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 10th 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 4th house. I also have a
very challenging natal Saturn. I have Saturn in Scorpio inconjunct my Moon in
Gemini in my 8th 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 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 26th, 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.
If you are curious about how all of these planetary changes
will be affecting you personally, please consider getting an astrological
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urge everyone to engage in massive amounts of self-care and follow the
protective measures of washing your hands frequently, maintaining social
distancing, avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, wearing a face mask when
going outside your home and staying home if you are sick. And get a vaccine. I
repeat, you do not want to get this virus! I speak from personal experience and
consider myself very fortunate to have survived Coronavirus. Stay safe and
healthy, everyone!
