving me, and a building up of structures that actually supported my true self. Saturn made me get real, and Pisces softened me up, made me look inwards. The combo was like being forged in a gentle, yet firm, fire.
I feel like I’ve shed a lot of old skin. The dreams I had before felt vague and ungrounded. Now, they still feel expansive, but there’s a practical blueprint forming underneath them. I’m more disciplined, but also more compassionate with myself and others. That old notebook is practically falling apart, but it’s full of a record of some serious internal heavy lifting. I started this journey skeptical, just jotting down dates and observations, and now I gotta say, something definitely shifted within me during these Saturn in Pisces years.
