As an Aries, I was recently dismayed to discover that Saturn has entered…
Gulp… Aries.
If you know anything about astrology, you probably understand why that made me nervous.
Saturn doesn’t exactly have the reputation of being the life of the party.
Saturn’s Bad Reputation
Saturn is often associated with:
* limitations
* delays
* responsibility
* endings
* hard lessons
* tearing down what no longer works
In other words…
Saturn has a way of rearranging your life whether you asked for it or not.
Sound Familiar?
If you’re a Tarot reader, that description probably reminds you of another archetype.
The Tower.
The Tower burns down the building.
It strips away certainty.
It leaves you standing in the ashes wondering,
“What just happened?”
A difficult Saturn transit can feel remarkably similar.
Sometimes it seems as though a cosmic steamroller has flattened your best-laid plans.
But They’re Not Exactly the Same
This is where I think people sometimes misunderstand Saturn.
The Tower is total collapse.
When the Tower appears, something fundamental is breaking apart.
It’s dramatic.
It’s shocking.
It’s often terrifying.
Saturn, however, is usually much more selective.
Saturn doesn’t destroy everything.
It destroys what isn’t solid.
That distinction makes all the difference.
Think of Saturn as a Strict Parent
I’ve always thought of Saturn as having a fatherly quality.
Not cruel.
Just uncompromising.
Imagine a parent walking into your room and saying,
“You haven’t used half this stuff in years. It’s time to clean it out.”
That’s Saturn.
Old habits.
Old beliefs.
Old ambitions.
Old identities.
If they’ve stopped serving your life, Saturn starts carrying them to the curb.
It may not feel pleasant.
But it isn’t random destruction.
Every Ending Makes Space for a Beginning
One thing that’s easy to overlook is that Saturn often marks the beginning of an entirely new chapter.
Yes, something is ending.
But something else is quietly making room to begin.
That’s why so many people look back on difficult Saturn periods years later and say,
“I wouldn’t want to go through it again…
…but I wouldn’t trade what came afterward.”
Why I Meditate on The Fool
When I’m going through Saturn energy, I don’t usually meditate on The Tower.
I meditate on The Fool.
That may sound strange at first.
The Fool is the card of beginnings.
Fresh energy.
New possibilities.
A journey that hasn’t been written yet.
The Fool steps into a completely unknown future with little more than hope, trust, and curiosity.
In many ways, that’s exactly what Saturn is asking us to do.
The Real Lesson
Here’s the conclusion I’ve gradually come to.
Saturn isn’t really asking us to suffer.
It’s asking us to let go.
Those are not the same thing.
The suffering often comes from trying to hold on to something that’s already finished.
When we resist Saturn…
the process feels brutal.
When we cooperate with Saturn…
the same energy becomes a tool for rebuilding.
You Can’t Stop Saturn…
…but you can work with it.
You can’t negotiate with it.
You can’t outrun it.
But you can decide whether you’ll spend your energy clinging to yesterday…
…or building tomorrow.
That’s why, during difficult Saturn transits, I keep coming back to The Fool.
Not because the journey is easy.
But because every meaningful journey begins the same way.
With one uncertain step into a brand-new world.
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