Sani: Saturn

O Brahmin, Saturn has an emaciated and long physique bhoney colored eyes, is windy in temperament, has big teeth, is indolent, lame and has coarse, rough hair.

BPHS, Chapter 3, verse 29

Myth:
Sani (Saturn) is a demi-god who is the son of Surya, the Sun god and his wife Chhaya. As a baby, when he opened his eyes for the very first time, the Sun went into eclipse. This stresses the negative impact of the glance of Sani. The King Vikramaditya heard a story of the birth of Sani and began to laugh at the Sani’s profession as an oil vendor. Sani cursed the king and as a result, he lost his kingdom, was accused as a thief, had his hands and legs cut off. The whole time this was happening, the king still performed devotion to Sani. Because of this, Sani gave him back what he had lost even to a greater degree than what he had before. The moral of the story stresses the importance of perseverance and fortitude in the face of adversity.

Significations of Saturn:
Longevity, loss, misfortune, disease, calamities, separation, limitation, servants, waste, structure, stability, perseverance, misery, stoicism, delay, long periods of time, the elderly, fear, the color Black, the direction of West, laziness, slovenliness, muscles, colon, rectum, lymph, teeth, ligaments and tendons, white blood cells.