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Born August 1978
Saturn return dates

Saturn was at 0° to 4° Virgo all through August 1978. Your second Saturn return is its stretch back through Virgo: Oct 2036 to Sep 2039.

As of 3 Nov 2026, your second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass falls between 24 Oct 2036 and 14 Aug 2037, depending on your day.

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Saturn through August0° to 4° Virgo
Second return windowOct 2036 to Sep 2039Saturn's stretch through Virgo
Exact passesOne or three, by dayat age 58

Exact passes, by day of birth

The passes are the days Saturn crosses the exact degree it held when you were born. They shift across the month, so here are three days of August 1978, worked out at noon. Yours sit near the day closest to your own; the free preview gives them exactly. Status as of 3 Nov 2026.

Born 1 Aug 1978, noon Saturn at 0° Virgo Second return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 24 Oct 2036ahead
  • 2 Feb 2037ahead
  • 13 Jul 2037ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 2.2° from this degree on 14 Dec 2036. The second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 24 Oct 2036.
Born 15 Aug 1978, noon Saturn at 2° Virgo Second return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 21 Nov 2036ahead
  • 4 Jan 2037ahead
  • 29 Jul 2037ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 0.4° from this degree on 14 Dec 2036. The second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 21 Nov 2036.
Born 31 Aug 1978, noon Saturn at 4° Virgo Second return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 14 Aug 2037ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 1.6° from this degree on 14 Dec 2036. The second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 14 Aug 2037.

Every return for August 1978

First return

Saturn in Virgo, Sep 2007 to Jul 2010. Three exact passes for 15 Aug 1978: 22 Sep 2007, 3 Apr 2008 and 1 Jun 2008, at age 29.

The first return window ran Sep 2007 to Jul 2010; it's over. (as of 3 Nov 2026)

Second return

Saturn in Virgo, Oct 2036 to Sep 2039. Three exact passes for 15 Aug 1978: 21 Nov 2036, 4 Jan 2037 and 29 Jul 2037, at age 58.

The second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 21 Nov 2036. (as of 3 Nov 2026)

What Saturn in Virgo asks

Virgo is the sign of craft, service and getting it right. Saturn there asks for useful competence, finished and shipped, rather than a standard so high nothing gets done.

People in this return often describe questions about usefulness. What am I good at that I keep refining instead of releasing? Who is my work actually for? Saturn return in Virgo.

Saturn describes the work, not the outcome. Nothing on this page predicts events; it dates the stretch and says what it tends to ask.

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Questions from people born in August 1978

When is my Saturn return if I was born in August 1978?

Saturn was at 0° to 4° Virgo through August 1978, so your second Saturn return is Saturn's stretch back through Virgo, Oct 2036 to Sep 2039. Your first return ran Sep 2007 to Jul 2010. The exact passes depend on your day. Born 1 Aug 1978: 24 Oct 2036, 2 Feb 2037 and 13 Jul 2037; born 15 Aug 1978: 21 Nov 2036, 4 Jan 2037 and 29 Jul 2037; born 31 Aug 1978: 14 Aug 2037. Enter your birth date in the free preview for yours.

Is it happening now for people born in August 1978?

As of 3 Nov 2026, the second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass falls between 24 Oct 2036 and 14 Aug 2037, depending on the day.

Why do some people born in August 1978 get one exact pass and others three?

Each year Saturn appears to stop, back up for a few months and move forward again. If your birth degree sits inside one of those loops, Saturn crosses it three times; otherwise once. Across August 1978 the birth degree moves past the edge of a loop, so 1 Aug 1978 gets three exact passes, 15 Aug 1978 gets three exact passes and 31 Aug 1978 gets one exact pass.

Do I need my birth time?

No. Saturn moved about 4° across the whole of August 1978, so your day matters far more than your hour. Noon is used on this page; the free preview takes a time if you have one.

When is the third Saturn return for people born in August 1978?

Saturn is back in Virgo from Aug 2066 to Oct 2068, around age 88. For someone born 15 Aug 1978 the exact pass is 4 Sep 2066.

Nearby birth months

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