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SATURN
Rulership:Capricorn Detriment: Cancer
Exaltation :Libra Fall: Aries
Saturn is the sixth planet farthest from the Sun. It is also the second largest, and is noted for the beautiful rings that encircle it. It is the last of the so-called *Inner planets.*
In 1610 Galileo saw Saturn through a telescope. He could not discern the rings and mistook them for two moons. In fact Saturn has around 60 moons, Titan being one of the better known ones.
Saturn's axis is tilted, just like Earth. From our point of view, we see Saturn's changing position as it takes its 30 year journey around the sun. Sometimes, from our perspective, the rings appear to be fully open, and we see them. At other times we see the rings edge on - it looks like they've disappeared. This will happen in 2008-2009, and then again in 2024-2025.
Saturn appears as one of the 5 planets visible with the unaided eye,travelling slowly between Jupiter and Uranus.
In Traditional astrology, Saturn rules the signs Capricorn and Aquarius. (In Modern astrology, Uranus is said to rule Aquarius).Saturn has also been referred to as *Father Time*, *the Lord of Karma*, the *Great Teacher*,and is said to rule over structures, both our own and the outside world.
Traditional astrologers regarded Saturn as the *Great Malefic*-the bringer of pain and limitation. This can manifest in a physical way, on our skeletal structure, our bones, teeth, skin knees and hearing organs.
Also referred to as * Old Father Time* and the *Grim Reaper,* he represents the ageing process and finally death. So, as the Sun represents life, Saturn represents death.
Often depicted as the planet of loneliness and malevolence, it rules restriction, falls (whether physical or metaphorical), old men, hard work, austerity, delay, poverty, loss, heaviness. It is associated with construction and therefore, buildings and the land.
It rules the father in a night time chart.
In an emotional way, Saturn may limit our ability to give and receive love. It is tied to the concepts of laws, authorities, duty and reputation.
The position of Saturn in your natal chart, reflects the area of your life wherein you will be challenged, tested and where you have the greatest opportunity to grow, should you be able to *meet the challenge*.
It is said that *Saturn delays, but does not deny*.The house in which your Saturn is posited will show you where there is work to be done: the aspects will describe the nature of your struggle to learn these lessons. The sign in which your Saturn is located will give you a great deal of information about the way Saturn will behave in your life.
Saturn has rulership over Capricorn. When not afflicted, it is patient, hardworking and bestows great endurance. A well- placed, well-aspected Saturn in Capricorn produces a steady and often successful individual-one who has demonstrated the perseverance and self discipline to maintain effort toward the achievement of personal goals.
In the sign of Libra, Saturn receives its exaltation. When it comes to the *others* in our life, how we behave often greatly impacts on our own outcome. Saturn rules the *boundaries* we establish between ourselves and others. Partnership of any kind involves the challenges of *give and take*.
In cancer, Saturn is said to be in its detriment. Positive aspects and strong house placement can give Saturn a little more strength in a chart, when in Cancer, but generally it is said to deny nourishment both physical and emotional, to the native.
In Aries, Saturn is in its fall. Here it behaves in a more Martian way. While Aries wants to *move forward,* Saturn wants to restrain and withhold. These two energies are incompatible.
Modern astrologers, such as Liz Greene in her book *Saturn: a new look at an old Devil* have taken a more philosophical approach to the necessity of Saturn’s taskmaster role in our lives.
The Saturn Return.
In mythology, Saturn was regarded as *God of the Harvest*.Every 28-29 years Saturn returns to the place it was at your birth time. This is called the *Saturn Return*.Think of it this way- if you have not planted and tended your crops, there will be nothing to harvest. The first Saturn return often alerts us to our need to create firm structures in our life-to *build on solid foundations*.
The second one, occurring around 58-59 years of age, often manifests in our physical beings-although if we have not learned the lessons from the first Saturn return, we may well find our straw houses are blowing away. Usually, by our 80’s, issues of our mortality and the purpose of our life may be Saturn’s agenda when it comes around again. Hopefully by the third time, we have mastered the art of living..
Astrologers’ Quotes about Saturn.
The karmic influence attributed to Saturn is not his monopoly, as all planetary influences if abused bring their own karma. ... If Jupiter is not always benefic, neither is Saturn always malefic. Saturn brings the greatest rewards to those who have learnt how to wait for them. - C.G.M. Adam
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Saturn represents the legacy of the past. He is NOT, as some astrologers call him, "karma". Rather, he utilizes material drawn from former incarnations to construct the frame work of the individual personality. Saturn can represent characteristics which one is compelled to develop. - Mary Devlin
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In many instances Saturn seems to correspond with painful circumstances which appear not to be connected with any weakness or flaw on the part of the person himself but which merely "happen" thereby earning the planet the title, "Lord of Karma". - Liz Greene
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Saturn is the point of fear or suffering ... not as an immutably bad fortune, but rather the possibility of self-activated change. - Marc Edmund Jones
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Man's karma or fate is reflected first of all by Saturn, which, more than any other planet, is the planet of fate and the planet that transforms the personal into the individual. - Leo Krohn, Finnish theosophist and astrologer
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Rulership:Capricorn Detriment: Cancer
Exaltation :Libra Fall: Aries
Saturn is the sixth planet farthest from the Sun. It is also the second largest, and is noted for the beautiful rings that encircle it. It is the last of the so-called *Inner planets.*
In 1610 Galileo saw Saturn through a telescope. He could not discern the rings and mistook them for two moons. In fact Saturn has around 60 moons, Titan being one of the better known ones.
Saturn's axis is tilted, just like Earth. From our point of view, we see Saturn's changing position as it takes its 30 year journey around the sun. Sometimes, from our perspective, the rings appear to be fully open, and we see them. At other times we see the rings edge on - it looks like they've disappeared. This will happen in 2008-2009, and then again in 2024-2025.
Saturn appears as one of the 5 planets visible with the unaided eye,travelling slowly between Jupiter and Uranus.
In Traditional astrology, Saturn rules the signs Capricorn and Aquarius. (In Modern astrology, Uranus is said to rule Aquarius).Saturn has also been referred to as *Father Time*, *the Lord of Karma*, the *Great Teacher*,and is said to rule over structures, both our own and the outside world.
Traditional astrologers regarded Saturn as the *Great Malefic*-the bringer of pain and limitation. This can manifest in a physical way, on our skeletal structure, our bones, teeth, skin knees and hearing organs.
Also referred to as * Old Father Time* and the *Grim Reaper,* he represents the ageing process and finally death. So, as the Sun represents life, Saturn represents death.
Often depicted as the planet of loneliness and malevolence, it rules restriction, falls (whether physical or metaphorical), old men, hard work, austerity, delay, poverty, loss, heaviness. It is associated with construction and therefore, buildings and the land.
It rules the father in a night time chart.
In an emotional way, Saturn may limit our ability to give and receive love. It is tied to the concepts of laws, authorities, duty and reputation.
The position of Saturn in your natal chart, reflects the area of your life wherein you will be challenged, tested and where you have the greatest opportunity to grow, should you be able to *meet the challenge*.
It is said that *Saturn delays, but does not deny*.The house in which your Saturn is posited will show you where there is work to be done: the aspects will describe the nature of your struggle to learn these lessons. The sign in which your Saturn is located will give you a great deal of information about the way Saturn will behave in your life.
Saturn has rulership over Capricorn. When not afflicted, it is patient, hardworking and bestows great endurance. A well- placed, well-aspected Saturn in Capricorn produces a steady and often successful individual-one who has demonstrated the perseverance and self discipline to maintain effort toward the achievement of personal goals.
In the sign of Libra, Saturn receives its exaltation. When it comes to the *others* in our life, how we behave often greatly impacts on our own outcome. Saturn rules the *boundaries* we establish between ourselves and others. Partnership of any kind involves the challenges of *give and take*.
In cancer, Saturn is said to be in its detriment. Positive aspects and strong house placement can give Saturn a little more strength in a chart, when in Cancer, but generally it is said to deny nourishment both physical and emotional, to the native.
In Aries, Saturn is in its fall. Here it behaves in a more Martian way. While Aries wants to *move forward,* Saturn wants to restrain and withhold. These two energies are incompatible.
Modern astrologers, such as Liz Greene in her book *Saturn: a new look at an old Devil* have taken a more philosophical approach to the necessity of Saturn’s taskmaster role in our lives.
The Saturn Return.
In mythology, Saturn was regarded as *God of the Harvest*.Every 28-29 years Saturn returns to the place it was at your birth time. This is called the *Saturn Return*.Think of it this way- if you have not planted and tended your crops, there will be nothing to harvest. The first Saturn return often alerts us to our need to create firm structures in our life-to *build on solid foundations*.
The second one, occurring around 58-59 years of age, often manifests in our physical beings-although if we have not learned the lessons from the first Saturn return, we may well find our straw houses are blowing away. Usually, by our 80’s, issues of our mortality and the purpose of our life may be Saturn’s agenda when it comes around again. Hopefully by the third time, we have mastered the art of living..
Astrologers’ Quotes about Saturn.
The karmic influence attributed to Saturn is not his monopoly, as all planetary influences if abused bring their own karma. ... If Jupiter is not always benefic, neither is Saturn always malefic. Saturn brings the greatest rewards to those who have learnt how to wait for them. - C.G.M. Adam
***
Saturn represents the legacy of the past. He is NOT, as some astrologers call him, "karma". Rather, he utilizes material drawn from former incarnations to construct the frame work of the individual personality. Saturn can represent characteristics which one is compelled to develop. - Mary Devlin
***
In many instances Saturn seems to correspond with painful circumstances which appear not to be connected with any weakness or flaw on the part of the person himself but which merely "happen" thereby earning the planet the title, "Lord of Karma". - Liz Greene
***
Saturn is the point of fear or suffering ... not as an immutably bad fortune, but rather the possibility of self-activated change. - Marc Edmund Jones
***
Man's karma or fate is reflected first of all by Saturn, which, more than any other planet, is the planet of fate and the planet that transforms the personal into the individual. - Leo Krohn, Finnish theosophist and astrologer
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