Saturn: The Price We Must Pay
Issue 21 Volume 8          19 May 2025

Astrology Monday:
Just the facts, please! 
In the land of ’60s American television, hard-boiled detective Joe Friday always insisted on “just the facts”. Here’s this week’s no-nonsense forecast:

20 May — Sun joins Jupiter in Gemini (Varuna)
Vedic astrology: An influx of the masculine brings reward through the faculties of logic and reason. Step back and re-evaluate where you are heading as a botanist might examine the health of a forest. Remember to see the forest AND the trees.
Aditya astrology: Varuna relates to the loving embrace of Life: the Sun and Jupiter do well here. Slow down; be kind to yourself. Your path and way forward is revealed during quiet times.
25 May — Saturn joins Neptune and Venus in Aries (Aryamaa)
Vedic astrology: Saturn in Aries is a bit like a ship at sea taking on water during a storm. Knowing what to keep and what to throw overboard can be confusing. Seek a safe harbour through the healthy masculine of the Sun and Jupiter in Gemini. Act on your loftiest goals. This is not the time for sensuality and sense gratification, but for sensibility and sensitivity.
Aditya astrology: Aryamaa relates to the heart chakra and the external world. Saturn reveals lack of vision and harms Venus (support of friends). Lean on Mars, the dharma warrior within you.
25 May thru 9 June — Saturn aspects Jupiter and Sun by sign
In Vedic astrology, aspects also occur as whole sign aspects. Thus, beginning 25 May, Saturn aspects the Sun and Jupiter by sign. Saturn relates to survival and Jupiter encourages revival. Let your zest for life guide practical decisions and necessary choices, not your pain body, worry, or concern. The world is fine; it’s the prescription of your perception that needs correction. 😉

Dear Wonderful Neighbour;

Let’s chat about Saturn. It’s going into a difficult sign on 25 May, so maybe a chat can reveal a plan of action.

Saturn is the price you must pay if you are to assume your rightful place on the throne of eternal joy. Saturn represents the unravelling of your karmic trajectory and is the medium through which you learn to keep what is beneficial while letting go what is not. Saturn always gives you what you deserve — even if it hurts — but it is the elephant goad that keeps you moving in the right direction towards the ultimate realisation.

In world affairs, Saturn needs a healthy Jupiter lest its power goes unchecked resulting in trials and tribulations and never ending misery. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, Saturn (authority) was very strong, while Jupiter (good fortune) was debilitated. Saturn is a planet of destiny, the karmic price we must pay for what has occurred in the past and Jupiter is our highest conscience, truth, and selfless intent. Thus, it was through the door left ajar by Jupiter’s weakness that Saturn rectified the world’s karmic debt, but the fee exacted was high: hardship, calamity, and death.

On a personal level, even as millions were dying, some people thrived: it all depended upon one’s individual karmic trajectory. What is significant to understand is that most of the world acts unconsciously, including its leaders, so much of life simply unfolds the way it does because the conditioned mind does not perceive what is best. The world exists on autopilot.

According to social psychologists, all inputs, including familial, environmental, social, cultural and economic, impress themselves upon the developing mind affecting behaviour, choices, attitudes and what we consider valuable and significant. However, like all impressions, value and significance are not set in stone; rather, they are like a sailing ship on the open sea whose direction is dependent not only upon the wind but whether the sails are unfurled. Likewise, what we consider valuable and significant is influenced not only by external circumstances and events, but by a changing inner landscape which allows us to “unfurl the sails” when opportunity presents itself.

A healthy Saturn rids you of what you don’t need so your authenticity can shine forth. In this way, Jupiter’s unconditional Love becomes your inspiration and you perform deeds for the good of all. This is why an unchecked Saturn (as during the pandemic) can be so devastating: it causes one to indulge their pain, blocking the brilliance of their authenticity (Sun). A healthy Saturn and Jupiter are both needed to evolve and when one or the other is challenged astrologically as we experienced during the pandemic and are about to again beginning 25 May, progress becomes more difficult to experience. 

On 25 May, Saturn enters Aries, its debilitation, and about two weeks later on 9 June, Jupiter enters Cancer, its exaltation. Saturn is the foundation of all things, the root, the earth. Jupiter is water and takes the shape of what you give it. In Cancer, Jupiter needs the dispassion and objective thinking of Saturn to keep it from becoming needy. Jupiter is also the fire of purification that must be endured to enable us to bring good to the world. Saturn’s structural integrity helps Jupiter maintain itself as a force of revelation and not a conflagration fuelled on greed and self-righteous indignation. 

Best-selling author Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev pointedly reminds us, “Your mind is not your own. It is a complex amalgamation of all kinds of influences. The more you are identified with it, the further away you are from yourself.”

We are not the body, we are not the mind, and we should not fan the flames of such falsehoods in ourselves or others. Saturn in Aries can be uncomfortable and disjointed as we look for something to hold onto. The world can at best only give us a temporary hold while we catch our breath. The real answer lies in allowing the strength of our magnanimous Jupiter to make the world a better place. 

Seek truth. Practice kindness without it becoming narcissistic. Jupiter will be strong over the next two years, and this alone can soothe the aches and pains of our Saturn.

 🤗

David 🔆

astrologyofjoy.com


In this issue:

• Planning forecast and weekly reminder
• Astrology of Now
• Hero’s Journey: Free App

Moon Planner
Has the Moon got you hurried and harried?
 

No worries! The Moon represents your capacity to receive, a feminine quality, and recognising the resources you have available to fulfil your emotional needs.  Too often, we get distracted with what is not ours and miss out on the available opportunity, experiencing disappointment and disillusionment… or worse, we become like the poor fellow in the photo — Mr Lou Garou. 😉

Moon Gauntlet:
The Moon goes through a bit of a gauntlet this week and so do our emotional needs:
Yesterday, 18 May:
Moon conjunct Pluto in Aquarius: Pluto asks the Moon to look closely at the emotional needs. Perhaps they are not as critical as one might imagine.
Thursday, 22 May:
Moon conjunct Saturn in Pisces: Saturn’s influence causes the Moon to needlessly worry and fret. To make matters worse, Moon’s influence makes Saturn believe the grass is greener in the neighbour’s yard — it’s not.
Moon conjunct Rahu in Pisces: Your Moon just jumped onto the back of a bucking bronco thinking it was just a carnival pony. All you can do is hang on and hope that when it throws you off you land safely!
Moon conjunct Neptune in Aries: Moon and Neptune together are like going for a walk in the early morning fog: silent, mysterious, perhaps discomforting… you never know what you might find there!
Friday, 23 May:
Moon conjunct Venus in Aries: Moon and Venus make for some interesting imaginings, especially in relationships. Today, at least, what you want to happen will have to wait another day.

Put astrology aside for a moment: transformation begins with your willingness to change. Retrograde Pluto in Aquarius thru 13 October helps you push the reset button. Where in life do YOU want to reinvent yourself?

This week: Saturn/Jupiter preview

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