Saturn square Pluto: Reshaping the world we live in
Categories: Pluto,
Saturn
by Lynn Hayes
As we begin
the final square of the current cycle in the dance between Saturn and Pluto,
what can we expect? The opening salvo in
this square occurs on November 15, and Saturn and Pluto will be in a tight
aspect through the second phase of the cycle in January of 2010. The Saturn/Pluto cycle operates on a global
level, but also on a personal level.
What will we need to let go of personally (Pluto) in order to achieve a
firmer footing (Saturn) in our lives? Where do we need to face the hard truth
(Saturn) and break through barriers for change (Pluto)?
The fact that
Pluto is traveling through Saturn's sign of Capricorn is significant, as it
provides a double emphasis on the need to build a strong foundation
(Saturn/Capricorn) from which we can derive real power and transformation
(Pluto). Anywhere we have been deluded
or swayed by mass hypnosis into unconsciousness, we will have an awakening that
can be exhilarating or rude in accordance with our ability to understand the
process.
The impact of
this Saturn/Pluto square will be particularly powerful in the United States because it is affecting the
Midheaven of the US
chart, the point of the government and its standing in the world. Events that were set in place during the
opening square and the opposition will come to fruition now, for better or for
worse.
The conflict
between Saturn and Pluto often generates a great deal of fear, particularly in
the face of intense events that occur around us. Any time we encounter Pluto in its guise as
the Lord of Death we can become fearful in the face of the certainty of endings
and change. But Saturn requires that we
face our obligations and work diligently to overcome them, regardless of the
obstacles that are placed in our path.
In doing so we become stronger and more powerful; better able to
navigate any rough waters that we encounter.
If this
planetary combination affects your own chart, you are being called to find the
delicate edge between control (Saturn) and surrender (Pluto). This is a creative balancing act that is
taught in many yoga classes, where we become aware of the edge of our ability
to control our lives and our experience, and then we surrender as we release
that control to go beyond those limits.
In the square aspect, such as we
see here with Saturn and Pluto, there is the potential to integrate the power
of the two planets in an experience of powerful transformation. But first we must embrace the darkness and
dive into the unknown with perfect love and trust.
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Feb 17, 1951 0315 Houston Tx, Harris county
am a sag - 11/23/47 A 4:42 am eastern standard time
is the problem over my animals going to resolve itself? when? am I going to get any money out of it?
& them returned
Tom, it's not surprising that you're feeling a bit stressed. Your Saturn is squared by both Chiron and Uranus and this can be a challenging dynamic. Saturn square to Chiron typically requires us to constantly be experiencing our pain so that we can move through it, and your Moon in Cancer, very sensitive, is involved there too. Pluto started working on this trio back in 2008 and now Saturn is engaged, all around your second Saturn return. YES! You will survive. If you hang in there, and work on the details of your life which is what Saturn requires, you will come through this time period stronger than you were before. Saturn will be finished by the summer. But this is a transformative period for you - you have the opportunity now to shed old habits and patterns (with Chiron coming up to conjunct your Sun) so try to make the best of what's happening and HAVE FAITH in the process!
lots of required transformation in area of relationships - ugh! A break any time soon?
dob 5/5/49, 6:51 a.m. Bangor, Maine
Sally, your chart shows some challenges in the areas of relationships that were intensified in 2007-2008, but there isn't really anything working on relationships specifically right now. Still, perhaps something was activated during that period a few years ago that is still at work.
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