by Robert Wilkinson
Today, February 13, 2024, Saturn leaves its “Shadow Zone” and moves into the future. What does this mean?
First, for those who don’t know the term, a planet’s “Shadow Zone” is the span of degrees between the point it goes stationary retrograde back to where it goes stationary direct. When a planet which was retrograde goes direct, it moves across the same span of degrees it did when retrograde, and then a third time when direct again. That is the Shadow Zone.
Saturn went SRX at 8 Pisces in mid-June 2023, and retrograded back to 1 Pisces, where it went direct in early November 2023. It’s now in forward motion and is leaving the boundary of its shadow zone at 8 Pisces. As Saturn, our "Spiritual Master and Spiritual Friend” who teaches us the virtues of Self-mastery is now speeding up, we can expect all things related to Saturn to speed up as well for the next few months.
As Saturn moves through its “unknown zone” between 9 Pisces and its SRX degree at 20 Pisces in late June, it will bring crystallized forms of whatever Jupiter promised when it moved through that degree span in February-March 2022. As Saturn leaves its Shadow Zone, it now can bring us a sense of authorship based in that “hearing the call to a life renewal” happening since last June so we can crystallize a facet of our individual spiritual self and begin to act to structure whatever we want to take into the future in 2025.
During the time Saturn is direct between now and June, it’ll be conjuncted by the Sun and Mercury at 10 Pisces on February 28, followed by Venus conjunct Saturn at 13 Pisces on March 21. The final inner conjunction to Saturn this year comes from Mars, which will conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces in early April. The March Venus conjunction will be exceptionally important, since 13 Pisces is where Saturn will go SD in November.
So enjoy the new territory Saturn is leading us into, which should help us learn how to quicken to a form of mastery as we “enter the sanctuary” where we shall have “to prove ourselves before the panel of Initiates.” Show courage, empathy, compassion, forgiveness, and allow many things to flow down the timestream without mention.
Saturn in Pisces ruled by Jupiter in Taurus encourages us to enjoy life, even though it can be uncertain at times. Jupiter is still moving through its own shadow zone, and so is now in its third pass, giving us the ability to show we’ve mastered the lessons related to needing new approaches and new answers. Enjoy the sextile and quintile Jupiter makes to Saturn over these next 4 months!
Saturn Stationary Retrograde in June 2023 at 8 Pisces – Hearing The Call to Renewal
Evolutionary Astrology in Autumn 2023 - Saturn Stationary Direct at 1 Pisces Pt. 1
Evolutionary Astrology in Autumn 2023 - Saturn Stationary Direct at 1 Pisces Pt. 2
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