The planet Saturn takes 29.5 years to orbit around the Sun. The astrological Saturn Return is a time when planet Saturn returns to the same place in the sky that it occupied at the time of a person's birth. The first Saturn Return takes place in the late twenties, and its effect can be felt into the early thirties. It is a right of passage, a wake-up call, a time when a person is faced with sobering realities and is being asked to grow up.