Saturn Retrogrades in Aquarius and a Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius

 

We have a very emotional week coming up with Saturn in Aquarius stationing retrograde and eclipse season kicking off with a Supermoon Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius.  Saturn stations retrograde in 13 degrees of Aquarius on May 23, 2021 and it remains retrograde until October 10^th when it stations direct in 6 degrees of Aquarius.  I think that by now we all know that Saturn rules discipline, responsibility, hard work, limitations and boundaries.  It’s not exactly a fun-loving, expansive planet.  That is Jupiter’s domain, and Jupiter is currently in a very happy place.  When Saturn is retrograde, it wants us to learn patience and review how well we have taken our responsibilites over the past few months.  Saturn is known as the Great Teacher and is associated with karma and karmic destiny.

I am taking this Saturn retrograde quite personally because it is stationing one degree away from my Mars in Aquarius in my 4^th house.  I also have a very challenging natal Saturn. I have Saturn in Scorpio inconjunct my Moon in Gemini in my 8^th house and squaring my Mars in Aquarius.  But this week I came across several different astrologers commenting that sometimes depression can actually lift when Saturn is retrograde if one has a difficult natal Saturn.  What a Eureka moment for me!  And one of the perks of Saturn retrograde is that the obstacles confronting us during this period will be inner rather than outer.  Restrictions are being lifted pertaining to COVID at the end of May in Massachusetts and we will no longer be in a state of emergency by June 15.  I have been taking my responsibilities very seriously during the pandemic (and pretty much for most of my life, if the truth be told), so I am holding onto the thought that perhaps my own fears and insecurities will be the biggest blockages to my growth in the next five months.  It sure beats the external restrictions that COVID-19 has inflicted upon all of us for the past year.

Saturn retrograde is indeed a time to review and tie up loose ends.  Try not to launch any new endeavors. It might be helpful for all of us to think back what was happening in our lives during early February 2021, because Saturn was in 6 degrees of Aquarius then and Saturn will station direct in 6 degrees in October.  And of course, the astrological elephant in the room is the Saturn-Uranus square of 2021.  In 2020 we had the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn calling the shots, but in 2021 it is Saturn in Aquarius squaring Uranus in Taurus, which has themes of the old vs. the new and control vs. freedom.  The first Saturn-Uranus square occurred on February 17 in 6 degrees of their respective signs, and we are headed toward the second of three Saturn-Uranus squares on June 14 in 13 degrees.   Many of us are already feeling its effects.  On May 18, the Leo Moon set if off, inspiring me to tweet:

The Saturn-Uranus square is being set off today with the Leo Moon squaring Uranus in Taurus and opposing Saturn in Aquarius. We could be experiencing some conflict over traditions and new approaches to relationships. #astrology

— Linda Simons (@danceofphoenix) May 18, 2021

The bottom line with Saturn retrograde is that the fixed signs of Aquarius, Taurus, Leo and Scorpio are going to bear the brunt of it.  Fixed signs will be forced to confront the structures and limitations of their lives and how they have or haven’t stepped up.  But it is possible if that if you have been responsible you might start reaping some rewards because Saturn has been known to reward us for hard work.

The first eclipse of 2021 occurs on May 26 in 5 degrees of Sagittarius.  It will hit the mutable signs of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces the hardest. If your birthday is near May, September, November or February 26^th, this means you will experience massive changes in your life and you will probably find yourself needing to make some major decisions.  For Gemini and Sagittarius, it will probably involve relationships, while Virgo and Pisces will be striving to achieve some work-life balance.   Big things will fall away from our lives as we see culmination and fruition in the area of life the eclipse touches. There is an air of finality and endings will occur.  It’s true that all Full Moons tend to indicate some degree of closure or completion, but they also reveal what has been hidden.  And as I frequently tell my clients, Lunar Eclipses are like Full Moons on steroids, so we can expect the impact to be more intense.

What is the astrological landscape for this eclipse?  The Moon in Sagittarius is squaring Jupiter in 1 degree of Pisces, which could play out as confusion or quite literally as flooding with Jupiter in a water sign.  But it can also make us feel more psychic and intuitive.  Jupiter in Pisces is currently trining my Mercury in Scorpio, so I am going with that theme.  I would certainly advise everyone to pay attention to your dreams during this eclipse.  The Moon is also trining Chiron in 11 degrees of Aries, so emotional healing is possible and perhaps it signals an end to old feuds in relationships.  And the Moon is inconjunct Uranus in 12 degrees of Taurus, which is a real wild card vibe in terms of unpredictability and an anything can happen out of the blue feeling.  But the Moon also forms a supportive sextile to Saturn in 13 degrees of Aquarius, so we could very well find ourselves with the emotional fortitude to be practical and do the necessary work to end an outworn cycle and initiate some much-needed changes.

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