Making Peace With My Saturn Return

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By Anon from Denver, US

If there is one thing I wish I knew four years ago, it is the phenomenon of the Saturn Return. It all began with a car crash and slowly every area of my life got sucked into a downward spiral.

If I knew such a thing as a Saturn Return existed, I would have been better prepared for it.

Death of the Old Ways
When it began I saw everything I had built start to disintegrate. I had to make some hard choices. I took a hard hit when it came to finances, career and friendships.

Since my Saturn Return began I was living with high anxiety, fear, low self-worth, regret and many negative feelings.

My Saturn Return - Reader Comment of the Week

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by Han

Coming to the end of my Saturn Return in Libra now... It has been very hard for me because I was so out of touch with my authentic self before this happened that I had much work to do indeed.

Personal relationships have all completely changed. I had some tough lessons in booting people out of my life who were taking but not giving, not respecting me or using me.

I have done a heck of a lot of therapy related to my childhood and relationships with my family and also during this time I decided to be single for the first time in my life after recognizing a pattern of controlling, unsatisfying or abusive relationships.

Double Dose of Saturn

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by Contributor

Hello, I have a Libra Sun but I was born with Saturn in Scorpio, so instead of having two and a half years of Saturn's medicine, I'm preparing for having 5 years of it.

I got married just before Saturn entered in Libra in 2009. It was like I was yearning for love and discipline before I met him. I moved from my country to his, without knowing how to speak his language, without diplomas - which would allow me to search for as good a job as I had before - and I said goodbye to my family and friends.

Where do I begin?

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by Contributor

In early 2009 I fell pregnant for a third time. I'd been with my abusive husband for 12 years and though I love my first two dearly this third pregnancy made me realise I didn't want my husband and his controlling ways anymore.

Had to get out and this new baby was a scary development. Sadly I miscarried and my husband blamed me - said my negativity caused the loss.

It was then that I relished that I no longer loved him, he was cruel, heartless, mean and needy all in one.

It's hard to do the right thing

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by Contributor

I’m a 29-year-old with Saturn in Libra. I mysteriously came across a website earlier this year about the return of Saturn. I’ve never heard anything about the return of Saturn but once I read what it meant, everything that had and was transpiring in my life all of a sudden made sense.

I ended a five year relationship this year. It was an extremely difficult and painful thing to do, it still is. I knew that I had to end it because it was a very imbalanced relationship.

Saturn Return in Libra - Progress Report

For all the current Saturn Return initiates currently experiencing their Return under the sign of Libra - remind yourself that you have almost "graduated" from this intense learning period.

Saturn entered Libra for the first time in October 2009 and leaves for good in October 2012, not to return again for another 29 years.

Saturn went retrograde in Libra in January, for a final sweep out and transformation of the relational patterns that you are trying to balance in a healthier way. By now, you might have gone on to a new phase in your relationships after some tough lessons, or you are busy considering this and could implement your decisions before Saturn goes direct in June.

Divorce, marriage, love triangles, indecision, self-respect, financial stability, health revolutions, creative conundrums.

How are you?

Bittersweet Saturn Return - Building a Foundation

by Hannah

It seems that Saturn was finishing his tour in my sign, Libra, when I was born (1982). I am finding my Saturn return bittersweet to say the least.

In the last year, I have moved to another part of the country, changed jobs, and started a new relationship. Great and not so great things have gone along with most of this. However, I do feel like I am finally building a foundation and seeing clearly what I really want for my life and being able to identify values, ideals and directions that are actually important to me.

But it isn't easy. At all. The hardest part is the insecurity and having to see some things about myself honestly for the first time. Again, for the good and bad. Please tell me it gets better!