So I'm in Jamaica for my tenth anniversary and the day I left, Saturn made an exact square to Mars in my chart. If you've been reading this blog for awhile you may remember that over the past couple of years Pluto has been transiting my Mars, and that's been quite an interesting ride.
Astrologers like to say that a challenging transit of Saturn (restriction, limitation, confinement) to Mars in the birthchart (drive, desires, action) is like driving with the brakes on. We want to go, we make plans to go, but we can't go. Those brakes are on, and the car won't budge.
For the past week or two it has been extremely difficult to move. There I was, just days from a bathing suit vacation, with no energy to go to the gym. Very challenging.
If Saturn has to square your Mars, it might as well be on vacation when you don't really have to do anything. If you can't drive with the brakes on, you might as well stop trying to go anywhere. Wash the car, detail it, maybe change the upholstery. But give up the idea of going anywhere until the brakes start working again and can be released.
We are spending the week at a resort with a great gym, so Rich and I have been working out every day. My goal, with my Capricorn Mars, is to go home in better shape than the one I came with. Rich's goal, with his double Pisces, is to be able to eat more. :)
Working out has been difficult - it's hot and humid, and yesterday I developed heat exhaustion (Saturn's putting the brakes on). So today, I decided it would be better to be the tortoise than my usual hare. I took my time and didn't push myself, and ended up doing 45 minutes on the cardio eqiupment rather than my usual 30, with the added bonus of noticing that the usual pain in my foot was missing. I felt GREAT, and exhilarated. Finally I listened to Saturn and slowed down.
Under Saturn's pressure we often find it tempting to just give up. It can be just too hard. But if we persist and keep pressing through, we are rewarded with progress and wisdom.
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Hi Lynn,
Saturn/Mars -- well deserved vacation as you mix Heat & Physcial Activity - good girl. And Good Husband to join you, oh yea! now you're a Lucky Girl!
I am wondering. When listening to you on BlogTalkRadio, what audio equipment (mic) do you use?
Thanks for always showing up (:
Beaverlodge has the right of it. I have been told over and over that I need to stretch, do yoga, and keep limber or risk joint stiffness and related problems. Then I learned I have Saturn in the 1st house. Well, at least he's conferred strong teeth and bones, because I haven't had a cavity in my entire life.
Under Saturn's pressure we often find it tempting to just give up. It can be just too hard. But if we persist and keep pressing through, we are rewarded with progress and wisdom.
I hope so. Saturn has been grinding me down to a nub lately.
First of all, let me tell you that I love your blog....and astrology....and the knowledge that you share with all of us. Thanks.
I am not sure of my Saturn/Mars connection but I "think" Saturn is in my 2nd (?) house in Virgo and I also "think" that Saturn opposes my Jupiter in Pisces....so in my life I have had money issues but also had everything I've needed. It's probably Saturn that has made me very frugal and has taught me to "squirrel away" for the proverbial rainy days. DOB: 03/28/51 Doylestown, PA, Bucks County @ 12:32 PM
Again....thanks for sharing your knowledge and enjoy your wonderful vacation...sounds so refreshing! ;-)
Barb in SC
Karen, that Saturn/Mars conjunction is very useful in your chart because it helps to ground your trines. Trines are indeed very "nice," but because they tend to make life easier it can be more difficult to develop the inner strength we need to navigate difficult times. Saturn has already been making squares to your "nice trines" over the past few years, and you are mostly now in a breathing period, so just enjoy it. Saturn and Pluto will both square Jupiter in your chart in early 2010 and that is likely to foster change and that growth and stamina you are looking for.
Thanks all for your comments, and Barb - Saturn is actually in your third house, opposite Jupiter in the 9th. The Sun rules your second house, and your Sun is in Aries in the 9th house of adventure and optimism so I suspect that you do have a tendency to want to spend money but that retrograde Saturn is always working against Jupiter's optimism and keeping the lid on which is what gives you issues instead of just a frugal nature. Still, with Venus in Taurus you do love the security of having that money squirreled away so it sounds like you've balanced your chart nicely.
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