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Saturn in Libra: Settling Down or Just Settling?

Tue, 09/06/2011 - 01:28 pm PST by Maria DeSimone

Some correspondence this week via email with two dear friends really got me thinking about relationship dynamics.

As you know, Saturn, the planet of limitation, delay and structure, has been in the relationship oriented sign Libra since late 2009 giving us significant lessons in the partnership arena. Saturn will continue to bless (or burden) us with these lessons until October 2012. 

The overwhelming message of Saturn in Libra has to do with creating a solid form around relationship. For some this means breaking free of restrictive hook up patterns that are no longer serving the highest good of the soul. For others however, it has more to do with learning to realistically assess a partnership and ones place in it.

Tricky to be sure.

In my own chart Saturn will cross the seventh house cusp of relationship/marriage by transit this fall for the first pass and I’m already feeling the sobriety of this upcoming transit. All around me the theme of relationships has to do with learning to be honest about whether a couple is confined in a match OR if it’s time to define a relationship that has been difficult to structure.

Marriage can be an amazing experience . . . but only when it’s a true partnership that allows two people to continue to grow on their individual paths while also nurturing each other. That’s easier to do in the beginning of a relationship, but what about years down the road? When there’s responsibility and bills to pay and kids to raise? Or when one spouse becomes significantly ill, develops an addiction or loses his/her job? Suddenly the reality of one’s individual problems and how they affect a union can become too much weight for a relationship to bear. Instead of marriage being the most beautiful fairy tale experience it now seems like a suffocating burden.

Why do I have to carry around his or her weight in addition to my own? This is a valid question many of you are asking while Saturn is in Libra.

Another question you might be asking is this: Am I in a relationship that stifles me? Am I settled down . . . or just settling?

Now,  I’m not suggesting that just because Saturn is in Libra we’re all supposed to feel we’re in a restrictive relationship. Remember, Saturn’s energy could be working in a much different way for you and might actually help you define a positive relationship.

But just in case it’s not and you’re trying to push away the nagging fear and voice inside of you that whispers you’ve settled by settling down, I want you to roll up your sleeves and put your big boy/girl pants on. Because if this post resonates with you I can promise Saturn is not finished delivering his lesson. In fact, he’s only halfway through.

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