SATURN
There is so much that has been written and said about Saturn. It has a powerful grasp on our imagination. So often it is seen as a dark force, the old devil, the shadow, the judge. Its cycle of 29.46 years around the Sun has for most of Human existence restricted our life cycle and compressed our experience.
Since 1781 we have lived in the new Uranian cycle of 84 years and the hold of Saturn on the collective life is changing. Its new role has yet to be clearly established. Much of human consciousness still responds to the Saturnian cycle. As can be seen through discussions of the 6th line Profiles and the mutation they bring as a by product of the Uranian cycle, Saturn will play an active part within a larger framework. The movement from Saturn to Uranus can be seen as an expansion of Human consciousness. Three Saturn cycles are roughly inline with the new Uranian cycle.
Saturn will continue to program limitation but no longer the limitation that marks the life but limitation in relation to an inner cycle of development. In the 6th line Profile, the first Saturn cycle marks a period of trial and error that rather then defining the life is a stage to be followed by a different process of observation and aloofness. Saturn no longer rules the life but it can still be an uncomfortable force to deal with if you are not living out your Type and its strategy.
Keynote: Discipline and Limitation
At around age 29 - 31, we complete our first Saturn cycle, signifying the beginning of adulthood. Saturn is best described as the task-master, the discipline that allows us to follow through with our tasks in this lifetime. Whatever is left unattended to will show up as limitations or burdens that hinder our progress until we accept our obligations. These limitations are primarily focused in the gates activated by Saturn.
Saturn builds structures, and once we attend to and fulfill our responsibilities, we experience the positive side of Saturn—the support it provides us so that we may accomplish our purpose in life and live out our destiny.