Saturn in Scorpio ~ October 5, 2012

Posted by Stephanie Zolis on October 4, 2012 · 1 Comment 

The planet of restriction and limitation leaves its sign of exaltation on October 5, 2012 at 4:34 p.m. EDT, when it begins a two-and-a-half-year stay in Scorpio.

This is the first time Saturn has transited this sign of the zodiac since November 1985, so everyone born between 1953-56 and 1983-85 will experience their (dreaded) Saturn Returns at some point over the next couple of years, some of us (if your natal Saturn falls between 4-11, 16-23 or 28-29 degrees Scorpio) more than once.

This transit marks my first Saturn Return in December 2013 (although this transit won’t complete until Saturn retrogrades, stations and turns direct during the summer of 2014), but the fun has already started for me, with Saturn making its first hit to my natal chart with conjunctions to Pluto and my Sun at 2 and 3 degrees Scorpio, respectively. These are the two planets on the backend of a bundle that ranges from 2 degrees Scorpio to 15 degrees Capricorn. All of my natal planets fall in this cluster, along with my Ascendant, which falls at 0 degrees Sagittarius.

To say the next seven and a half years will prove to be challenging for me would likely be an understatement, but I’m confident I will come out a stronger, more well-rounded and successful individual thanks to Saturn’s lessons.

The Saturn glyph is an inverted mirror of Jupiter’s, representing the contrasting nature of these two planets and how they parallel one another. Jupiter also changed signs in 2012, leaving Taurus for Gemini on June 11.

While Jupiter transits pave the way for growth, hope and confidence in areas of life governed by the house it occupies, Saturn restrains and contracts. Considered the greater malefic in traditional astrology, Saturn represents boundaries, responsibility, achievement, conservation, commitment, fear, authority, discipline, structure and self-control. It doesn’t just urge us to reign in our wasteful, irresponsible habits, it forces us to.

Scorpio governs areas of sex, death and rebirth, divorce, and big financial situations involving other people’s money – loans, settlements, inheritances, taxes, insurance, commissions, royalties, alimony, child support, as well as your partner’s income. There will be a tightening of resources, both financial and natural, since Saturn dries up whatever it touches. We may also see a change in attitude towards sexuality, becoming increasingly restrictive and judgmental towards these practices.

Saturn leaves Scorpio for Sagittarius on Dec. 23, 2014, giving Scorpios a six-month reprieve before returning for one final pass from June 15 through Sept. 18, 2015, the last time it will occupy the sign until November 2041.

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