Getting Real with My Saturn Return
Notes from the Transit Authority
I have observed something recently (and by recently I mean over the past few months.)
I’ve been writing about my Saturn Return. Not just in my last piece here but I’ve mentioned it off and on for a while now. I have used the phrase “things are getting real.”
And each time it elicits what I consider an odd response.
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Saturn Retrograde and My “Against the Grain” Revelation
Notes from the Transit Authority
I had a revelation earlier today sitting in the car with my head in my purse… If I want to get anything done right now, I’m going to have to go against the grain.
WTF!?
This was a new idea to me. I’m not kidding, I’m almost 30. My life up to this point has been a epic Neptunian float along. I have gone with the flow down more dubious eddies than I can count, and conveniently forgotten a lot of them, and magically woken back up on a calm sea. All with the mantra “This is what the universe wants me to see.”
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This was post the House on Fry St. Era. Chris and I had moved into a small brick apartment building one street over.
I befriended one of our Indian neighbors. His name was Harsh which he said meant happiness. “I know, I know, that is like the opposite of happiness, Whoa, Harsh! But I assure you, it means happiness.”
Harsh had a 10th house Leo Sun/Cancer Moon combo and was into rock climbing. He frequently tried to coerce me into joining him at the rock climbing gym
One afternoon Harsh came knocking at the door, not an unusual occurrence. But this time, instead of wanting to hang out and practice guitar, he had a question. “What do you know about poetry?”
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Getting Beyond Blocks To Solve Difficult Problems
Astrology in real life
Continuing to carry on about helping people with difficult problems, I have been treated with concise instructions like this, many times in my life and nothing is more valuable. In fact, I’ll give you a quirky example.
When I was a teenager, I wanted a credit card. Credit was hard to get back then but I’d heard it was something you should establish in your life, a so-called “line of credit”.
I had no co-signer. I’d been recently homeless, I had very little savings that I had scraped together by literally depositing one or two dollars at a time. I have my original passbook, I can prove this but besides that, you see the situation here. I was a smart kid but how is that going to solve a problem like this? I wound up asking an old man for advice.
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In regards to this book: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
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“The guy is pontificating on time,” I said, chuckling. “It’s 1910 and this is what he’s got to say. He pontificates but his writing is wonderful, it’s enjoyable.”
“Oh yeah. What does he say?” my husband asked.
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Saturn Conjunct Mars, Jupiter in Capricorn, The French Horn and Self Flagellation by Nota
Real Conversation
I started talking about this conversation I had with my Yoga teacher and someone else over noodles the other day. You can catch up here.
So, anyway… The other girl starts telling us about her therapy session.
“I’m going to see a counselor about my issues with my horn.”
Saturn In Synastry: Relationship Glue by Satori
“I’ve always kept clear of my father’s stuff ever since I got out on my own. And now he’s pulling me back in. He knew I wanted this boat and he used it and he got me working for him, which I swore I would never do. I feel ashamed because I had a price. He named it and now I know that about myself.”
–Patricia, Joe vs. the Volcano
Over the last few weeks I’ve noted people on the boards talking about Saturn aspects in relationship, the good, the bad. I’ve brought up that I think Saturn contacts in synastry are essential for longevity. I couldn’t come up with a concise explanation, though, which always irks me. I just found one in a song, Sixteen Tons, made famous by Tennessee Ernie Ford. I pulled one Pluto line out for my last blog, and in doing so I realized that while it has a Plutonian flavor, it’s a totally Saturnian song.
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Wisdom And Truth: Saturn And Jupiter by Satori
“Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.”
–Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Saturn is associated with wisdom and maturity, while Jupiter resonates with truth, learning and youthfulness. Each could be the poster child for “Just Do It,” and learning from experience but a different emphasis and a different flavor. Jupiter is, “Woohoo, I’m going to DO THIS!” whereas, Saturn is, “OKAY, I’m going to DO this.” Jupiter is enthusiastic and upbeat, youthful, while Saturn is slow, mindful and mature. Truth can come from many sources, but wisdom emerges from the mundane, from experience over time.
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Name That Transit by Satori
“How am I supposed to tell you something when you faint like that?”
–Linus Van Pelt
Several years ago I was yapping at Elsa about some problem or other I was having (I have long since forgotten what it was) and she said to me, “uh, I don’t think that’s Pluto. That sounds like a Saturn problem to me.” Saturn was transiting my 12th, so maybe that’s why I was refusing to look at the problem. Neptune was also transiting the midpoint of my Neptune Sun and Saturn Moon. I was pretty much confused about the nature of my self-indulgent asshattery. Elsa’s cool like that. She tells you the truth but it’s up to you to hear and apply it.
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Dixie’s Daily Tarot, December 1, 2010: Baggage Claim
Astrology Meets Tarot
Elsa asked how long it takes you to learn something important. A very interesting question. Some life lessons I’d consider pivotal points, I realized it takes me about seven years to process. A Saturn cycle! Geez Louise. Up to the tipping point, each time I’d make a little progress, feel like I had finally gotten it. That was it…right? That was what I’d been missing!
Until the next time I’d get a setback or trigger that would poke me again. Then I do it all over again.
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