Saturn In Virgo-Life Adjustments In 2008

With both Saturn and Mars retrograde, patience and endurance are 2008’s keywords because nothing seems to be moving as quickly as you would like it to. Although Mars goes direct on January 30th, Saturn remains retrograde until May. An overdose of obstacles and delays seem to be the norm, and have been since last fall. In true Virgo form, you may feel as if you have more responsibility, as well as pressure to perform up to somebody else’s standards. The strong, father-like Saturn in Virgo energies are asking you to be more practical and pay more attention to detail, especially when it comes to authority figures. When the energies of Saturn are filtered through the energies of Virgo, a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury, materialism, conservatism, and what is “real and tangible” will be more important than usual.Despite all of this, Saturn has moved into the sign of Virgo for the next two years, which can also connect you to the higher functions of Mercury, and will help you in all of your endeavors. So while you feel as if you are working harder than usual, you will also experience the sense and satisfaction of “work well done” more than usual.Saturn remains in the sign of Virgo until October of 2009. It has been retrograde since December 20, 2007 and will not return to a direct motion until May 2, 2008. Take this period of time to do some rethinking, reevaluating, redoing and taking any action applicable to your life that you feel may need some adjustments. Instead of making the usual “New Year’s Resolutions” which we are quick to make and just as quick to break, use this five month time period to begin to understand the lessons that Saturn is bringing to you. This time span can be used as a real gift as well as offer growth to your soul. Saturn, the teacher and task-maker of the zodiac is always trying to teach you. The question is, which astrological house is Saturn retrograde in?For example: if Saturn in retrograde in your Second House of money and values, you may habitually overspend and what you need to learn is how to control your impulse to buy and thus bring your finances into better balance. On the other hand, if you are a pinchpenny type, depriving both yourself and your family members of necessities or even luxuries that bring a little pleasure to your lives, your lesson might be to learn how to spend a little more freely. Read your Sun Sign and Ascendant Sign and the description that follows to discover where and how Saturn will be challenging and affecting your life in 2008. This information also describes what the retrograde motion of Saturn in Virgo will bring to you over the next few months. If you have had your birth chart cast by a professional or by Elizabeth Joyce, and know which House your Saturn resides in, that Natal House placement will be affected by the retrograde action, as well as whatever House transiting Saturn is passing through. This may give you a more concise description on a personal level.ARIES: (3/21-4/20)Saturn in Virgo is currently retrograde in your Natal Sixth House, so you will need to reassess your work environment and circumstances. If you are dissatisfied with your current working area, job duties, schedule, and/or coworkers, colleagues, or employees, then now is the time to contemplate what changes are necessary to make it possible for you to once again feel satisfied at the end of the day rather than frustrated and unhappy. Get together with others in your department and decide what type of reorganization you and others could do in order to improve things and make them better for everyone. Make a list of your most pressing concerns and present this list to the higher-ups,making sure to remind them that good morale produces efficiency, productivity, and more importantly, profitability. Even if you run into those familiar obstacles and delays in obtaining your goals, it is likely that at least some of your needs will be met.You will also need to take stock of your mental and physical health. How is your diet and what are you doing to keep in shape? Are you working too hard and becoming overly stressed? Do you have a difficult time making decisions and concentrating on your duties and responsibilities? Saturn in the Sixth House is also very health conscious. Think about what you can do to improve your health and wellness. Consider implementing an exercise program, developing a nutritional food plan, perhaps taking a course in time management, yoga or meditation, or even finding another job if that’s what you need to do to improve your life quality.TAURUS (4/21-5/21)With Saturn retrograde in Virgo in your Natal Fifth House, you need to re-evaluate what makes you happy and weather or not the activities you do for fun and pleasure are emotionally fulfilling. Reassess your hobbies and leisure activities and examine ways in which you express your creativity. Are the artistic endeavors you pursue worthwhile, or are they starting to become boring? Have you learned to to balance work, home and your extracurricular activities? Perhaps you’re a social butterfly and spend too much time at clubs and parties or other places of entertainment, all with the illusion that you are getting someplace in life. It might be time to reestablish equilibrium in your life by cutting back on your social life and concentrating more on your job and family. This is particularly true if you have a spouse and children. A babysitter is no replacement for a parent and you could be jeopardizing your relationship with your significant other. If you are unmarried, a romance you are involved with may have suddenly become difficult as you and your partner begin to discover differences in your approach to life and the ways in which each of you resolve issues that come up. Do you have the desire, patience and willpower to work at the relationship to make it a success?GEMINI (5/21-6/20)With Saturn retrograde in Virgo in your Natal Fourth House you need to reappraise your sense of the personal security your home and family provide. If you are feeling insecure, try to determine the reasons why. Are you continually comparing your performance as a parent to that of your mother and father? Does your home or apartment reflect your personality and make you feel comfortable or is it decorated willy-nilly with a mixture of odds and ends that hold little or no meaning for you? Do you have some trouble understanding your children? You may need to focus on addressing each issue until you can bring your feelings more in line with the realities of your family life. Otherwise you will continue scattering your energies by settling for quick fixes with whatever problems you encounter. Revisiting your ethnic and genealogical origins might help you to feel more grounded. Reevaluate your attitude toward and your experiences with domestic life. Maybe it’s time to make some changes in the way you view your household affairs. Consider making some new rules concerning how you expect family members interact with both you as well as with each other. Try getting your children and spouse more involved with activities that are centered in the home. If they have trouble getting into the swing of things, you may have to learn how to deal with them on their level.CANCER (6/21-7/21)With Saturn in Virgo retrograde in your Natal Third House, you need to explore and revise your immediate surroundings, including your neighborhood, as well as the activities of your oldest son. Also consider the area you pass through on your way to work, local stores, events and community activities. Do you enjoy chatting with your neighbors? Do you admire where you live and does it satisfy you emotionally? Is getting to work easy or difficult? Would you like to be more involved with community affairs? Are the local events boring or interesting? If you have answered no to most of these questions it might be time to consider relocating! Most members of your sign, once they’ve decided that it’s safe to crawl out of their shells, are very sociable and love talking and sharing with others. Perhaps it’s time to build some closer bonds with your neighbors, offer to help with a community project, attend more local affairs, and investigate more of the stores in your area. Difficulties with a sibling may be of concern to you now, and if so you may need to reexamine how you interact with them and take a closed look at how past shared experiences have affected each of you. Consider speaking with folks who know both of you and ask for their insight about how both of you behave with each other. You may be quite surprised at what you will learn.LEO (7/22-8/21)Saturn in Virgo is moving backward in your Natal Second House, giving you the need to take a closer look at how you use your resources, financially and otherwise, especially if you’ve experienced money difficulties in the last six months. A review of your borrowing, lending and spending habits will probably reveal patterns of excess, so it will be up to you to revamp your budget to make your current income cover your expenses. Pay cash for purchases instead of using credit cards, avoid buying high-ticket items, and consider trying to generate additional income by getting a second job or by selling something you no longer use. A yard sale would do it, but EBay or other auction websites are also a good bet. Reevaluate your personal skills and talents, as you may be able to use these in your current position to get a raise or promotion. Also, consider the possibility of turning a hobby into a part-time business. It’s all about what you have to work with and what you do with it. Although your self-esteem where money is concerned may be a little low right now, you have the ability to handle whatever responsibilities come your way. If you’re somewhat of a tightwad, remember that you cannot use your money when you pass on. You may be depriving yourself and loved ones not only of necessities in the here and now, but of things that make life worthwhile and fun as well. If you can overcome the sense of insecurity you’ve been feeling lately, things will begin to change for you in a positive manner.VIRGO (8/22-9/21)With Saturn retrograde in your Natal First House, Virgo, you need to take a fresh look at your attitude and your outlook on life. Your view of the world, and your perceived place in it, may be somewhat negative now due to recent experiences. However, that can and will change. In some ways, Saturn in your sign may seem to hold you back, but it also endows you with the strength to cope and to hold your own psychologically. Feeling a little insecure about the impression you make on others? Take a realistic look at your physical appearance, your personality, and consider what you can do to make a favorable impression on others. You could take self-improvement classes, change your wardrobe or your hair style, or take a deeper look at your attitudes or habits that may be holding you back. These habits may seem a bit daunting, but you won’t change them at all if you don’t begin to make the effort. Are things in your life running smoothly? If not figure out just what the problem is and fix it! As for the world outside your home, you have the skills that others need, such as your attention to detail, a working knowledge of facts and specifics in numerous areas, and a strong service instinct. Offering your help to a local charity may be just what’s needed to start you on the road of self discovery.LIBRA (9/22-10/21)Saturn in Virgo in retrograde motion through your Natal Twelfth House directs you to look within and search your subconscious mind for bad habits, escapist tendencies, and personal demons that keep you from being the person you want to be. Obsessing about your failures and defeats while dwelling on the pain and sorrow you’ve endured due to losses in your life will only be valuable if you can draw some important lessons you’ve learned from your experiences. Unspecified fears and inhibitions can affect your judgment and prevent spiritual growth, so try to discover what these are so that you can deal with them. Your dreams are highly focused now, so record them each morning in a journal and purchase a dream guide to help you interpret the imagery and symbols involved. Messages from your subconscious can give you clues about how to merge with the infinite and experience a higher power as well as a deeply penetrating spiritual feeling. If you have a hidden side to your personality, such as an unhealthy obsession or an addiction to drugs and/or alcohol, legal or otherwise, reexamine the motives and possibly the psychological reasons for your behavior so that you can uncover ways to heal them. You’ll discover that you have the inner strength to deal with these patterns and problems, and can begin to work with others to solve them.SCORPIO (10/22-11/21)Saturn in Virgo is retrograde in your Natal Eleventh House. This marks a time when you should reassess your plans and goals, especially those you sharer with people of like mind. Are you on the right track? Are you your own person or are you giving into peer pressure when it comes to important and significant pursuits? A reevaluation of values, ideas and aspirations you hold in common with your friends and acquaintances could help you decide if you’ve grown in different directions than them. If so, it might be time to join a club, group, or organization whose members have thoughts and feelings similar to yours. Participating in a cause in which you believe strongly is therapeutic in many respects, especially if you encounter opposition to your ideas and concepts. Being challenged allows you to break through fixed boundaries and to think for yourself. Also, consider how you can make the world a better place in which to live. Getting involved with politics is a possibility, as is lending your talents to a charitable organization. In the process you may find yourself moving in different social circles than the ones to which you are accustomed. That can heighten your perceptions, help you to see yourself in a new way, and enable you to understand and communicate with others better.SAGITTARIUS (11/22-12/21)With Saturn in Virgo retrograding through your Natal Tenth House, you need to reexamine your overall life direction as well as your professional goals, to determine if you are following your own star or someone else’s. Are you striving to be like a parent or some other authority figure? Are you trying to take a road someone else has laid down for you? Are you an imitator or an original? Perhaps you have yet to discover your true calling in life, but if you fail to look inward to learn about who you really are and ignore the possibilities that come your way, you could end up with a dead-end and totally unsatisfactory career. The picture you present to the outer world should reflect the real you, not you wearing a mask that makes you feel more functional. Now is a good time to reassess the extent of and the sense of power that it may give you, as well as your yearning for more recognition for who you are and what you do. Are you seeking rank and honor? Is your standing in the community a concern? Rethink your aspirations, your goals, and your position in the social and business worlds and ponder where your responsibilities lie. How much of an authority figure do you want to be? Be careful now, you just may get what you ask for these next two years.CAPRICORN (12/22-1/21)With Saturn in Virgo retrograding through your Natal Ninth House you need to review many of your deeply held beliefs, religious orientation and the truths you believe in about life and about yourself as well. Are your convictions founded on your experiences or are you just following blindly what you’ve been taught thus far? Members of your sign are eager to form and express opinions, and to share what they know with others. In listening to people around you, you gain input that will help you look at the broader framework of your philosophy. Now is the time to reconsider whether you’ve stopped hearing what others have to say. Have you become narrow-minded and fixed in your ideals and your sense of justice? Have you ceased attempting to broaden your horizons, both mentally and physically? If so, get back on track by traveling to foreign shores where different and unusual customs may prevail. By comparing your culture and experiences to those with which you are unfamiliar, you can gain new perspective that can only lead to personal, and possibly spiritual growth. Rethink the idea of higher education. Perhaps you need to enroll in a course or two at a local college or university so that your intellect is challenged and you’re presented with new information and issues to ponder. In the process, you’ll meet others whose ideas will stimulate yours. AQUARIUS (1/22-2/19)Saturn in Virgo retrograding through your Natal Eighth House brings with it a need to reexamine your attitude toward sexuality, intimacy, bonding, close communication, as well as commitment. Are you somewhat shy in revealing who you really are to a partner? Do you have fantasies and ideas you’re unwilling to share? Look within yourself to uncover what makes you vulnerable to the emotional issues related to your closes partnership. You may have an urge to dig deep down to the core of thing and delve into hidden psychological depths within yourself. Follow that impulse and you’re likely to learn a lot about your inner struggles, and come to some sort of understanding in regard to your love for life and some fears you may have of your future, as well as what hidden and untapped gifts and talents you have. You have the opportunity now to review your response to a psychological challenge you may have experienced recently, such as the loss of someone close. Did you handle it well? Was your recovery quick or slow? Did you learn enough from the experience so that if something similar occurs, you’ll be able to handle yourself and your emotional reactions better? Issues related to jointly owned resources and finances have probably come up. If so, take a close look at your feelings about other people’s money and values, comparing them with yours. You could really learn something.PISCES (2/19-3/21)With Saturn in Virgo transiting through your Natal Seventh House you need to reexamine the way you act with others when you are working, loving or just playing. Do you find sharing yourself a bit scary, or is it something you see as beneficial? Are you influenced in any way by your interactions with others? When it comes to marriage, are your expectations realistic, or tinged with fantasy, or perhaps a mixture of both? Now is a good time to review your ideas about partnership issues. Try to determine what made relationships in your past a failure or a success. If you can come up with some answers, perhaps you can apply what you learned to your current relationship, whether it be your spouse, a business partner or even a bridge partner, to make the relationship a better one. If you have a rival or enemy, review the circumstances that occurred when the two of you first didn’t see eye to eye. What are you contributing to the situation? If you have no clue as to why this person seems to display such animosity toward you, have you tried to find out his or her reasons? Do you continually try for reconciliation or do you just react to what the other person says or does? This is the time to talk to the other person, and make a sincere effort to find the answer and heal any unpleasant feelings between you.