SATURN IN SCORPIO
Saturn enters Scorpio tomorrow Friday 5th October
where he will remain for just over 2 years, until December 2014.
Saturn is the wise old man - the planet who challenges us
and presents us with major life lessons in order to help us evolve and grow.
Wherever he is found in our charts represents the area of life we initially
feel most lacking and inadequate and also where we have chosen the biggest
lessons in order to grow. He doesn’t make it easy for us but, as we all know,
the greatest growth comes from the lessons we have had to learn the hard way!
Saturn is the planet of responsibility, commitment, structure, limitation,
perseverance, restriction and discipline and is otherwise known as Cronos –
Father Time. Thus, over time he creates the challenges and teaches us the
lessons which ultimately help us grow wiser and more accomplished. Only that
which truly serves our highest good will stand the test of time, as Saturn
genuinely wants us to be the best that we can possibly be. We just have to be
patient and work for our rewards, and might have things taken away from us from
time to time in order to fully learn and evolve into our full potential. I
can’t help but think of Yoda, and Mr Miyagi from Karate Kid , who are
great examples of Saturn it his best.
For the past three years Saturn has been travelling through
the sign of Libra, teaching us the lessons of truth, justice, integrity,
diplomacy and compromise while testing the validity of our relationships and
making sure that they are a true reflection of who we are. Strong relationships
which give us the freedom to be exactly who we are have become more committed, while
those which are restricting or limiting our souls’ growth have buckled under
the weight of Saturn’s serious and heavy influence. Now he is moving into
soulful Scorpio, the sign of transformation, regeneration, intimacy, purging,
sharing and healing who likes to delve below the surface of things in order to
find out what is hidden there. Saturn in Scorpio will be asking us to dig deep
and face our fears, letting go of any attachments which may be holding us back
from achieving our true potential. The test of Saturn in this deep, emotional
sign is for us to plunge into the depth of our psyches and face up to what we
fear most, for fear is the opposite to love and holds us back from being the
best that we can be. Saturn will create the lessons which will help us let go
of attachment to security and the status quo and take the plunge, going after
our true desires. Any attachments to money, resources, control, power or sex
are going to be challenged over the next couple of years and we will be forced
to let go of the old way of thinking and make way for something new to take its
place.
The Pluto / Uranus square has already been shaking things up
both globally and personally, breaking down power structures and forcing us to
live our truth and realise our full potential, and now Saturn is adding himself
to the transformational stew! Pluto is in Saturn’s sign of Capricorn, while Saturn
is in Pluto’s sign of Scorpio, which means that they are in mutual reception. When
planets are in mutual reception it dramatically increases the power of the
shared energy. In this case the shared energy is transformation and the
breakdown of power structures. Saturn asks us to confront the Scorpio issues of
power and powerlessness, while Pluto is digging deep and exposing the rot in
our power structures. The overriding theme is definitely transformation, and it is certain
that we are being asked to shed anything which is stopping us from moving
forward and realising our full potential. This process may not be very
comfortable as letting go of familiar patterns and behaviour is often quite
scary, and it takes a while to settle into the new way of being, but ultimately
we will be so much happier and more fulfilled.
The energy of Scorpio represents shared resources and
merging, whether that be physically, materially, spiritually or emotionally, so
on a global level we may have to take a long hard look at how we share
resources, and on a personal level, how we share our bodies, money, talents and
intimacy. Saturn in Scorpio wants us to let go of the so called security of
self-sufficiency and commit on a very deep level. Merging with another is
Scorpio’s goal, whether that be through sex, healing, marriage or business
partnership. As such, it is quite likely that Saturn will be challenging us in
these areas over the next few years, as well as forcing us to dig deep and face
up to any fears, attachments and behaviour that may be holding us back from true
happiness and fulfilment. It is likely that we will have to confront that which
we are most afraid of, and Saturn will provide the necessary lessons to allow
us to do just that. It is important however we must confront the darker aspects
of ourselves in order to allow the light in!
Pluto and Saturn are going to be working in tandem in the
next couple of years, asking us to confront our shadows and exposing the flaws
in our power structures, forcing us to consider a new way of existing that is
an expression of our true desires, not simply safe and secure in its
familiarity. The two planets will add some fuel to the fire on the Winter
Solstice this year when they form an actual aspect to each other as part of a
formation known as the Finger of God. This Winter Solstice is definitely going
to be a powerful one, that’s for sure, and will turn up the transformational dial
an extra notch in case it wasn’t up enough already! I will be very
interested to see what the next couple of years bring, for it certainly feels
like the end of an old order and the beginning of a new one, and this applies
to us on a personal level as well as collectively. We won’t be the same at the
end of all of this, but I am sure we will be more fulfilled and empowered than
we have ever been before, and only that which has withstood the test of Saturn
will remain.
Much love
Amy
xoxo
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