good and bad saturn returns

[andrewthorn]

The saturn return has a bad, even fatal, reputation: Janis Joplin and other rock stars who meet a sticky end during it. My saturn return, however, was entirely uneventful - at least in any harmful way. I did finish my University studies at that point.

Any thoughts? How was your saturn return? Or should I say 'were' if you have aged enough to have seen more than 1?

[svenskasfinx]

I have to look mine up, but I will tell you this..

My life utterly changed: I fell in love, then moved to another country!

I have to look it up though. It was quite a few years ago now. Saturn in Aries at 24 degrees (or so minutes).. still as I said, have to look up the last return (Saturn tends to go retrograde back and forth over its place sometimes so you calucate the last time it passes over its Natal possition.)

Now that I think about it.. I do have Natal Eros and Ceres opposite my Natal Saturn so it could have given me a clue how it was going to go all along...

just a few scattered thoughts here..

Take care,

svenskasfinx

[Juliet]

It was spring 1986, and my life was quite uneventful, but structured for the first time in my life. My eldest son was 1,5 yrs of age, and I was still in the process of getting used to cleaning house and washing washing washing and all that stuff, and studying history at Grad School.

Pluto conjunct Saturn was a nasty time though! Divorcing...
Juliet

[Amoroso]

I thought I posted this earlier but it did not appear. So if it shows up somewhere else, apologies!

My Saturn return saw Saturn conjunct Mercury in the 8th house in opposition to the Moon in the second. This coincided with us buying our first house! It also was the beginning of a 2-3 year cycle of major achievements in my career. Lots of hard work, but the energy, motivation and opportunities to bear some artistic and reputation rewards.

Good question!
Amoroso

[Kim Falconer]

My Son was born on my Saturn return, and I on my mother's. When the three of us are in a room together, we have three Saturns conjunct!

Being a mother, to me, has been like one long Saturn return!! (but so was being a child--think of people as 'permanent transits'. When someone's Saturn is on yours--it's a return whenever they are around!)

I don't think the Saturn return is bad or disastrous. I don't think it is good either. I think it is Saturn! The whole 'good-bad' thing doesn't really fit into astrology. It's energy, just as it is.

Dropping the value judgments creates a different kind of experience!

Kim

[andrewthorn]

yes! You are right. there is no intrinsic good or bad in astrology!