I was thinking about the How To Prosper In 2008 where I tried to tie the Pluto and Saturn transits together. They go together in my mind because both planets are dropping into earth signs and also because in my personal chart, these planets are changing houses at roughly the same time as well. This makes it easy for me to link them and I thought if I could explain this it might give others a new angle.

Now in my case, Saturn just finished transiting my 7th house (relationships) and Pluto, my 11th (friends). Needless to say I hardly know anyone anymore. ::smiles:: People have been flushed, fired, they’ve quit, and they’ve gone missing. I have been betrayed, rejected, forced to let go of people or seen them forced to let go of me.

Consequently I have just a few contacts now but I can’t say that I mind. For all the trauma the people who are still on deck are real and they committed (Saturn). They are loyal (Pluto), empowered people who share energy (Pluto) but you get the idea.

There has been a total routing out. It has been merciless really, the process that led to this consolidation, nothing less. But it’s been necessary. Because if you ask me if I would like to put it back the way it was, I would not. I will take my new deal, so here’s my point:

These two planets are shifting now and they are going to establish themselves somewhere in your chart. Where? Where can you expect the leveling and the boiling down to occur and more importantly, is it welcome?

I was thinking about astro-twins on the crosstrainer today, I tend to meet more than my share of them.

My ex, the AMF is astro-twin to the guy in the Little Mike story who broke in my house, took off his clothes and got in bed with me.

I used to workout alongside the soldier’s astro-twin in the gym (Astro-Twins: The Soldier and The Salesman) and the my ex who is getting married today and our mutual friend who will be attending are also astro twins. But anyway, Jupiter is in Sagittarius and I thought I’d tell this story for those who track. Continue reading Saturn Transit the 7th House: A 28.5 Year Cycle Completes… and Astro-Twins

Some months ago, I was talking to satori. Saturn (reality) and Neptune (dissolve) were opposite each other. Saturn was transiting my 7th house (learn via relationships).

“I don’t really want to tell you this but eventually I am going to have to or nothing is going to make sense.”

“Go ahead.”

‘Well the soldier has a story… a past life story and its wild. It’s as wild a story as you could get except I think it’s true. For one thing it’s the same story he told me thirty years ago and it’s not the kind of story people run around telling. Oh, you might when you’re young. People do make all kinds of claims when they’re 18 or 19 or whatever. But this is the kind of story if it weren’t true, you’d outgrow it. Um… people try things when they are young. Hairstyles… they try different personas or whatever.”

“Yeah they do.” Continue reading Learning Via Relationships, Reincarnation, Storytelling And The Art Of War

On the “What Did You Learn From Saturn In Leo” blog, Jennifer wrote:

“Hm, when I had Saturn in my seventh, it wasn’t nearly that happy…oh well, figures for me….”

I just wanted to clarify this. I didn’t say I was or had been happy with Saturn in my 7th house. I experienced a lot pressure in relationships and was forced to grow… etc. But I am inordinately happy with what I learned courtesy the transit and also aware the lasting value. And this was my point in saying I will never worry (Saturn) about relationships (7th house) again.

That is such a monumental piece and you know Saturn only transits a house every 28 years. So I am very glad to have had this transit now because in my case, I’ll probably be dead in another 28 years which means no worries about love for the rest of my life. And that’s a pretty good gain!

So I was hoping by writing this, others would think or become aware of what they gained via this transit because we all suffered.

So what’d you get?

It’s pal and astrologer extraordinare, cf perez and I on the phone:

“How are you? How’s your love life going?” she asked.

“Love life? It’s good. My love life is grand, I’m happy. But then again, I always am. I have figured this out.”

“What, dog? What have you figured out?”

That’s cf, right there. She always knows what to ask.

“That I’m happy in relationship. No matter what I am doing, who or how I do them, I seem to be completely happy and satisfied with it. Apparently a Venus Mars sextile should not be underestimated,” I said. “Nobody pays attention to these things yet look what they can do.”

“No. A Venus Mars sextile should not be underestimated at all.”

“Right. So this is what I’ve learned. It’s my recent learning. It seems to make no difference what I do or who I am with when it comes to relationship. I’m happy anyway. So how’s that for a Saturn transit through the 7th house? It’s supposed to be hell and deprivation. But I find out I am naturally happy and satisfied in relationship so I am never going to worry about this again.”

“You’re already happy.”

“Yes. So people can go or stay as they please. Oh, I can be miserable in a relationship but I have to work to manage it. What comes naturally is happiness, so there you go. I’m never going to complain about a relationship again simply because I have nothing to complain about. I love, love. Whatever I have, I like so I have no intention of ever worrying about this again.”

What did you learn from Saturn’s transit through Leo?

I was talking to a pal about a gal in my sphere. I think this conversation has to do with Saturn’s transit through my 7th house.

Who can you partner with in reality? Judging the other…

“Yeah, I like that gal. I do like her, she’s very smart and we obviously have things in common. However I don’t think I am going to pursue a friendship with her,” I said.

“Why not?”

“Well she’s just… she’s just so erudite. Is that how you say that word?” I asked. “Is that the word I want?”

“Erudite? Yes, that’s how you say it and that’s word you want,” she said.

I laughed. “Well good. Thanks for helping me with that. See, I think about going to have lunch with her but I think it would just be so much trouble. I would have to find a way to culture myself like a pearl. That’s it. I’d need to wear pearls to eat lunch with this woman which of course I don’t have. I would look so stupid wearing pearls. I’ve tried it.”

“No, I don’t think pearls would suit you,” she said.

“Yeah, I just have a hard time being fancy. I can do it but it’s such an incredible bother. And there is my mouth to consider as well. I would have to watch it. Do they make pearls to decorate a person’s mouth?”

She laughed.

“Because I am going to need some of those as well. I don’t know. Do I want to go to lunch if I have to do it with my mouth full of pearls? Probably not. Once, I could manage it but beyond that I think it would be too big a job me. But this does not mean I don’t like her because I do and considerably. But I’m just going to have to like her from afar, I guess. And maybe we can be actual friends next life when I may be born with a naturally pearly mouth.”

Are there some gaps too wide to try to bridge?

I was talking to a pal about my new discoveries courtesy Saturn’s transit through my 7th house (boundaries in relationship)

“Well I am seeing it makes no difference what other people think or feel about me. I have found this out and I’ll give you an example.”

“Okay.”

“Take the soldier. He’s loved me his whole life but would be hard pressed to tell you why. Oh, he could tell you a couple things but basically he has no idea why he loves me and either do I. He just does.”

“Okay.”

“I asked him. Because he goes on and on about how he loves me and you know what he said?” Continue reading Girl With Birds Flying Around Her Head - Say What? The Soldier and P: Saturn Transit Through the 7th House

Ben and I…

So anyway, I learned a lot from the AMF and now I am still learning a lot but I am learning different things.”

“Elsa, they are very different men. They couldn’t really be more different.”

“Yeah, but it doesn’t seem to matter. Turns out I feel the same regardless. I feel like me, that is. I feel exactly the same and since the situations have absolutely nothing in common at all, perhaps this just means I’m happy on my own.” I laughed.

“Sounds like you are,” he said.

“Yeah, I am. And this is another thing I seem to be finding out. It’s pretty clear to that whatever my mixture of glee and pain I am as a person, I will constellate it no matter where you put me. And I’m getting better all the time at more glee and less pain.”

“That’s good.”

“Yeah. Which means in my case, there’s no sense blaming the man for anything. He’s got nothing to do with it. It seems I’m generating my reality and it is completely independent of someone I may be involved with does or feels… says, or whatever. Which means they can do anything they want and I don’t have to worry about it, do I?”

“That follows.”

“It does follow. Oh, Elsa! If you lose this you will not be able to function. If you lose that, you will fall apart. Well guess what? All these things that were supposed to have befallen me if this or this or this other happened, did not occur. None of it manifested and I lost all that stuff, didn’t I?”

“You did.”

“And look what happened? Nothing. I am still me. It just doesn’t seem to matter, Ben. This is what the evidence shows. I am this specific entity and I remain this entity no matter what happens. And if you have any questions you can look back, because I have my whole life to prove it. So I don’t think I’m going to be worrying anymore. I have figured out there is no way I can stop being this person I am no matter what happens. It’s just an impossibility.”

Ben and I, still catching up:

‘Well, Ben the main thing is, I’m learning. I have Saturn transiting the 7th house. So do you! We’re supposed to be learning about relationships and look what I learned from the AMF. I learned about painting for one thing. I didn’t know anything about painting, even though my mother painted all day long. But I became pretty sophisticated and I can thank him for that. I understand color in a way I never have. I understand art in general and what it means in a person’s life. I learned other things too. I learned all kinds of things from him, not just related to art. In fact I learned in that relationship, I’ll be ten years assimilating it.”

“Yes?”

“Yes. So now I’m still learning, but completely different things. I know a lot about soldiering these days,” I said with a chuckle. “Imagine that. Who’d have ever thought? I never have dreamed I’d understand war to the depth and degree I do now. War?” I laughed. “I am coming to understand all kinds of things that I have never really considered. I am also learning how to fight by the way. I’m learning how to be effective in general which it turns out is a very good thing to know. As if you don’t have to fight in this life.”

“You do have to fight in this life,” he said. “I have to fight all the time.”

“Yep. So rather than deny it you may as well get good at it. Because it turns out the more effective fighter you are the less likely you are to be in a fight and hey. Who knew? Well, apparently I thought about it on some level because I have fought like crazy at times but to have it conscious and integrated can only be good. I mean we all have prowess and the ability to fight and you may as well know about it. So anyway, I am learning. You?”

Learned anything from your partner or close associate? What?