Saturn has been retrograde since the middle of April. He stations (a fancy astrology term for “goes”) direct on September 6. He’s currently transiting his home sign of Capricorn and will remain there until 2020. Saturn is an outer planet (like Uranus and Pluto) so his transits are longer and slower. Inner planets like Mars, Venus and Mercury move faster. Their direct affect on us may not be as serious or significant. For me, I pay attention to the outer planets more than the inner planets. Perhaps not as exciting (because they will stay in a place for years), the shift they can present can be life altering.
Saturn is all about growing up, restriction, responsibility, life lessons. Perhaps the two biggest areas of our lives (or of ourselves) that concern responsibility are our health and our job/money. So there may be a focus for all of us in some way on these two areas. But any plans that have felt stagnant will now get a cosmic push to go forward. Put another way, you can’t blame the universe for your plans not moving ahead. Mercury is direct and now so is Saturn.
The two most affected signs by Saturn’s transit through Capricorn are Capricorn and Cancer. It’s always important to note if your sign is the opposite of the sign directly affected, because you will feel the shift as well. While Capricorn is going to take the most direct hit of Saturn (their very core, their sense of self, their purpose or place in the world), Cancers will feel it when it comes to issues of job and service, daily routine, health/nutrition and responsibilities. It’s in the sixth house for Cancers.
Saturn transits a sign two to three times in a typical lifetime. Thankfully, only two or three times in a typical lifetime. The transits can present significant shifts in our lives and massive change. Which is necessary, but as with any kind of growth or evolution, some growing pains are involved.
And because nobody lives on an island, if we don’t experience these changes ourselves, it could be that we experience them through others. Our family, friends, co-workers, even our neighbors.
As with all transits, flow with it. Always remember that if one thing is constant and consistent, it’s change. What is good, won’t stay good forever. What is bad, won’t stay bad forever. And we need both – the good and the bad. The light and the dark. But use this forward movement of Saturn to propel your goals and plans. A universal push forward for all of us.
Be open to what calls you…
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