Saturn
is a planet that is often considered to have dire
connotations and a significant negative impact. When
astrologers talk about Saturn transits, it is often
with dread. Saturn is considered a planet of lessons.
With Saturn we are always learning, though
it will often feel as though we are being restricted
rather than educated. Another manifestation of Saturn
is leavings or going away events.
A Saturn/Jupiter combination could be a trip or vacation
for example.
Saturn is also affiliated with aging or with
things or people that are older. Saturn is also associated
with being organized and the need for organization
and structure will also be apparent with Saturn transits.
In some Natal Charts, those with strong Saturn placements
are generally well-suited to executive positions.
Saturn is very structure-oriented energy, and it is
said by astrologers that Saturn is a planet of matter,
and that it then associates us with the matter that
we have deal with here on the Earth Plane. It is a
planet of matter rather than spirit. It is the energy
that reminds us of how much we can be limited by matter
and structure. Lessons are at the heart of what Saturn
brings to us in our lives. Though Saturn is considered
“malefic” energy, it is actually dependent
on how Saturn is aspected in your chart that will
determine how Saturn will affect you during those
Saturn transits that we all worry about. The Saturn
return happens when we are somewhere between 28 and
30. It is during this time that we are considered
to be grown ups, astrologically. This is in part because
when Saturn returns, it would have completed a full
cycle and come back through all the signs to where
it was when you were born.
Not only can Saturn bring restrictions, but also it
can bring more responsibilities to your life. Here
again, the lesson is in handling the material world.
When someone turns 30, it is often a time for marriage
or children. I know of one gentleman who during his
Saturn return experienced the birth of his first child
as well as buying his first home. Still for others
it can manifest as a new job position or it can also
manifest as a divorce or separation. The manifestation
of the Saturn return would depend on how Saturn is
situated in your chart.
The house that Saturn falls into can show where you
carry the most responsibilities or have the most fears.
Often, one's fears and responsibilities will go hand
in hand. For example, someone who has a 10th house
Saturn can be very good about taking on responsibilities
even when they don’t have to or when they are
not required to. The reason they do this is for approval
or appreciation -- or out of a fear that they won't
be approved of or appreciated. These people need to
be recognized; their fear is that they won’t
be acceptable otherwise. People with Saturn in the
seventh house may wait until an advanced age to get
married due to a fear of being restricted. These people
often have a large age difference in their relationships
so that one partner is more like a teacher to the
other. It may be that when they are young they are
attracted to older partners and when they get older
they are attracted to much younger partners. |
