Saturn in Libra sharpens our focus on maintaining balance, integrity and fairness in all our relationships. We can only do that if we have a good relationship with ourselves first! Have you balanced your masculine and feminine energies? Do you listen to your feelings and intuitions and then balance them with your thinking and sensing? If so, you will go into relationship as a whole person. And that's what's needed.
A true partnership of equals is not about need. It is about two wholes coming together and discovering that they fit together perfectly. All the nooks and crannies, the dark and the light, both bring delight and a new sense of self-discovery. Partners can do that à ‚¬" make two wholes into a new whole. During Saturn's stay in Libra's paradigm, we get to practice how to be ourselves with another. That can only happen if we are truthful with ourselves and truthful with each other. Saturn will bring on the pain and constriction if we lie about our needs or deny another's needs. The balancing act is delicate and requires concentration and grace.
Saturn in Libra will bring out our ability to negotiate with our partners. To find the third way through an impasse. To take into consideration both sides so that we learn to create win-win situations. And to do it all with beauty and grace, since Venus/Aphrodite rules the sign and Saturn is exalted (very happy there) in Libra.
Saturn in Libra will also be part of the big cardinal T-Square over the next two years, when Saturn will oppose Uranus/Jupiter in Aries and square Pluto in Capricorn (the next stage of the 60s revolution). We've already been through 3 Saturn/Uranus oppositions and now on November 15, 2009, Saturn will square Pluto for the first time. This energy can create a backlash of fear around the disintegration of our culture or our established relationships, or it can begin to restructure both our institutions and our partnerships.
Saturn and Pluto are considered harsh planetary energies and the square is also a hard aspect. So we need to understand that these can be trying times, but we don't have to despair (Saturn) or freak out (Pluto). Saturn works well in Libra, is the ruler of Capricorn and is in a waning square relationship to Pluto. These can help mitigate the harshness and get these planets working together for deep (Pluto) structural (Saturn) change.
Anyone with planets in the first few degrees of Cardinal signs à ‚¬" Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn à ‚¬" will be especially hard-hit. Consider having an astrological consultation to determine the best ways to handle it.
We've learned a lot about Libra's lessons over the past 40 years. Because Saturn is exalted in Libra, there will be a real sense of balance and justice in the air. You can already see how people are standing up to the injustice and unfairness in our collective institutions. Since Pluto's journey through Libra from 1972 to 1984, we've learned to discuss equality between the sexes, and the feelings, needs, desires and fears that underlie relationships between people. Now perhaps we'll learn diplomacy and bring those kinds of discussions onto the world stage. We really are living in interesting, growing, stretching times!
Taurus/Scorpio Full Moon
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