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consistently find that the Capricorn and Saturn content is difficult to identify with (i.e. to take responsibility for their own journey).
Capricorn and/or Saturn might indeed be connected with the 8th or 12th house for instance (houses that we do not identify with as being
our own).
Saturn is the crux of the matter with all Neptunian things in life, not so much Neptune, is what I am merely trying to say. All the transSaturnian forces need to operate THROUGH our Saturn-content to make it workable in our every day lives. The path of aligning the ego
with the higher Self is not an easy one. Saturn is not too friendly towards the ego, as we all know. We all know what insecurity means. We
all know what it means to be put down by someone else and how this hurts (it is the ego which gets hurt). We tend to experience this the
easiest in those areas of life connected with the houses ruled by Saturn and/or where Saturn is placed. In the first 30 years of our lives
Saturn (and our ego) needs to be built UP, we need support from authorities (Saturn) outside of ourselves. But this changes after 29.6 and
yet, most people still give other people the authority to approve and justify their acts. The fear of failure in the eyes of someone else,
insecurity and needing approval are extremely interesting dynamics. If I am sensitive to what others say about whatever it might be that I
am sensitive about, it means I give my Saturn away to others. This is fine if I am not yet 30 years of age, but then something should really
change. And yet, so often do we fail to understand this truth, even if life is trying to beat it into us.
The whole astrology world, at least in the USA right now, so anxious for outer acceptance by society, is in fact an example of the same
dynamic. If we are insecure about our astrology, yes we DO need acceptance from the outer world, because how else are we going to
atone this insecurity? we reason. But think about the following for a moment: say you were born with Capricorn on the 6th house cusp
and Saturn in the 5th house. You may be pretty sensitive about your work methods and may need to reconcile this by being ambitious,
working hard and yet, all this for just a single reason (a goal in the future): to become accepted by your superiors. Of course, with
Capricorn on the 6th house cusp, you are finding out that nobody sees the amount of work you put into something and you dont feel you
get the recognition you think you so deserve. All these dynamics are fine for someone in the first Saturn-cycle, but for all those who are
older: reflect for a moment on what happens if someone DOES recognize you? What happens, is in fact that you will not believe it! You will
start to minimize your own efforts all of a sudden, or doubting whether the other person actually means it. You will continuously doubt
yourself in all the areas related to Saturn and Capricorn! Whatever other people say!
There is one area in their life where they will not gain any approval from others, where they are on their own, the area related to Capricorn
and Saturn in their charts. And : you see, it does not matter what someone else says, because Saturn stays a pain in the ass as long as
you project the thing onto someone else, or a system outside of yourself. Saturn is in reality not the outer authority, it is an inner authority.
It is your own conscience whose approval you unknowingly are seeking, and our own conscience is the first gate to God indeed.
Therefore it does not help whether someone outside approves or disapproves. Yet, how difficult it is to listen to our inner conscience,
because the truth is, we judge ourselves so much harsher than anybody else ever would.
Yes, Saturn is kind of harsh for the ego, but in truth not for the Soul, to the contrary. To make this turn-around is in fact to change from
karma to dharma. From burdens on our backs to walking the path in the here and now. Firm yet flexible, the 3rd Saturn-quality.