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| Saturn: Your Responsibility, Karma |
| Discipline, Responsibility, Limitations and restrictions. Obedience. Building of foundations. No free rides. Saturn has long been known as the great malefic. While it is true that its lessons are sometimes harsh, it also provides structure and foundation, and teaches us through experience what we need in order to grow. It shows us the limitations we have and teaches us the rules of the game in this physical reality. People with a well placed or well aspected Saturn tend to have a practical, prudent outlook. When poorly aspected, Saturn creates rigid believe systems, restricts growth, and closes us off to other possibilities. A delicate balance must be grasped about Saturn influences. Even though it pushes us to understand and work with limitations, it can also cause us to settle for too little, to deny our creative expression because we don't want to see what is really possible. As one of the outer, slowly moving planets, Saturn takes twenty-nine and a half years to cross the zodiac. Its natural houses are the tenth and the eleventh. It rules Capricorn. This planet governs the bones and joints, skin, and teeth. |
| Saturn in the Signs: |
| Aries Circumstances force you to develop patience and initiative. Your impulsiveness needs to be mitigated, otherwise setbacks occur. With this position, there is a capacity for great resourcefulness which, constructively channeled, can lead to innovative creations. On the negative side, you can be self-centered and defensive. Taurus You feel a deep need for financial and material security. But material comfort is earned only through hard work, discipline, and perseverance. As a result, you need to cultivate reliability and persistence in your chosen profession. The downside to this placement is that there can be a tendency for stubbornness and excessive preoccupation with material affairs. Gemini Discipline and structure are expressed mentally through your systematic and logical mind. Problems must be thought through carefully and worked out in detail, otherwise difficulties multiply. You seek practical solutions. Cancer Your crablike tenacity sees you through most obstacles and difficulties. You choose a course, which may not always be the best, that doesn't threaten your emotional and financial security. There is a certain emotional restraint with this placement because so much is internalized. Psychic and intuitive resources are sometimes stifled. Leo Your ego and need for recognition can be your worst enemies. If you try to solve your difficulties in a self-centered way, you only compound the problem. Cooperative ventures and consideration of mutual needs work wonders for this placement. Virgo You are such a perfectionist you tend to get bogged down in details. You need to separate the essential from the inconsequential. An intuitive approach to obstacles and challenges is an enormous help with this placement. Libra You overcome obstacles and difficulties by cooperation and a willingness to learn with others. The best way to achieve your goals it in partnership with others. You have the opportunity to develop an acute sense of balance and timing with this placement. Scorpio You handle your difficulties in an intense, secretive manner, which increases the suspicion of those around you. By being more open and up front about what you are doing, you are able to overcome obstacles. Work to discipline your intuition; it can be an infallible guide. Sagittarius You need to loosen up. Any kind of rigid approach only increases your problems and difficulties. Your best bet is to structure your life by incorporating your ideals into practical, daily life. Your intense intellectual pride makes you vulnerable to criticism by peers. Capricorn No matter what challenges you face, your ambition conquers them. You know that everything has a price and strive to make your contributions to the larger world. You respect the power structures that you see. For you, life itself is serious business. Don't get locked into rigid belief systems; remain flexible. Aquarius Your emotional detachment and objectivity allow you to meet challenges head on. Your innovative and unique approach to problems is best funneled through a quiet, practical application to daily life. Your peers help you to learn discipline. Pisces Astrologers don't look too kindly on this placement. But much of what might manifest negatively can be mitigated by practical use of the innate psychic ability of Pisces. Instead of letting yourself become trapped in memories of the past, use past triumphs as a springboard to the future. Your psychic ability, is a doorway to higher spiritual truths but must be grounded in some way, perhaps through meditation or yoga. |