At New Year’s, a time when people swear they’ll become gods of discipline. The calendar turns, the wine wears off, and suddenly everyone’s ready to reinvent themselves… but often with no scaffolding, no roots, no Saturn. Just wild intentions and...
Question: It is said that Saturn is a tough planet. It will teach you lessons by punishing you or making you lose precious things in life. Saturn is the planet of time. It is a hard to please planet. It...
Question: What causes resentment or conflicts in authority? Saturn is the serious suit-and-tie of the zodiac. This planet says, “You reap what you sow.” It doesn’t deal in illusions. It deals in form, timetables, discipline, and delayed gratification. You’ll find...
Question: In an astrology chart, what would make someone a “pity magnet”? Someone who, whether or not they actually have many issues or problems, always receives pity and attention from others—an “oh, poor you.” What a deliciously curious question you’ve...
Question: I was just wondering what, in a natal chart, might cause someone to become extremely bitter and jaded. When we’re little kids, we tend to be open and hopeful because we haven’t yet been smacked in the face by...
What does it mean to feel like an outsider, and how might astrology explain this human condition? Let’s first talk Uranus, the trickster with a name that sounds like a playground insult, but the true deviant of the planetary pantheon....
Saturn’s lessons arrive as the slow grind of reality pressing in on the soft, idealistic part of our dreams, shaping them into something durable, something real. In the mythic psyche, Saturn is Cronos—time incarnate. And time is both the great Continue reading Saturn
Jupiter and Saturn represent two very different worldviews and life lessons. You may identify more with one than the other, experience a mix of both at times, or simply feel their influence in the areas of life where they are...
With a powerful Saturn in your astrological makeup—you know who you are—it’s less about outward prestige and more about building an inner foundation. It helps you build a kind of spiritual scaffolding—a steady form within that allows you to hold...
Dolly Chugh, in a recent speech, took the stage to deliver a talk entitled “Are We as Ethical as We Think We Are?” She bounded up, introduced herself, and then posed a powerful question: “How can it be true that...
The area of your birth chart where Saturn is placed, is often where you feel not enough, like everyone else learned how to be cool, competent, or loveable in this realm, and you’re stuck fumbling your way through. Wherever this planet...
A Saturn personality, steeped in all its astrological gravitas, can have a deep relationship with boundaries, limitations, and fear of growth. Saturn often brings a sense of heaviness when it mingles with your personal planets, especially the luminaries—your Sun and...