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14.05.2015 PrintarticleIsSaturnthelordofKarma?
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IsSaturnthelordofKarma?ByPaoloCrimaldi
PublishedonAstrologyonlineIthasbynowbeenascertainedthatSaturnistheplanetthatisthemasterofKarma,theonewhichmore than each other puts us in contactwith everything thatwe did in our the pastexistenceandwhichwehavetodealwith.Butisthisreallyso?
Probablynot, inthesensethatSaturnmorethanbeingboundtoourpast lives, isapowerfulactivatorofourpresenttime,oftheDharma,orratheroftheexistentialevolutivepaththatwehavedecidedtoundertakeatthebeginningofourcurrent incarnationandthat inonewayoranotherwetrytomoveforwards,veryoftenwitheffort,withdifficulty.It isherethatwefindkarmic dharmic power in the whole of its expression, evolutive of Saturn, or rather histransformative capability that forces us to deal with everything that we have more or lessconsciously decided to do in our lives, with the entire responsibility that we accepted at themomentinwhichourSoulappropriatedthebodyinwhichitresides.
Clearlythispathisnotalwayseasy,onthecontrarysometimesitcanhaveaseriesofevents,also rather strong, which can create friction, tension, doubts, pains, but also certitude,consciousness,action.InotherwordsSaturnhasthepowerofmakingusgetincontactwiththestronger,inflexibleandconsistentpartsofourselvesthatneverthelesssometimesmakeusfacedifferent kindsof resistance that inevitably they coincidewith thedifficult, problematic, heavymomentsofourexistence.ThesemomentsaremarkedbySaturntransits, itscoveringofthezodiac,andinencounteringtheplanets,andinparticularourpersonalones,andthereforedictateswhenourgrowthinitiates,andtotheconsciousnessofwhatisreallyimportantinourlife.
ThisprobablysuitsthosewhohaveadominantSaturnintheirbirthchart,especiallyifitistotheAscendantortotheMidheaven,sincefromthebirththeywillhaveaclearconsciousnessofwhattheirlimitsare,aswellastheirpotential,andinseveralwaysalsowhentheymustbesubjectedtoacheckthatdoesnottakeanythingintoaccountbutonthecontraryleadsconstantlytoatestinordertochecktherealimportancethatithasforourexistence.
Saturnhasaconceptionoftimethatisstrictlylinearandthatisdifficulttoanalyseandinterpretorthatpostponesthings,evenforalongtime.Saturnisnottiedtothepast,oreventhefuture,buttothepresent,thehereandnow,evenifitclearlychecksonthepastandplansinviewofagoal,butonlywithinaframeworkofabeginningandanend.InotherwordsSaturnbecomesloadedwiththepastonlyfunctionalreasonsorobstructingthoseplansitdoesnotlike,becauseitfeelsitsheaviness,theinhibitedstrengththatpossessesit,butat thesame time itdoesnotallow itself tobeblindedby the futurebecause it knows that itcannotreachanythingifnottodevelopthingswithconsistencyandperseveranceinthepresent,withoutexcludinganypossibilityandalwaysmaintaininganaspect that ishealthilydistrustfulandremovedinrelationtoeasyandfleetingresults.
ItisforthisreasonthatitisnotpossibletocallitsimplythelordofKarma,ifforkarmawemeaneverythingthatistiedexclusivelytopastlives,asoftenhappensbutifinsteaditisseenastheonewhichdictatescausesandeffects(whichunderlieskarma)abasicprincipleofitsbehaviour,then theabovedefinitionseems right, since itknows thatbehindasacrificeand renunciationthereisalwayssomethingpositiveandpracticalthatawaits,andthatnothing,oralmost,canbeattainedwithoutanyeffort,andthatifthishappensitwouldinanycaseimplythedefinitionofstrategiesandresponsibilities tobeable tomanage itall inawiseandcautiousway,avoidingthrowingawaywhateasilyenteredintoourlife.
In the next articles we analyse the cycle of Saturn and its transits, trying to favour theconstructive, positive aspect of its nature and not that, which often unjustly prevails, of anoppressor.