Continuing our discussion from the past seven months, the energy of planets in the natal 12th house are often less accessible or more difficult to tap into than other placements.

Saturn is the planet that represents restriction, repression, and restraint.  But it's not always doom and gloom.  It's important to remember that Saturn also represents control, structure, focus, foundation, stability, and discipline.  When Saturn is in the 12th house, any of these (or indeed a mixture of them) may be active.  We may feel a sense of holding back, a profound sense of privacy, or a confident determination.

High profile  people with Natal Saturn in the 12th include:

Outstanding sports figures -- Jockey Eddie Arcaro, world land speed record holder Craig Breedlove, tennis stars Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert, and Ilie Nastase, boxer George Foreman, hockey's Wayne Gretzky, baseball's Sandy Koufax, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, golfer Lee Trevino, and swimmer Esther Williams

Actors and performers whose perseverance was rewarded with career success  --  Loretta Young, Carol Channing, Glenn Close, Sean Connery, Bill Cosby, Michael J. Fox, Annette Funicello, Charlton Heston, Jamie Lee Curtis, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, William Shatner, Errol Flynn, Danny Kaye,  and  Spiderman actor Tobey Maguire.  Singers include "Mama" Cass Elliot, Eva Peron, Whitney Houston,  Joni Mitchell, Olivia Newton-John, Dionne Warwick, and singer-songwriter Randy Newman.  Impressionist Rich Little, comedians Dick Martin (of Rowan and Martin), and Steve Martin all have natal Saturn in the 12th as does dancer Ginger Rogers.

Accomplished artists -- impressionist Mary Cassatt, director Federico Fellini, and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

People determined to succeed in politics -- French President Jacque Chirac, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, U.S. Presidents George Washington, James Garfield, U.S. Grant, Robert Taft, and George W. Bush.

People with determined entrepreneurial drive -- NY Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, Donald Trump, and Apple Computer's Steve Wozniak. 

People whose need to be in control led them to desperate measures -- "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz, mass murderer Ted Bundy, murderer Lyle Menendez, and inside information stock trader Michael Milken.

Also, difficult to categorize celebrities with natal Saturn in the 12th include chef Julia Child, drag queen "Lady Chablis" (from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), British party girl Christine Keeler, Roy (of Siegfried and Roy), journalist Pierre Salinger, and football star/actor/murder suspect O.J. Simpson, writer/novelist/playwrite Gertrude Stein, Watergate figure John Ehrlichman, pornography entrepreneur Larry Flynt, and Colonel Oliver North.

* data searches performed using  AstroDatabank  

Next Month:  Natal Uranus in the 12th