by Robert Wilkinson
Saturn will go stationary direct on September 6 at 4:10 am PDT, 7:10 am EDT, 12:10 pm BST. What does this mean?
Saturn is about to resume its forward motion, and will re-trace ground it covered since it went stationary retrograde in mid-April 2018 at 10 Capricorn. We now commence our third experience of the Saturn lessons associated with the span from 3 to 10 Capricorn, which includes the actional-physical “face” and the social, emotional, and cultural face of the first half of Capricorn
What Have We Learned from Saturn in Capricorn in 2018?
We took our first look at the span between January and mid-April 2018, when it went stationary retrograde at 10 Capricorn. Then we got our retrograde look of Saturn in that span of Capricorn through now, and are on the threshold of our third experience of this span which will last until the December Solstice, when it passes out of its shadow zone and moves into its occupancy of the second and third decans of Capricorn through March 2020.
In April we were introduced to Saturn’s main lessons for 2018. We have been challenged to crystallize the Plutonian seeds of harmlessness, kindness, and overcoming fear that began to manifest between February 2012 and November 2013. We also have learned to “tune in” to our invisible helpers, find an essential harmony in the fulfillment we ARE, and be at ease cultivating mental happiness while playing a role we were born to play, and/or living in a way that our integrated personality can express our Soul.
We’ve also been instructed in hearing a new “law of our life,” looking at our responsibilities, and focusing our spiritual will so we could finish what we needed to of the past while simultaneously seeing the limitless possibilities in a productive, grounded future. We’ve sharpened our knowing, we’re more thorough in some ways than we used to be, and we’ve practiced mobilizing our energies to get things done that we wanted to get done, or needed to get done. And we’ve learned adaptability as we’ve moved into somewhat unfamiliar territory in an “improvised vehicle” requiring we give up some things in order to learn techniques of claiming power in grounded action.
Having been exposed to the themes of 3 through 10 Capricorn twice since last December, we now revisit them a third time, and get to show our skill as a result of our practice these past 7+ months. We now are comfortable with claiming our power to experience new things and to claim authorship when we need to, can function in “unfamiliar realms,” and have already seen other possibilities which creating the re-evaluations, revisions, and re-directions we experienced since mid-June. We have seen how to relax into certain roles, listen to our invisible helpers or the Natural world to learn a technique of emotional or social functioning, and have had to confront ours or another’s fears while generating gentle, harmless responses.
September will give us opportunities to become skilled in not responding to that which would throw us off track, and responding to that which will help us anchor our Soul in a grounded way. October helps us understand the power of pleasure to quicken relationships, and “gather our medicine” to move forward in November, where we see how we are living a new “law of life,” or have become a mouthpiece for a transcendent wisdom pointing the way.
November also gives us confirmation about the role(s) we can enjoy playing because they are natural to us, and December give us the chance to work actively with our invisible helpers and become the source of calm, harmless, gentle, kind energy wherever we are. By the Solstice, Saturn will be out of its shadow zone, and moving into Saturn zones unknown to us since 1989.
So see what you’ve been learning since January cultivating and using patience, discipline, organization, maturity and all the other good Saturn keywords. Be skillful in utilizing those energies between now and December. Our “final exam” on our skills in this area of life will come when Jupiter expands opportunities related to those early Cap skills when it crosses this span in December 2019 and January 2020, followed by Mars transiting this span of degrees in February-March 2020.
Of some note is that at this point, all the inner planets except Mars are closing their cycles with Saturn from 2017. So as Saturn moves forward, all the others are closing in on their next conjunction. However, given the timing on things, they will set a lot of the current themes into motion as they cross 3 Capricorn. Then soon after, as they cross 9 Capricorn, they each set the April Mars conjunct Saturn energies into motion, quickening those energies in life areas where we have 9 Capricorn. Then they conjunct the Saturn stationary point at 10 Cap before joining transiting Saturn at 12 Cap (the next Solar conjunction), 13 Cap (Mercury conjunction) and 17 Cap (Venus conjunction), setting a new sequence of cycles into motion.
Saturn’s Stationary Direct Sabian Symbol
When a planet goes stationary direct, that degree becomes a platform for what happens next, as well as a “hot spot” that gets triggered with each subsequent conjunction to that point. Saturn’s Sabian symbol will therefore dominate the rest of this year as a primary influence in cultivating our authorship of our life and control over circumstances. It will also be a platform that will ground our efforts in 2019, so learn all you can from this energy that has dominated the landscape since mid-August, and will persist in direct occupancy through the end of September.
The Sabian Symbol for the 3rd degree of Capricorn is “the human soul receptive to growth and understanding.” In the original Jones class notes, Rudhyar says this is a degree of “inner and pure motivation,” “the power to remain superior to physical limitations; to demonstrate free will,” and “detachment.”
In the Astrological Mandala, he goes on to say that this degree is about “a powerful yearning for whatever will increase the scope and depth of one’s contacts with other living beings.” He goes on to state this is about “the strong drive in every human consciousness or will toward new experiences, whether they are constructive or destructive,” and that we “may grow and gain understanding and wisdom through both types.”
He says this symbol is about us evaluating the end results of the experiences we may crave, and that behind all uses of power is “a strong desire to prove oneself.” He says this degree falls in the Span of Illusiveness, Act of Capitalization, and Scene of Crystallization on the Actional level.
So this third degree synthesizing the previous two shows Saturn’s platform involves some type of yearning for experience that we may act on, where we can crystallize a form of personal power. Here we take the disciplines, rolls, vision, and harmlessness we’ve crystallized up to now and move it forward in forms of mature personal, social, and emotional power.
Dr. Jones says this is a degree of our “fundamentally naïve capacity for experience,” and of our “equally fundamental dependence on the understanding and support of fellow participants in each moment of self-discovery.” He goes on to say “Here is a delight in normal living, not through its limitation but rather through a reiterated release of selfhood.”
He offers that this degree is about finding life rewarding through “infinite ramifications of itself,” and gives us the keyword AVIDITY. He states that when operating in a positive manner, this degree “is a gift for entering into the kaleidoscopic patterns of personal relationship with an unbounded enthusiasm.”
From Here We Move Forward
Saturn now resumes its journey at the synthesizing degree of the actional-physical level of the Scene of “Crystallization,” or first half of Capricorn. That makes Saturn the ruler of itself, solidly in its own sign for many months to come. It is comfortable in the first decan, since that is solidly its own home. When it moves into the second decan of Capricorn, which it also rules, it will take on a sub-influence of Taurus, stabilizing and simplifying the inherent Capricorn energy.
So take a deep breath, and take another look at the themes introduced at the beginning of 2018. 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 3-10 Capricorn in our charts. At least we’ve had the harmonious trine to Uranus as a stabilizing influence since October 2016, with that continuing through early November, which sets up another serendipitious tredecile in December.
This offers a long wave harmony and stabilized relationship between the forces of Structure and the forces of Revolution. And last year’s Fire trines providing inspiration and illumination are the spiritual force we’re grounding during this time of grounded stability of the Earth signs of Taurus and Capricorn.
These trines have helped us learn how to blend past and future together to craft our future destiny in conscious ways. Their 2017 Fire trines stabilized Electric Fire and distributive “Fire by Friction,” which led naturally to the Earth trine helping us ground our efforts in practical ways. Saturn helps us give form and structure to our quest for Self-realization, and in Capricorn, teaches us how to construct an “organized personal structure” to the Uranian energies making our spiritual life come alive.
If you want to learn more about Saturn, Uranus, and how these planets impact your ability to move forward as a conscious Soul-Spirit in the material world, please consider getting a copy of Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend. In that work, you’ll understand the inner Saturn virtues to be mastered, and its extraordinarily important part in helping us know exactly what we can and cannot do to take command of our lives and fulfill our purpose for being alive on Earth.
It was written for both astrologers and non-astrologers, and gives the reader the power to understand why some things happened when they did. Throughout the book, it offers ways for us to “make friends” with this part of our existence and take command of our destiny. As you read each chapter, you’ll become more aware of all the factors assisting Soul growth through understanding how our Saturn lessons relate to Dharma (our Highest Spiritual Function) and various types of karma, both those we cause and those which are "Sacred Wounds" leading us to a greater compassion and understanding.
The second part of the book examines how Saturn cycles mark major points of choice and change throughout life, and what we can expect when Saturn makes conjunctions, squares, and oppositions to our planets and Ascendant. There are tables assisting the reader to know when Saturn was in each sign, so even those with little or no understanding of astrology can track the timing on their major life changes. There is an entire chapter dedicated to the Saturn Return, perhaps the most important times in life when our decisions profoundly shape our future.
Part two closes with a chapter on one of the most crucial factors in our personal unfoldment: how the progressed Moon and transiting Saturn cycles track each other throughout life and relate to our emotional growth, and a chapter on a global phenomenon happening since 2003 impacting everyone on Earth. The Epilogue offers a few insights about living “the spiritual life,” and opens dimensions of higher and broader possibilities of personal evolution, regardless of which path to Truth we may be on.
This is a book you will reference many times for many reasons, and each time you pick it up you’re sure to find undiscovered gems of insight on each page. This book can help you throw off all the attitudes and memories which have held you back from finding and living the life and purpose you’ve been searching for since you were young. Welcome to the journey of self-discovery, and finding your power to live your life on your own terms, fulfilling your reason for being alive as an Eternal having human experiences!
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© Copyright 2018 Robert Wilkinson
The times of great grounding are upon us...your words ring cosmically true dear Robert...My heart now always heavy at this time of the year...
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