Sade Sati

is a very dreadful word for the common masses. When,

Shani Transit

through the 12th, 1st, and 2nd house from the natal moon (where one's Moon is placed in the

Astrological Birth Chart

), this is termed

Sade Sati Of Shani

. Saturn takes 2 ½ years to pass through each sign (30 years to make one round of the zodiac), its passing through 3 signs make it 7 ½ years. Sade means "half" and Sati translates to "seven" and hence the name

Sade Sati

. There is a general belief that

Shani Sadesati

period brings dissatisfaction, disappointments, depression, differences, disputes, disharmony and undesirable results ,but actually this is not the case. Saturn does not always behave this way and it really depends on individual's chart. For example if Saturn is acting as a yoga karaka, there is no way it can cause all that problems in native's life. Most of the people go through 2-3 periods of

Sade Sathi

in their life time, 4 periods are very rare. It reappears after every 25 years from when it first finished.