Sunday, February 7, 2010

...sounds about right.

So apparently once you make it through the quarter life crisis, you have to deal with Saturn's Return. Curse the heavens and their astrological phenomenons. My Saturn is in Libra and my Saturn Return is approximately from October 30, 2009 to April 7, 2010. (That's actually kind of hilarious, because it's uber accurate. LOL)

Saturn Return Wikipedia*
The Saturn Return is an astrological phenomenon that occurs at the ages of 27-30, 58-60, and finally from 86-88, coinciding with the time it takes the planet Saturn to make one orbit around the sun. It is believed by astrologers that as Saturn "returns" to the degree in which it occupied at the time of birth—approximately every 29.5 years—a person crosses over a major threshold and into the next stage of life. With the first Saturn Return, a person leaves youth behind and enters adulthood. With the second Return, maturity. And the third and usually final Return, a person enters wise old age.

The first Saturn Return is famous because it represents the first test of character and the structures a person has built their life upon. According to traditions, should these structures be unsound, or if a person is living out of touch with his or her true values, the Saturn Return will be a time of upheaval and limitations as Saturn forces him or her to jettison old concepts and worn out patterns of living. It is not uncommon for relationships and jobs to end during this time of life restructuring and reevaluation.

But the Saturn Return is not all about painful endings. During this time astrologers note that goals are consolidated and people tend to gain a better vision of where they are going in life. There are added responsibilities and a person may reap the rewards from his or her hard work. Many major life milestones seem to happen around the ages of 29 and 30. This is why astrologers believe that the thirtieth birthday is such a major rite of passage because it marks the true beginning of adulthood, self-evaluation, independence, ambition, and self actualization.


What's The Saturn Return**

This article is long, so I'm copying and pasting paragraphs.

When you're born, Saturn occupies a certain space in your chart (the basic astrological thumbprint of your soul.) Consider this a roadmap to your inner and outer world. Dependent on Saturn's place in one of the twelve sectors, or signs of the Zodiac, astrologers garner much information about specific issues you face over the course of your life. What you're afraid of, in particular. Also the road blocks likely show up in your travels. Saturn makes you feel your wounds. Circumstances that you faced in childhood and adolescence return screaming for you attention at the Saturn Return, forcing you to deal with them. Saturn is symbolic of what you think is missing from your life, based on past experience. Whatever your insecurities, your Saturn placement will alert you to the causes and the cures. More than anything, Saturn's place in your chart shows you which lessons you came here to learn.

If you're in your mid-to-late twenties or even in your early to middle thirties, you are close to the heart of your Saturn Return, and are probably feeling the crush of Saturn's black boot more than you ever have before. If everything feels like chaos, if your relationships are breaking down and you're questioning your career, your friendships, and your very life, it is likely that it's just the ripples of your Saturn Return descending. Although men experience Saturn Returns as well, it's vital that women look deeply at their father issues during this time. This is because Saturn symbolizes the father (personally and universally), and can set us up with very particular responses to the men in our lives, as we attempt to fix whatever was broken in our relationship with our dads.


*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_return
**http://www.saturnreturn.net/what_is.html

2 comments:

Erica A. Gordon said...

This definitely explains my life!!!

Candice said...

LOL! It's one thing after the other right...