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Born October 1978
Saturn return dates

Saturn was at 8° to 11° Virgo all through October 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 13 Sep 2037 and 10 Oct 2037, depending on your day.

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Saturn through October8° to 11° Virgo
Second return windowOct 2036 to Sep 2039Saturn's stretch through Virgo
Exact passesOne or three, by dayat age 58 to 59

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 October 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 Oct 1978, noon Saturn at 8° Virgo Second return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 13 Sep 2037ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 1.1° from this degree on 12 May 2038. The second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 13 Sep 2037.
Born 15 Oct 1978, noon Saturn at 9° Virgo Second return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 26 Sep 2037ahead
  • 18 Apr 2038ahead
  • 2 Jun 2038ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 0.4° from this degree on 12 May 2038. The second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 26 Sep 2037.
Born 31 Oct 1978, noon Saturn at 11° Virgo Second return window Oct 2036 to Sep 2039
  • 10 Oct 2037ahead
  • 22 Mar 2038ahead
  • 29 Jun 2038ahead
Closest turn: Saturn stands still 2° from this degree on 12 May 2038. The second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 10 Oct 2037.

Every return for October 1978

First return

Saturn in Virgo, Sep 2007 to Jul 2010. One exact pass for 15 Oct 1978: 18 Aug 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 Oct 1978: 26 Sep 2037, 18 Apr 2038 and 2 Jun 2038, at age 58 to 59.

The second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass is 26 Sep 2037. (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 October 1978

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

Saturn was at 8° to 11° Virgo through October 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 Oct 1978: 13 Sep 2037; born 15 Oct 1978: 26 Sep 2037, 18 Apr 2038 and 2 Jun 2038; born 31 Oct 1978: 10 Oct 2037, 22 Mar 2038 and 29 Jun 2038. Enter your birth date in the free preview for yours.

Is it happening now for people born in October 1978?

As of 3 Nov 2026, the second return window opens Oct 2036, in about 10 years, and the first exact pass falls between 13 Sep 2037 and 10 Oct 2037, depending on the day.

Why do some people born in October 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 October 1978 the birth degree moves past the edge of a loop, so 1 Oct 1978 gets one exact pass, 15 Oct 1978 gets three exact passes and 31 Oct 1978 gets three exact passes.

Do I need my birth time?

No. Saturn moved about 3° across the whole of October 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 October 1978?

Saturn is back in Virgo from Aug 2066 to Oct 2068, around age 88. For someone born 15 Oct 1978 the exact passes are 15 Nov 2066, 26 Jan 2067 and 1 Aug 2067.

Nearby birth months

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