Ever felt like Sisyphus?
Your Guide to Spiritual Mastery
Saturn represents authority, discipline, hard work, labour and commitment. It’s also about guilt, resistance and delay.
Saturn in our birth chart is where we feel most inadequate – our Achilles heel. Its the voice that says “You’ll never be good at that!” It is our inner critic and cynic.
Usually someone in our childhood- a parent or teacher – took on Saturn’s role as the authority figure that we fought against.
However if we recognise and become aware of where Saturn is in our birth chart, we can work with it, rather than against it- and in return we can become a master and possibly a professional in that area.
The key is understanding and recognising the various elements that Saturn represents.
Discipline
Saturn tests us and will push us to our limits. If we survive the pressure we become like a diamond, rather than get smashed into dust.
Saturn loves discipline, practise and commitment. It has the power to reward like no other planet. Because we earn through our work and our effort, so there is a sense of real satisfaction.
It is a spiritual energy that requires us to go within, to meditate, to slow down and listen and witness. Its here to help us understand that life’s lessons are not meant as punishment, but as learning.
When we connect with our inner teacher and guide, we can become strong and at peace.
However it isn’t that easy for most of us! The ego -that part of us that wants separation and believes that change is unknown and therefore dangerous- keeps us stuck. We keep repeating the same daily lessons-just like Sisyphus- until one day we learn a different way, and are released.
Setting off alone- Independence from Chuck Spezzano's Enlightenment Pack
Independence
When Saturn aspects the Moon it can create conditions where we feel unloved and neglected, and set off on a path of independence. Self sufficiency is no bad thing in itself, except when we believe that we need to do everything on our own and refuse to ask for help.
The movie 127 Hours is a brilliant example of this. A true story of mountaineer Aron Ralston who goes off on his own into the wilderness of Utah and doesn’t tell anyone where he’s going.
He gets into deep trouble. He slips down a crevice and a 800lb rock falls on him and traps his right arm. Unable to free himself and with very little water, he goes through a huge process over the next 127 hours. Finally as his body is weakening through dehydration he has an epiphany and discovers how he can amputate his arm and free himself.
So he survives – but at great cost. Its a story of a man who has the Moon and Saturn together in his chart in the sign of Leo- a brave and courageous heart- but also a wounded one. Before that fateful expedition his girlfriend had dumped him. No wonder- he was emotionally unavailable.
Aron is very independent- however its good to know that this event really did change his life and he has found true love. He now has a wife and a child.
Watch it, as its a powerful story that illustrates the Saturn principle. (Its easy to cover your eyes at the gory moment near the end).
Karma and Saturn in Libra
Its important to look at Saturn in our charts as it holds the karmic key. On October 29th 2009 it moved into the relationship sign of Libra where it stays until October 5th 2012. During these years all our relationships will go through the Saturn test.
There is a stage in all relationships called the Dead Zone. This is when one partner may look outside the relationship for a new partner.
Instead we are being asked to move into a whole new level of intimacy and co-creativity. However hidden unresolved family patterns and competition come up at this stage.
To move forward in our relationship commitment is essential. That means committing to the truth. Each partner needs to be willing to communicate and both partners need to be heading in the same direction for a relationship to work.
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.
As Goethe wrote:
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!’
Completion and the Tarot
Saturn is connected with the tarot archetypes of The Hermit (The Guide), The Devil (Capricorn) and The World (Completion).
In our birth chart it’s our ego which aim is to delay us and keep us in fear. It creates blocks and chronic problems. It can show us how we compensate to cover up our fear of moving forward.
Saturn has an approx. 28 year orbit which divides roughly into four 7 year cycles. This is important as 7 is the number connected to spiritual truth and wisdom. The first Saturn return happens when we are 28-31 years old and is a crucial time in our lives.
Saturn governs the backbone, so this is a time when we are meant to take on responsibilities and to stand on our own two feet. This happens through making major decisons such as getting married, buying a house, having a child, starting a business or taking on a leadership position and promotion in our career.
The next Saturn return is age 55-58 years old when we move into the spiritual time of our lives. Being of service and working for charity is a way of strengthening Saturn’s energy.
Saturn in your birth chart
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