♄ Saturn
In Humanistic Astrology:
The ‘Law‘, ‘Rules‘, & ‘Authority Figures’.
Capacity: to Create Order, Form & Discipline
Urge: toward safety and security through tangible achievement
Need: for social approval; to rely on one’s own resources and work.
Cycles bring responsibilities and hard work reminding us of our mortality and the general limitations of our willfulness.
In the nocturnal chart Saturn represents the father (according to Ptolemy).
In Traditional Astrology:
The Destructive life Force (due to excessive cold, moderately dry and constricting properties)
Archetypes: very old people, widows, those who are barren, laborers & farmers (because Saturn rules the land), those who work at waterside trades, renters of property, tax & custom collectors
Keywords: sorrow, misery, long-lasting punishment , grief, captivities, mishaps, slander, disrepute, trouble, matters that endure, old doings, assistance from the elderly or ancient, that which is obsolete
Characteristics: gloomy, depressed, disposed to silence, incapable of emotional display
Bodyparts: Thighs, knees, lymph, bladder, and kidneys
Health Conditions: Long lasting chronic complaints from cold & moisture, hidden injury & gout
Dignity:
Resources: (#associate links)
Arroyo, Stephen. (1989) Chart Interpretation Handbook. Sebastopol, California: CRCS Publications.
Burk, Kevin (2002) Understanding the Birth Chart. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications
Hand, Robert. (1981) Horoscope Symbols. Atglen, PA: Whitford Press.
Ptolemy’s Essential Dignities of the planets.
