- If the meaning of Jupiter is to develop through expansion, then that of Saturn is to mature through constraint. Its position in the chart can highlight where we encounter loss, frustration and failure, and the emotional pain that this entails. Its experience is usually hard and the value is often not recognised until Saturn's other quality, time, has been allowed to pass.
- For many people, especially those who have matured in outlook and vision, Saturn transits can be a beneficial time, where qualities of stability and steady investment in long term planning prove well rewarded. The period can act as a reminder that sacrifices made in the past were fitting and well considered. Saturn will always bring an 'aging' touch, a feeling of getting older and slowing down; sometimes it brings a surprising awareness that we are actually content to give up the dreams and ambitions that drove our passions in the past.
- In its negative expression, Saturn only touches those areas of life that have outgrown their purpose and relevance, passed beyond their natural time, or have inappropriately strained against a sense of order which is beneficial to maintain. Like winter, it comes to prune away all that is inhibiting to future growth, and by bringing a period of temporary restraint, it forces us to consolidate our position. Saturn may challenge us to consider the extent to which we, as individuals, are able to stand alone and 'let go' of relationships and material comforts that we have come to love and rely upon. Some of its transits will coincide with periods of loneliness and emotional isolation; some simply carry disappointment as a venture built upon false reality is shown in its true colours. Saturn can often coincide with a period of financial loss or the failure of a business idea, but Saturn didn't necessarily set the seeds for that loss, it only revealed its inevitable conclusion. Saturn deals with reality and forces us to face it.
- In observable characteristics, Saturn depicts someone who is characterised by austerity or seriousness. If Saturn is dignified and well placed, they are inclined to think before they speak, and as a consequence their words carry weight. Such a person is not to be lightly dismissed; Lilly describes Saturnine types as profound in imagination, severe in acts, in labour patient, in arguing or disputing grave, in obtaining the goods of this life studious and solicitous. Their sense of humour is dry and earthy, based on observing the reality of life. They seldom throw caution to the wind and are always aware of a sense of responsibility to themselves and others. They do not display their emotions easily, but their emotions, like their imaginations, can be profound. Such individuals are observably deep, sincere, and generally gather respect.
- The illnesses of Saturn are those proceeding from cold, old age, melancholy or depressed spirits. The pain associated with Saturn illnesses is dull and aching rather than sharp or burning. The fevers are those that involve alternating periods of chills or a fit of shivering, such as malaria. The damage of Saturn's illnesses tends towards a progressive wasting of tissue. These include arthritis, rheumatism, depression, consumption, colds, chills and flu (and all illnesses that involve muscle fatigue, difficulty in breathing and watery discharges from the nose and eyes), strokes, paralysis or palsy, bruises and dark marks, chronic illnesses, coughs, dropsy, starvation, morbid fantasies, fears and nightmares, gout, gangrene, haemorrhoids, defects to the hearing, leprosy, miscarriage, scabbiness, scabies and lice, infections of the skin, and illnesses arising from poisons or damage to the spleen, teeth or bones.
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