Saturn represents structures and boundaries. We know that. The Moon represents our emotions, the way in which we unconsciously or sub consciously respond to the crap that life throws at us.
Saturn asks us to work hard and achieve, one step at a time. S…
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Dec 14, 1996: US Sec Saturn Rx Station @ 3Sco25
An Astro-Peek at When US Authority and Authenticity Changed
by Jude Cowell
In the Fall 2010 issue of Julie Demboski’s Eclipse e-zine (subscription only, now an email subscription and worth it!), I wrote a column called American Empire: When Jupiter Bowed to the Sun which detailed my views on one of the signposts along the way of America’s change of trajectory toward overreach, over-expansion,
Jupiter and Hyde: Co-rulerships, Part One
One of the first things we learn–or rather, latch on to–when we begin learning astrology is the serendipity of Jupiter. Wherever Jupiter falls in a chart is lucky, the books tell us. Jupiter is the planet of adventure and good feelings. He’s a good guy, ruler of happy, expansive Sag. We want him in […]
Moon-Tracking Pres Obama’s Bus Tour Aug 15-17, 2011
Moon-Tracking the President’s ‘Blame Congress Bus Tour’ Aug 15-17, 2011
by Jude Cowell
President Obama’s *Blame Congress Bus Tour begins tomorrow August 15, 2011 as the president escapes the District in which he has been held captive for most of the last month with lawmakers blaming one another for the debt stalemate, a political theater performance that led directly to the US credit rating
Castration, Rape and a Sharp Blade: Saturn’s Tricky Childhood
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| Saturn is the master of time and death |
I’m very excited to have my first guest here at the Oxford Astrologer. My friend and colleague Isy has very kindly agreed to share her insights into that old devil, Saturn. This is the first of a series on the subject.
I think her background in science and medicine giver her a special insight into the god of time measurement and comeuppance.
My Saturn placement is problematic. I was determined to come to terms with the old boy.
At a certain point, after reading the Greek stories in translation over and over again, the words disappeared and Kronos/Saturn’s coming-of-age suddenly appeared before me in all its shocking, bloody, disturbing glory, and Saturn as a force began to make a lot more sense. Here is what I saw.
Uranus (Sky Father) came every night to cover Gaia (the Earth), whether she liked it or not. Their union was widely varied and truly bizarre, and Uranus hated their children – found them just hideous. The first 12 were the Titans.
Uranus loathed his latter-born (the Cyclops and the Hundred-Handed) so much that he stuffed them into Tartarus — physically a part of his wife’s body, since Tartarus is inside the Earth. This hurt Gaia horribly, in every way.
Transgressing one’s true nature or that of another is a recurring crime in the Saturnian myths.
Gaia crafted a flint sickle from her own body. (This detail tells you how old the story is.) She exhorted her Titan sons, who were still free, to use this cutting-edge technology to castrate Uranus in order to stop the vicious cycle.
Only the youngest, Kronus (later romanized to Saturn), saw any point to it. He was the youngest Titan, the closest in age to his buried brethren, and had the least to lose. But as the youngest and least respected, he had no room for error.
Taking up the stone sickle, he lay in wait for Uranus’s nightly conjugal visit. Staying hidden until his father was totally unaware, Kronus grasped the sickle and with a mighty slash he clove a gap between Sky and Earth. He thus castrated his priapic father, without hurting his helpless mother, and created a potential space that had never existed before.
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| The Mutilation of Uranus by Giorgio Vasari |
Can you imagine what that was like? For us mortal children, it is bad enough just to know our parents had sex! To hold himself silently in place, while his mother was raped, and to wait for exactly the moment of success, was a horrifying feat of nerve, precision, and absolute resolve. When you complain about Saturn’s intransigence, think of this, and realize what a price he paid for his success.
Moreover, he didn’t just save his mother. He carved a new space for things to grow, with a curved blade from the Earth. Looks to me like the beginning of cultivation in Europe!
To see him as the force behind the natural laws that govern sowing and reaping, the payoff of hard work, and the unyielding requirement of doing the right thing in the right place at the right time for the right result, is no stretch.
Is that malefic? Or is it just hard?
Properly used, Saturn supplies the energy of rightful outcome for well-laid effort. Think how carefully he planned his attack against someone much larger and more powerful than himself. With relentless precision and with no drama, he waited for the right moment, then used his tools to strike with total concentration and full force.
There is absolute power in the energy of Saturn, as surely as there is absolute frustration; it’s all in how accurately and mindfully you follow the real energies as they flow uniquely in your life.
More from Isy on Saturn next Monday. Read more of her writing on health,
adaptation, science, and sailing…
adaptation, science, and sailing…
Cauterizing the Bleeding Edge: http://biowizardry.blogspot.com
Why I’m Not Surprised by the Riots
Brixton 1981
Well, what a welcome home.Back in October last year, I said we might get a royal wedding and riots in the coming months.Have a look at what I wrote here.I came to this conclusion by using some simple but highly effective astrology….
Marriage, Home Wreckers And Saturn In Libra
This article is a couple of years old but, not only is it excellent, it sums up the current Saturn in Libra transit. Helen Gurley Brown was the former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. She willed herself up from a white-trash … Continue r…
Harry Potter and the Cycle of Destiny
Tomorrow is just one more turn of the wheel of destiny for the author JK Rowling and her creation Harry Potter. The final film in the series will premiere in London. Is this finally the end?The cycle of the dragon’s nodes features strongly in the publi…
Lots of Sagittarius Moon stuff, a few new dance moves and building for dummies…
The Moon is in Sagittarius, and for those of us here in relocation hell, the mood has definitely lifted.
The Sag Moon is one of renewed optimism and hope…and is more than a little playful. Today this has been particularly the case with spirited M…
Moon-Saturn meeting Washington DC July 7, 2011
On June 10th I wrote a brief description of what I see as prime astro-factors occurring on August 2, 2011, the debt ceiling deadline when all feathers hit the financial fan if America’s credit line isn’t raised and our nation defaults. The signature of Jupiter-Neptune is upon it thus indicating that the pair’s ‘speculation-inflation-grand-schemes’ flavor is in the brew.Then on July 21, 2011,