So instead of relating, harmonizing and “being fair,” the positive meanings of Libra (where Saturn is admittedly considered a good placement), you may have experienced Saturn as putting a lot of hard work into relationships with little to show for the experience. Certainly millions of young adults have decided that getting married or even living with a significant other is more trouble than paying for their own space or living back at home with Mom and Dad. Here in Tennessee half of all babies are born out of wedlock. That is a lot of people deciding that they would prefer to avoid the hard work of having a successful relationship. Their aversion to marriage as hard work and other more negative Saturn traits is the opposite of what most generations have seen marriage—as a convenient way to meld individuals together to create families.
One myth that seems to speak to this Saturn transit of Libra is the kidnapping of the maiden Persephone by Hades, the brother of Zeus and the god of the Underworld. It would have been a difficult experience for Persephone, and probably for Hades, at first. She was a maiden, unaware of the forces that bind men and women. He perhaps thought that just removing Persephone from her mother would be sufficient to bind her to him. But they had a period of months of adjustment before Persephone’s mother, Demeter, caught up with them. By then Persephone had consumed the pomegranate seeds, a symbol of beginning her adjustment to adulthood and a mature relationship with Hades. Saturn’s transit of Libra can be compared to the difficulties in the relationship before the “happily ever after.”
On a societal level the United States has had an acrimonious public conversation about Gay Marriage. Here the meaning of “constriction” best applies to Saturn in Libra. There are strong public individuals that want to constrict, or stop, the possibility of Gay Marriage. Perhaps to them, marriage is such a horrible fate that many Americans think they can save the gay people from it. But more likely they are acting out of mean-spiritedness.
Perhaps it would be helpful to see some of the lessons of Saturn: delayed gratification, patience, isolation, solitude, sadness, limitation… These look to be bad things, but actually each can be a positive for individuals and for couples. Could these last few months of Saturn’s transit of Libra be easier if all couples deliberately programmed some “alone” time for each person? It is ironic that Libra is the sign of relationships, couples and togetherness, while currently Saturn is going through Libra denying togetherness, inhibiting relationships and thwarting couple formation.
Libra is associated with beauty and charm and social graces. Saturn in Libra makes beauty more spare. Less well fed. Less opulent. Less blonde. Darker. In décor Saturn limits the palette, especially pulling in the grey and darker somber colors. Saturn is about finding structure and using structure in your life. Saturn in Libra is about structure in matters of relationships. Saturn is the authority figure who says “No.” Saturn is the responsible person who is concerned with what is real, not what is a dream. You have to wait until Saturn’s transit of Sagittarius (beginning in Sept 2015) to use Saturn to make your visions and dreams real.
With all this talk about how difficult Saturn has been for relationships you would think that everything will be wonderful when Saturn moves on to the next sign in October 2012. You would think so! But the next sign is Scorpio—the sign associated with sex. Do you want sex to be hard work, rationed, or constricted? Probably not. But that is a story for another day.
Lalia
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickner
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time. ~Anne Taylor Fleming
Lalia Wilson has been a professional astrologer since 1973 when she passed the AFA professional level teacher exam. Wilson sees astrology as a way to understand one’s own life, one’s relationships and current patterns. Astrology is not deterministic, but rather has patterns of symbolic meaning which will be expressed in some fashion as the pattern unfolds. In addition to astrology, Wilson offers Kofutu Absent Healing as an additional way to assist clients. Contact Lalia at Lalia W /at/ aol dot com. Astrology consultations require a person’s name, birth date, time and place. All astrology consultations and Kofutu Healings are pre-paid. Consultations are by telephone to US clients, or by e-mail anywhere.
