Many Baby Boomers are approaching their second Saturn Return. Some have approached me with concern and dread of “life going to fall apart, unexpected changes, health problems” and so on. My purpose here is to unlock the mystery.
Saturn needs 27 – 29 years to travel around the sun. Ergo, when we are around the age of 28 it returns to the exact point where it was when we were born.
At this age we commonly know which profession we’d like to be in, where we’d like to live and with whom. So we start to build a career, a family a house and more. This is Saturn at work.
Which Qualities does Saturn represent?
Saturn’s essential qualities determine our ability to:
- focus
- plan
- concentrate on details
- build
- be patient
- think long term
- delay immediate gratification
- be frugal
- be aware of implications for the future
- understand the importance of security
- to put emotions aside and focus on the task at hand
- track a plan
- understand complex systems
- have clarity
- to be decisive
- to stand in our authority
- to commit
- to be loyal
- to stay on point with the facts
- to understand the effects of honesty
- demand respect
- be practical
- be capable
- create routines
Saturn is the provider, the father figure, our back’s spine. [Read more…]