by Robert Wilkinson
Saturn will go stationary direct on August 13 at 2:51 am PDT, 5:51 am EDT, 10:51 am BST. What does this mean?
Saturn is about to resume its forward motion, and will move a third time over degrees it’s transited since December 2015. This is our third Saturn experience of the span from 10 to 17 Sagittarius, which includes the individual, mental, and spiritual span of the first half of Sagittarius, and the actional span of the second half of that sign.
What Have We Learned from Saturn in Sagittarius in 2016?
We took our first look at the span between December 2015 and March 2016, when it went stationary retrograde at 17 Sagittarius. Then we got our retrograde look of Saturn in this part of Sagittarius through now, and are on the threshold of our third experience of this span which will last until the third week of November, when it passes out of its shadow zone and resumes its progress into the second half of Sagittarius.
Since March, we’ve been challenged to allow new truths to lead us to forms of rebirth wherever we have 17 Sagittarius in our chart, and learned how to prepare for action without getting stressed at not knowing what’s ahead. We have been shown how to anticipate what’s coming in the future, tapped a form of spiritual wisdom, saw a new identity being stirred, launched a new law of life, and learned how to trust our body wisdom.
At this station, we are on the threshold of a new two year Mars-Saturn cycle with the theme “if you’re ambitious, you win the prize.” Mars will conjunct Saturn on August 24 at this stationary direct degree at 10 Sagittarius. This will activate a long wave focus of the affairs of the house where 10 Sagittarius falls in our charts. So “be ambitious” (whatever that means to you), and then for most of September revisit what you learned about “the wisdom of the body,” where you awakened to your instinctive wisdom in a new way.
Beginning with the September Equinox, revisit the new law you’ve launched this year, and in October remember a new identity that’s been brought forth, as well as a technique for tapping into your spiritual ancestry. Early November take a new look at whatever you’ve been anticipating since the Spring, be alertly ready to act and don’t fall into distress at “not knowing,” and by late November you’re rebirth should be crystallized into a form allowing rapid expansion into the future.
The Many Faces of Saturn in Sagittarius
Saturn now resumes its journey at the culminating degree of the emotional, social, and cultural level of the Scene of “Abstraction” half of Sagittarius, which is still the first decan, which is ruled by Sagittarius, making Jupiter the reigning dispositor of Saturn. When it moves into 11 Sagittarius at the end of August, it will enter the Aries decan, making Mars and Pluto more powerful backdrop energies conditioning how Saturn is expressing itself. 11-15 Sagittarius is said to be the individual, mental, and spiritual level of “Abstraction,” so make the most of the spiritual possibilities of that sector.
In early November, Saturn will enter second half of Sagittarius, said to be the Scene of “Transferrence.” As it traverses 16-20 Sagittarius it will be in the actional, physical, and material level of that scene, still in the Aries decan. That will be where the shift out of its “shadow zone” happens at 17 Sagittarius the third week of November.
It begins its movement into the Leo decan of Sagittarius at the coming December 2016 Solstice, which is said to be the emotional, social, and cultural level of “Transferrence.,” and will stay in that span until early February 2017 when it moves into the individual, mental, and spiritual part of that Scene. After that it goes stationary retrograde in early April at 28 Sagittarius, will retrograde back to 22 Sagittarius, and then will move forward, staying in Sagittarius until the December 2017 Solstice when it moves into Capricorn. The conjunction of the Sun and Saturn at the critical degree of 1 Capricorn marks a major beginning of an energy that will dominate 2018.
So take a deep breath, and take another look at the themes introduced at the beginning of 2016. We’ve now all gotten a different look at those themes, and stand ready to move forward with expertise, discipline, and a sense of having grown wherever we have 10-17 Sagittarius in our charts. And while the agitation from the sesquisquare between Saturn and Uranus is very high right now, by late September they will move into a quadraelftile, an 11th harmonic aspect involving using forms of faith to master a form of duality. This aspect specifically focuses on doing that to release future energies within stable conditions.
By late October they’ll enter their long term trine that will be in play through late December 2017, promising a long wave harmony between the forces of Structure and the forces of Revolution. For now, though, the sesquisquare dominates our landscape.
I wrote a bit about this recently, so if you haven’t seen them already, here are the links to the three part series on Uranus going retrograde, Saturn going direct, and the two of them in a tight frictional sesquisquare. I also have a surprise announcement concerning my upcoming Saturn book that I’ll give you soon.
© Copyright 2016 Robert Wilkinson
Ok Your Highness.....can u help me with the following...
1)Do I go by my birth chart Aries rising Sag in 8th and 9th house
2)Progressed Cancer rising puts Sag in 6th house
3)Or can I/should Iused 0 Leo Sun rising and Sag in 5th house??
Never know which to use???
Posted by: Chickie | August 12, 2016 at 10:15 AM