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The Libran Saturn Return, 2009–12: Investigating Real Lives The Libran Saturn Return, 2009–12: Investigating Real Lives by Anne Whitaker Saturn entered the sign of Libra three: one at age 29–30, another at age on October 29, 2009; dipped back into 58–59, and a third at age 87–88. The Virgo on April 7, 2010; re-entered Libra The Saturn return is very first return, however, is arguably the on July 21, 2010; and shifted into Scor- most crucial and the one which most pio on October 5, 2012. much about defining concerns us for now. But any “Sat- Those of you who were born with yourself: separating out urn returners” going through their sec- Saturn in the sign of Libra between Sep- ond or third return are most welcome tember 1980 and August 1983 will by from what you are not, to read this article — and send me their now have emerged from your first Sat- in order to get closer to feedback! urn return blinking into the light, as it Imagine your life, as you approach were. Hopefully, you will have made the grain of who you are the age 29–30 period, as a bare room some of the changes necessary for old meant to be. with floorboards exposed. The door baggage to be shed, and are now faced slowly opens. In comes stern Saturn, with new challenges to take on, as you that strong old man, carrying a very move into the second 30-year cycle of Pluto, who meet only once every 500 stout walking stick. Starting by the Saturn, the Great Definer … years. The planetary cycle which has doorway, he traverses the entire room This article revisits the basic prin- most penetrated the popular imagi- methodically, hitting each exposed floor- ciples of the Saturn return cycle and nation, however, is the 29- to 30-year board hard several times with the base focuses on the recent three-year period cycle of Saturn, commonly known as of his stick. “Bang, bang!” it goes, round when Saturn was travelling through the Saturn return. the entire floor. Libra. The main body of the article then In order to understand the meaning If there are any rotten boards in seeks to bring the latter period to life by of key astrological concepts, it is always the room — let’s say, in the top left cor- presenting a short piece of research into helpful to look out at the night sky. Until ner — the stick splinters right through the lives and experiences of four young scientific advances in optics made pos- them. Saturn frowns, making a note of women, all born between September sible the discovery of Uranus in 1781, where they are on his smartphone (this 1980 and August 1983; these women Saturn was thought to be the outermost is 2013, after all!). Pretty soon, he has generously took the time to answer my planet. It defined the boundary of the a survey of the whole room, revealing research questions designed to illustrate known solar system. In myth, Saturn which parts are sound, strong, and can the commonality of core meaning which was the Lord of Time, the setter of limits be left alone. Crucially, he also notes underlay all their individual experiences. for all of life — the Grim Reaper. Many which boards need to be cut out and Their names are fictitious, and they images depict him as a stern, bearded replaced. all read and approved the final draft of old man carrying a scythe. This is generally what happens to this article. None of them knows any Putting astronomy and myth all of us as we approach and turn 30, astrology beyond Sun-sign level. together gives us a pretty clear idea of whether we know any astrology or not. astrological Saturn’s connections as we The Saturn return is very much Revisiting Saturn: consider the individual horoscope — about defining yourself: separating Cycles and Myths connections with setting boundaries, out from what you are not, in order to The planets in their cyclic rhythms with defining limits, with developing a get closer to the grain of who you are symbolically weave the story of our view of life based on reality rather than meant to be. We all go through it with collective and personal lives through wishful thinking. Serious stuff! varying degrees of success and failure space and time. These cycles vary enor- in being able to clarify who we really mously: from the tiny 29.5–day dance Saturn, the Cosmic Tester are — none of us is capable of sorting of the Sun and Moon, to the vast, How many Saturn returns can you everything out, even in a whole lifetime, epoch-defining cycle of Neptune and expect? In a long lifetime, you may have never mind the first 29–30 years! But, p. 10 Student Section concluding our metaphor, the point and collective life. So, I was really is to have a room with a reasonably S A T U R N R E T U R N pleased to come across a group of four sound floor, so that when the furniture Ages 29–30, 58–59, 87–88 friends, living at very different loca- goes in, the weight doesn’t cause the tions in the U.K. and the U.S., none of tenant to go crashing through to the flat f whom have studied astrology but all below. of whom were willing to participate in Responding in a a mini–research study for this article. I Self-Defining: creative way to knew, from a personal connection with Honesty Is the Best Policy one member of the group, that they Saturn returns vary in the levels Saturn’s challenges had all been going through very disrup- of challenge, difficulty, and — let’s not tive changes in their lives, with relation- forget! — achievement as a result of means accepting that ships featuring prominently in all cases. honestly taking stock of what needs to life is an ongoing Their names (pseudonyms) are Ursula, change and making that change hap- Vera, Yvonne, and Xanthe. They were pen. This is not a time to stick your process of sorting all born between September 1980 and head in the sand to avoid facing painful oneself out. August 1983, when Saturn was going truths about circumstances, people, or through Libra. your own attitudes and beliefs which are They were born at different dates, holding back your progress as a devel- places, and times, and all have differ- oping and growing person. particular 2–3-year period in which you ent lives. I wanted to explore whether Saturn makes key links to every- were born. one could detect the challenges and one’s birth chart every 7–8 years (ever In astrological terms, Saturn is tradi- disruptions characteristic of astrology’s heard of the seven-year itch?): at ages tionally “exalted” (in its most favourable description of the Saturn return, in gen- 7–8 (opening square), 14–15 (oppo- placement) in the airy, rational sign of eral, and their Libran one, in particular, sition), 21–22 (closing square), the Libra. Therefore, the generational group at work as common factors in their lives. famous return at 29–30, and so on. born between September 1980 and So, I sent out a clear, simple set of Each point comes at different stages of August 1983 is by nature more inclined questions to my band of four research a person’s life, from youth to old age. than the rest of us towards the well- subjects concerning their experiences But the same core challenge is present known Libran virtues: detached rea- during the period of October 2009 to at the heart of each of those stages; our sonableness, a strong sense of fairness October 2012. Those questions and responses hopefully become more con- and justice, and the striving to achieve their feedback are set out below. scious and our actions more construc- balance and harmony in all spheres of Readers will note that the responses tive, as we grow and learn. life, but especially in relationships with vary in length and depth — some In this way, the first Saturn point others. (The common Libran failing of women focusing on the outer events (the square) after the first return, at age indecisiveness, most evident when the in their lives, others saying more about 36–38, is a further stage in the process Sun and other personal planets fall in what was going on at an inner level. of self-definition. We are then chal- Libra, is somewhat tempered by Sat- This is fine, since it gives texture and lenged again to deal with stuff we didn’t urn’s placement there.) diversity to the feedback. I have left manage to face at the return, as well as Thus, the Libran Saturn return is Xanthe till last, since she chose to give to take positive steps towards becoming particularly tuned, in essence, towards the fullest set of responses and had her more clearly the person we are meant finding balance in all areas of life and own way of responding which neverthe- to be. sorting out what you want from what less covers the relevant territory. Responding in a creative way to you do not want in relationships. As I My editing has been minimal, Saturn’s challenges means accepting remembered that Saturn really turns up mainly consisting of rearranging the that life is an ongoing process of sort- the heat and piles on the pressure where order of some of the longer responses. ing oneself out. Both pain and joy in life we are most dysfunctional — and, in Also, when these women were asked to are all part of the process of forging the Libra’s case, indecisive — I thought it participate, they knew only that I was “diamond soul,” as Buddhist texts so would be a very good idea to put flesh conducting a survey on people’s experi- memorably put it.
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