Personally I think Saturn is about disruption, dis-engagement & discipline.
My excerpt is my first hand account of someone whom I know very closely.
This person was a Cancer Ascendent. So Shani was lord of the 7th & the 8th in the 1st house. Shani becomes a functional Benefic because it owns a Kendra (7th house). But Saturn was also the lord of the 8th, a dusthana.
Just before the Shani bhukti ended, the spouse passed away, 5 years later she lost her 34 year old 2nd son to natural causes (Shukra Bhukti) and 4 years from that she passed away at the age of 65 (Moon Bhukti) after a brief 2 month illness.
I don’t wish to scare anyone, but this is absolute reality and nothing but that. But good news is that this is one of the cases where Saturn was really really tough because of its 8th house lordship.
IN GENERAL
Saturn, will remove everything that’s a distraction in you life. It will push you to become responsible, self sufficient & self relent. It will make you a SURVIVOR who will sustain on basic resources even though you would not have dearth of any.
God bless & godspeed.