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ByPaoloCrimaldi
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The Saturn cycle lasts about 29 years, or the time that it takes to return to its natal position,
thereforeaboutevery7yearsSaturnformsadissonantaspect,whichinkarmic,evolutiveand
psychologicalastrologyhasaremarkablevalue,sinceitcoincideswiththoseperiodsofcrisesthat
areparticularlyvitaltoourgrowthandtotheovercomingofallresistanceofakarmictypethat
wehavefromprecedingincarnations.
The first significant aspect of the cycle is the growing square, which forms approximately after
seven years after it has been in its natal position (for example in the age of 7, 35, 63 years
about) and is generally tied to the first great consciousness, at times painful, which regards
severalphasesofourlives.Inparticular,itcanbeaquestionoftheabilityofbeingawarethatit
isnolongerpossibletocountontheunconditionedsupportofthoseclosetous,orthatapartof
our past that is by now completely useless to our life, but to leave it suffering because it has
settledlikeanatavistichabitthatrequiresabigeffort,andattimesinonewayoranotherseems
togivesomuchcertainty.Clearlyitisaboutafictitiouscertainty,whichcomestolightinallits
frivolity,andattimesthiscancreatetrueemotionalshocks,akindoffrustrationbecausewefeel
angry about the past, what has already been, and what prevented us from seeing and doing
thingsthatwereimportantforourdevelopment.
Formanypeopleitcanbeamomentofgreatmentalclaritythatcanalsobeusedtocutbridges
withthepastandtoexplorethatkarmicinheritancethatexertsinfluenceandconditions,soit
can happen that some people instead try experiences that can lead them to be put in contact
with past events, and thus give them the possibility of overcoming them and to no longer be
chainedorconditionedbythem.
TheoppositionaspectofSaturntoitselfhappensabout14yearslaterwiththepassageoverthe
natalposition(at14,42,and77yearsofage)andisalwayscharacterisedbyamomentofgreat
questioning,ofaperiodthatleadstostrikeaclearanddefinitebalanceofourlivesandtomake
quiteradicaldecisions,inworldlyandstrictlypsychologicalterms.Infactitcancoincide,especially
whenithappensaroundtheageof42,withaperiodinwhichitwillbepossibletomakeaclean
cut with all the karmic inheritances, with the influences coming from the past lives, with a
definitiveacceptanceofourownexistence,overcomingalltheinsecuritiesandbindingfears,and
thus becoming true protagonists in the second part of our lives, which is therefore the one in
which our own path comes truly more dharmic, or rather the reason why we have been born
again and why we really chose that body, that family, that determinate place and historical
period.
The squaring aspect (at 21, 49, 85 years of age) coincides with a phase in life in which the
important partial assessments are made to understand what has changed before joining the
naturaldeadlineofthedeliveries.Inotherwordsitmeansthatformanypeopletheremaybethe
opportunity of new encounters, of undertaking a different religion or life philosophy in order to
give their existence more depth and a new, different vitality, even if such changes inevitably
involve questioning many values and of some interpersonal relationships, also old ones, which
seemedtobepillarsofourlives.
itoftencoincideswiththeclosingofarelationshipofakarmicnature,sincetothereasonsforit
arenolongerapplicable,either because they have been solved, or because by now there is no
longeranypossibilityofseeingthembetteredifithasnotalreadyhappened.
lastly,theSaturnconjunctionwithitselfhappenseverytwentyeighttotwentynineyearsabout
andcoincideswithamomentoftotalquestioninginwhichitispossibletocompletelyredefineour
livesandtoguideanewwayoffacingandofexperiencingthings.
Generallyitalmostalwayscoincideswiththelossofsomethingthatcharacterisedthepreceding
period (for example around 28 years of age the thoughtlessness and optimism of youth
disappears,andat56yearsofagethecompetitivespiritisabandonedandwelookstoourfuture
withlessanxietyandworry,etc),butaboveallitcoincideswithamomentinwhichwetrytoget
holdofourlifetosortitout,inotherwordstolooktothefuture,toputitonitspathforthenext
twentyeightyears,tryingtokeepconsistentanduseourinrespectofwhatdirectionwewillgo
in(inthiscasedeepenedprofoundanalysisoftheaxisofthelunarnodeisuseful).
InpresenceofthereturnofSaturnonitselfitisprobablethatatakarmiclevelitispossibleto
seethebigtestswewillhavetoface,thatcanalsocoincidewithverypainfulmomentsbutat
thesametimethatresolveproblemsthatarenotallowingustoliveserenely.
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