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Saturn, the planet of time and commitment, spends about two and a half to three years in a zodiac sign, and takes months to slowly transition from one sign to the next as it retrogrades through each. Saturn represents our hardships and the lessons we learn in this lifetime. It can also indicate things that we fear or worry about, as well as how we deal with authority. Saturn’s transits inform us how society deals with its structures of organization and government, including hierarchy, rules, borders, and security.
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Saturn has been in Capricorn since 2017, revealing the structural changes that need to be made to national and global governments, as well as society’s relationship to status, authority, and power. For many, the last few years of Saturn in Capricorn offered lessons on commitment, ancestral lineages, discipline, personal and professional boundaries, and responsibility.This Saturday, March 21, Saturn enters Aquarius at 11:57 PM ET, where it will remain until March 7 2023. Its entrance and transit through Aquarius reflects the significance of information in our technologically-oriented world and how it can divide or unite us.Saturn in Aquarius will find us taking our future much more seriously. Aquarius is the sign of the collective and Saturn is the planet of commitment, so this combination can manifest as commitments to your community or building friendships and networks that stand the test of time. While Saturn was in earth sign Capricorn, it recognized the limits of material resources; Saturn in air sign Aquarius finds people and social groups to be a more important resource. Saturn in Capricorn found us looking to the past for clues about our history, and Saturn in Aquarius knows all the rules so that they can break and update them.In Capricorn, Saturn focused our attention on maintaining the structures we and our ancestors have worked to build over time. But Saturn’s most recent transit through the earth sign also brought it into Pluto’s sphere, pointing to the crumbling of expired traditions and a need to dismantle toxic nationalism. The system is broken and needs work—Saturn and Pluto together showed the weaknesses and dark underbelly of governments, on a global scale!
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There is a noticeable shift in energy as Saturn moves from Capricorn to Aquarius—arguably the biggest of the year! Saturn’s time in Aquarius will offer many fresh perspectives and avenues for making the changes that need to be implemented, but it won’t come without a lot of disruption to the current status quo. As soon as Saturn ingresses into Aquarius on March 21, it will be in a widely-applying square to Uranus in Taurus until mid-April, when the planets get four degrees of distance between them. That means we’re likely to feel less stability as new policies emerge and borders continue to tighten or change shape. Still, social justice and humanitarian efforts will make big strides during Saturn’s time in Aquarius.Working remotely from home will continue to be picked up by more companies as advantages are realized and the health of worldwide communities necessitates. Considering that Aquarius is a symbol intimately tied to the internet, we’ll find our current self-isolation period to be a time when the transmission of information is critical but also limited, as new developments change storylines and news gets twisted in a game of telephone.Although we’re more likely to lean toward scientific rational while Saturn is in Aquarius, there will still be an interesting dynamic between scientific communities and spiritual folks as Aquarius is both academically and religiously-oriented. Saturn in Aquarius encourages us to elevate the mind, but we’ll have to be mindful not to fall into reductionism or dogmatic beliefs. As the planet of reality, Saturn in Aquarius will lead us to redefine what is possible.
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There is huge potential for new social structures with Saturn in Aquarius, and the dissemination of information is crucial to making the world go ‘round at this time, so we can expect society and investors to push for technological advances, including breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Being able to navigate various tech tools and software will become more important than ever over the next few years as Saturn places great limitations on those who aren’t with the times.Here’s how Saturn in Aquarius will affect your sign:
Aries
Taurus
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Gemini
Cancer
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Leo
Virgo
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Libra
Scorpio
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