When Saturn leaves Virgo for Libra it crosses the horizon of a natural chart ending it’s transit of the 2nd quadrant and crossing the horizon which is significant. That Pluto has also just crossed an angle intensifies the effect as I’ve mentioned.

Pluto, now in the 4th quadrant is very slow moving and won’t wrap up there until 2065 so there is not much use thinking about it on a personal level but Saturn is a different story. The 28-29 year Saturn cycle can be viewed as a whole but also in 7 year chunks, where each quadrant represents a stage in the process as pictured.
Continue reading Saturn Leaving Virgo For Libra And Thinking In Terms Of 7 Years

Understanding the basis of the Saturn return can go a long way towards easing fear… the first Saturn square.

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Posting to thank everyone for their comments on Talking Into A Fan Redux. I am actually making some progress through the mental mud that is Saturn in Virgo and last night the astrology on this popped in.

If you are a Capricorn rising as I am (or Aquarius rising), you can set your clock via Saturn’s transit ’round your chart.  Having established my home base when Saturn transited my 4th house, I started writing when it hit my 5th.  In effect, I defined my creativity at that time and when Saturn hit my 6th, I had edit.

Continue reading How Saturn Transits Through The Houses Work… My Climb To The Top Of The Mountain (I am not embarrassed)

From June, 2008 - Introduction to my idea that parenting is in crisis. I expect this to be exposed by Pluto’s transit through Capricorn.

Anyone else willing to cop to struggling with this?

As a companion series to Astrology For Beginners, here comes Astrology For Smart People and you should know these two groups are not mutually exclusive. People are here to learn astrology because they are smart, see?

I wrote about the idea a person meets Saturn figures during Saturn transits (Guideposts) and claimed this was 100% fact and I stand on that. Standard interpretation is you pay them mind and while I feel this is absolutely correct, there is some nuance involved here. If you want to maximize what astrology can do you’ve got to get out of the book and use your head. You have to go beyond what someone has laid out for you and I will give you some examples.
Continue reading Astrology For Smart People: Regarding Those Saturn Figures You Meet During Saturn Transits… The Advanced Course

First thing to say is this is not my idea. I got it our of Caroline Casey’s book, Making the Gods Work for You: The Astrological Language of the Psyche which is an excellent book for inspired, ethereal or Jupiter types. While the title of the book implies “control”, her premise is not like this. She offers very good (and innovative) ideas around aligning with the various energies. It’s a book full of stuff you’ll not find anywhere else.

In the case of Saturn or Saturn transits, she suggests anyone feeling oppressed consider lifting weights. The idea is to push back against what is weighing you down. She points quite correctly the worst that can happen if you lift weights during a Saturn transit is you’ll wind up stronger but fact is if you actually do this you are apt to wind up with a variety of benefits… for example, your body looks and feels grand and exercise wards off depression that is characteristic of Saturn transits.
Continue reading Saturn Transits And Weightlifting

Busted (ya’ll know him, right?) wrote this in a comment, then opted to email it inviting me to make an open question out of it so I will. A few days ago I said I preferred conversation, yes? So here goes.

Busted writes on Composite Charts and Destiny in regards to my stating I regretted separating from the soldier when we were young…

“But I have lots of regrets and, tellingly, they’re mostly connected with Saturnian moments in my life, but at the time it was simply inconceivable to do anything other than what I did: all advice sounded hollow, no other realities seemed possible. The whole Saturnian objective of: “…clutched it up, dug deeper, listened to reason…” are easy to say in retrospect.”
Continue reading Busted And Elsa P Discuss Fear And Faith And Saturn In Transit

Saturn transits age and depress you one way or the other.  There is always a reality check involved not that this is a negative thing because everyone knows how ridiculous a woman in her 40’s looks when dressed like a teenager. A reality check when it comes to her is a gift from God. The soldier and I both have Saturn transits underway and I thought I ought to start chronicling this… for a myriad of reasons.

Last night he was standing in the bedroom and the wine he was sipping dribbled down his chin and stained his shirt. “What is the matter with you?” I asked. “That’s the second time you did that. I couldn’t get the dribbled ice cream out of your other shirt.”

Continue reading Astrology And Aging: Coping With A Saturn Transit - A Sense Of Humor Helps… Poll

spinner wrote on Judging A Person’s Saturn Return…

“Hi Elsa- The shoes that fate wore when he knocked me to the ground and ran over my back during my Saturn return were more like football shoes with spikes. It might have helped if I was not standing on the thirty yard line yelling threats at my opponent. Any way the scars healed in a few years and I learned a lot of things about myself and life.

More to your point… I think? I thought that I was a very mature young man, but it didn’t matter, I was blind sided by a steamroller. Is that what you are talking about?”
Continue reading Astrology And The Nature Of Saturn Transits In General

Dear Wife,

I feel very sorry for you and wish I had some magic remedy but I think you’ve got this situation figured correctly except for the idea this other woman is your husband’s true love. She may be, but it is more likely they are making you (and her husband) pay - and I mean pay in spades - for your affair.

In fact, the chances are if you were to pull out and walk away, their relationship would crumple as it would have outlived its usefulness, which is to punish you for as long as you allow.

Now this does not excuse you. You are absolutely culpable for the state of your marriage however I see no reason to berate you because you have already been and continue to be punished by the universe, the powers that be or whatever you want to call it, by this little thing called, “reality”.

Reality is a Saturn concept and with Saturn in Virgo set to transit your Venus in Gemini and Moon Jupiter in Pisces you can expect to become more and more aware of reality over the next year which will be a curse… and a gift.

A gift because you state you are falling apart. Well, you will not be allowed to fall apart during a Saturn transit. You will be pressured to act as an adult and take responsibility for your emotions, your beliefs and your actions in relationships which is exactly what you are doing. And that’s it. From here you just keep doing what you are doing - doing the right thing while letting your faith support you.

You have an innate knowing that things turn out for the best, so keep that in mind. Hold that perspective as you go through this process, which does look to be grueling and protracted - but hey. Is there any other way? There is not, and one more thing:

On your friends telling you to leave, never mind them. You will leave when and if you leave on your own terms, under your own conditions and on your own timetable. This is another Saturn lesson, see? Boundaries. I get so sick of people telling other people what to do. They don’t have to live with the result, you do. So make your own decision and take your time to do this because when Saturn is around, slow and careful beats impulsive action every time.

Good luck.

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