Saturn in Cancer: Reflections

purplefishy · 17-07-2005

I thought with Saturn moving along into Leo, we could reflect on the lessons we have learned these past two or so years with Saturn in Cancer. Where is your Cancer placement? What did you learn?

For me, Cancer is my moon, in the 9th house. So, I learned all kinds of difficult (but very necessary) emotional lessons (ah but with Pisces as my sun, how could I not?). Also, I graduated from school, and attempted (still attempting!) to make something of myself, something that will last me my whole life no doubt. I have also found work to which I am very emotionally connected.

**squeakmo9** · 17-07-2005

Cancer is in the cusp of my 12th house which is occupied by Jupiter, natally, so when the conjunction hit, I began to have some difficulty with my equilibruim. The room began spinning. I had to go to a few doctors before I found out it I had a problem with my inner ear. Maybe it had something to do with the conjuction, maybe not, maybe all sorts of other aspects were being set off like fireworks so it could have been a number of things happening at once. It felt like I hit a wall and everything came to a dead stop. Although I had problems with my balance, this time period made me feel a strange detachment and I was able to see things a bit clearer. I was able to severe a toxic tie of sorts with someone. So it did give me the ability to let go and for me that says a lot since I tend to be every bit a Taurus, letting go & moving on is a challenge.

Deszroo · 17-07-2005

Saturn is now at my part of fortune...just past being at my north node..all three are in stellium mode actually..saturns also continues to trine my natal sun/mer. Health has been a major issue family wise and personally for the sojourn of Saturn in my 12th...so I've learned that even the mighty can we not so mighty. I've learned that sickness is a whole world to itself and it can change the way you see things and how you have to live.. I've found how expensive it all is and if you are caught out there without a paddl$ or with no one to look out for you...you're in deep fudge. I think having natal saturn and transiting saturn 7th/12th respectively inconjunct has something to do with the lessons...many time inconjunct is linked to illness..with 12th it can be nebulous..or with saturn chronic. But I haven't looked into the Sat inconj Sat as much yet. Chiron in Capricorn I think had something to do with it all since it was opposing my Saturn and conj my SN in 6th. Being that Saturn transits Cancer...certainly things family wise, old issues, memories...things that needed to be confronted or surface have in one way or another...but its been kind of on the gentle side as opposed to realizations in a harsh way, so far. Sat trine sun/mer helps in some way with relations that fall under the sun/mer and also with mercurial issues. Most of the things and people that were in my life since Saturn was in Gemini especially, are no longer in a significant way...yet that is good for there needed to be an ending or conclusion. I would say still my jury is out..until sat is moved on longer into Leo..thats how you can tell some even more greater significances.
Pluto in my 5th house too is another subject but its doing its there and aspecting. Whenever a major planet transits my 12th...I always get a book/reading rush...maybe because of the trine to mer?. And theres always some deep absorbing 12th houseish interest that takes my attention...yet it usually is not long lasting...but since I've noticed it I'm trying to look deeper into that since in a way its also kind of shallow..and I wonder if I cannot have something stay a little longer or develop onto or into a more serious and usefull level. So there perhaps is another effect of conscientious saturn transiting through the 12th. Of course perhaps no transit through the 12th..and especially Saturn would not complete with out some kind retreat, exile, escape, voluntary, involuntary repose in someway. This is a less dazziling time for me active wise and low vitality...which in a way come about I think not as a 'bad" thing but as much as a result of prior actions one way or another.

dadsnook2000 · 18-07-2005

My Ascending degree is 0 Cancer. The past few years have been tough ones for me.

I tore up my shoulder muscles (both), also known as the rotator cuff while tearing down walls in the cellar of my house to build an appartment for the two boys. They wanted an appartment of their own and more room for all of their "stuff." At age 67, that was probably an excessive project to attempt as I am not a professional tradesman and was not in condition for it. Saturn rules bones, tendons and also caution and limitation.

I've been developing products for a web-site business that I am building. I have had to learn many new skills and suffer many delays during that project which is now almost complete. All of this is also Saturn related.

In retrospect it has been a tough couple of years as I've adapted to doing things differently. I no longer climb mountains with the boys and I let them help around the house doing yard work. I've learned to moderate the activities I engage in, although I don't avoid them. Dave

**autumn star** · 18-07-2005

Here are my reflections of saturn in cancer .... and I too am glad that it is leaving this sign!

First of all saturn has been travelling through my 12th house - opposing my sun and my moon ... this in itself has been tough. I once read that saturn going through your 12th house is like a time of evaluation where you go over saturns movement through the previous 11 houses of the birth chart. And this basically sums up my experience ... it has been like a culmination, a time of solitude to think through my past and the mistakes that I have made. Since saturn has been opposing my 6th house sun and moon, I have also had a few health difficulties ... I had glandular fever at the beginning, and a kind of chronic tiredness, something which made me have to give up my vegetarian habits because I lost too much weight.

I have noticed that since saturn has been in cancer and my 12th house - I have an increased interest in astrology and have started using tarot. In many ways I have enjoyed the transit, because it has given me a chance to reflect on all the things that I just normally wouldn't have had the time for ... and it has made me more in tune with my intuition - I have basically got to know myself better.

This last part of the satrun transit has been the most difficult ... due to my moon being at 26 Capricorn and my mars at 26 Libra ... so natally they form an exact square ... and with saturn at 26 cancer ... it sqaured my natal mars and opposed my natal moon ... so that was quite difficult and hard to deal with. I basically experienced it as a block to my plans. Saturn has also conjunct my part of fortune ... which is 24 Cancer ... this was an interesting experience.

Overall, I can say that it has been a learning experience and that's what saturn is all about ... although a hard learning experience at times.

I am looking forward to saturn moving into Leo ... it will conjunct my 7 Leo ascendant ... at last .. it will trine my venus and uranus ... but square my natal saturn and pluto too.

feticeira · 18-07-2005

Wow. I went to find out when exactly Saturn entered Cancer and my 12th house: July 5th 2003.
I turned my life around exactly at this time. The two prior months I suffered in health physically, emotionally and mentally. I went through depression and a HUGE vocational crisis.
In had read a thread earlier and people were commenting on wether Saturn would fit The Fool, The Tower or The World in Tarot.
This transit has meant all three for me: I dropped my major in school which was Nutrition, and changed it to Anthropology.
In my country making a living as a nutritionist is much easier than as an anthropologist, many people called me either crazy or stupid to make this switch (Fool) . I don´t care, that´s where the World steps in: when your major makes you feel empty you need to get a reality check of where your heart and mind really are. In comes the Tower... my path so far had been a fake one... so it crumbled and I chose a major that could not possibly be better described by The World card.
Also, I got my very first job ever (which I still have).

These career/work issues I think are probably because of the opposition Saturn made to my house of work and health (the 6th), which is cusped by Capricorn no less, a sign very much associated with personal development and responsibilities.

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