Saturn retrogrades again to Pisces; the effect is dizzying, nauseating, with a big helping of ‘I can’t believe we’re in this same place again!’ Where the transiting body is in your chart, along with any aspects it is generating, as well as Saturn’s natal situation, will determine where and how you feel in life. The thing is, a strong return to the previous sign usually has an uh-oh! feeling that is clearly temporary: we generally know it as a brief retreat towards what is largely finished, a momentary and tedious repetition. This time, however, it feels like our new individual hell; perhaps it’s the other energies it’s still in contact with, whispering the worst, or the fact that it’s Saturn, trying to plant us firmly in the material world, with no blurred boundaries or pleasant dreams allowed.
Technically, Saturn is still conjoined with Neptune, but now that it’s back in Neptune’s sign, everything takes on a fun mirror quality, exacerbated by Pluto in Aquarius sextile playing with the mind, worrying us about what the future holds and emphasizing the negative side of everything that’s modern, while the sextile to Uranus now surprises us with everything we hadn’t noticed before. The unreliability of our own perceptions will be the most prominent effect here; If you treat yourself as if it were Mercury retrograde, that is, be cautious and aware that you may not be seeing things realistically (let alone not seeing them optimistically!), then you can wait until you adjust, which will only take 5 or 6 days. Then it becomes a wait, as you deal with every little Pisces thing that Saturn didn’t handle before its rise.
The Daily Word image is a wild bird perched on a person’s finger. To me this is amazing, that rare moment of communion with the natural world that you can’t make happen, it just happens on its own. In this moment there is awe and experiences of wonder and hope. Know that they are real and not as rare as you might think.
