Sade Sati

Sade Sati is a very frightful word for the common persons. When, planet Saturn transits through the 1st ,12th, and 2nd house from natal moon (The place where one's Moon is placed in his or her birth chart), this is termed Sade sati. Saturn takes 2 ½ years to pass via each sign(30 years to make one revolution of the zodiac), its passing through 3 signs make it 7 ½ years.

Literally Sade means "half" and Sati means to translate to "seven" and hence the name Sade Sati. There is a general belief that Sade Sati period brings disappointments, depression, dissatisfaction, differences, disharmony, disputes, and undesirable results ,but actually this is not the case. Saturn does not always behave in this manner and it really depends on persons chart.