Should I be afraid of Śani's Sāḍhe-sātī?

no — it is a 7½-year phase of hard work and maturing that everyone passes through two or three times in life.

Sāḍhe-sātī is the period when Saturn transits the sign before your Moon sign, your Moon sign, and the sign after it — about 2½ years each, 7½ in total. Since Saturn takes about 30 years to circle the zodiac, every person meets it roughly every three decades, and at any moment about a quarter of the world is in it.

Traditionally it brings pressure on the mind, more responsibility, slower results and lessons in patience. But Saturn also rewards honest effort; many people find their careers, homes or inner steadiness are built during it. Its effect depends a lot on where Saturn sits in your own chart and on your daśā.

Useful practices: keep to discipline and honesty, serve elders and the poor, chant the Hanumān Cālīsā or Śani mantra on Saturdays, and look after your health and sleep.

Source: transit (gocara) tradition; Phaladīpikā · Comes about once every 30 years

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