Saturn in Capricorn - Wassup | Living The Emerson Rule

Last December it caught my attention that Saturn was moving out of Sagittarius into Capricorn. Saturn was in Sagittarius when I was born and again during a massive life changing period (for me) 28 years ago. It takes 28-29 years for Saturn to come full circle – spending ~2-1/2 years in each sign. Saturn is an important planet. It represents the lessons we have to learn – cycles of achievement and maturity; personally and collectively. According to Wikipedia, Saturn “heralds a new phase in the aging process when new realities and responsibilities must be faced.”

This transit may not come again for me . . . ever; or at least until I’m very old.

Astrology once had my full attention – prompting me to have my natal chart professionally cast 28 years ago. Everything was mapped . . . the position of planets by sign and house at the time of my birth; planetary aspects; Ascendant, Descendent, Midheaven and Nadir of my chart – the whole shebang. Back then knowing my potentialities comforted me as I tackled those internal and external obstacles.

Comforted me until I found out I had no “Final Dispositor!” At that time I interpreted this to mean “I’d have a hard time making up my mind or choosing a path of action.” I was Doomed!!

Bullshit. I folded up all those papers that represented hours of research, reading, pouring over diagrams and making notes. Put ‘em in a folder and stuck ‘em on a shelf.

Hell No – no soothsayer was gonna to tell me I was doomed to flounder! Recalling the lines from a poem I learned as a kid (Invictus, by William Ernest Henley):

“I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul.”

I’m not so defiant these days. Today I know… that I don’t know what I don’t know! And that there’s a lot of it. Quantum physics teaches us that things transform simply by being observed. Our biology and brains reveal uncharted frontiers. Potentialities based on the position of the universe when I was born, may or may not be valid. But if I look and see the potentiality within, I just might transform something. As a framework for self-examination – this is an interesting doorway.

According to Café Astrology, this stage will last until the end of 2020. For this Sagittarian (whose house Saturn just left) it’s a practical time.

“The purpose of this transit is for you to make the connection between your own feelings of self-worth and what you produce in the real world/get back from the real world.”

“The challenge here is to capture the newly found and defined self-confidence you gained from the first house transit, and now apply it in the real world. You are worth something, and you deserve compensation for what you do.”