TRANSITING SATURN SQUARE NATAL MERCURY

When we are experiencing a square from transiting Saturn to natal Mercury, we can expect challenges with our pattern of thinking.  Much depends on the sign position of your natal Mercury but Saturn can push us towards depression, insecurities, stubbornness, delayed reactions and pessimism toward outcomes.

Mercury rules the mind and indicates the way in which we assimilate information. 

If, for example, we have Mercury in the sign of Capricorn, our mind is structured, leaning towards material or occupational concerns.  We may be focused on our ambitions and we may be slow to react due to our mind studying the material that is at hand.  We may lean towards careful planning, with a steadfast approach, rarely wavering in our belief structure.  Much will depend on how natal Mercury is aspected by other natal positions.

If there is a square from natal Saturn to our Mercury then we would weigh things out before plotting ahead.  We may be worried about outcomes, we may be pessimistic in our approach, and our first mental reaction to life events may be one of concern and doubt.  However, because the square always pushes us to find possible solutions to our problems, we may seek out ways of understanding our mind’s reaction and focus, and work on generating more positive approaches when dealing with life’s conditions.

The energies of transiting Saturn can be quite challenging to deal with.  It slows things down, sometimes to a standstill, puts up roadblocks to our objectives and seems to create difficulties to work through.  Saturn teaches us conservatism, patience and often suggests hard work and a disciplined approach is required.  Saturn is the teacher of the Zodiac and although it does challenge life’s conditions it also makes us have to work hard if we want to find resolutions to these conditions.  Saturn will make us persevere and builds endurance and eventual strength as we deal with any obstructions.

Because our topic is the transit of Saturn to natal Mercury, this specific aspect may lean towards pessimism towards reaching our goals. 

If we check our natal chart to see which house natal Mercury is in and also which house transiting Saturn is moving through, we will have a good idea of what areas of life would be involved.  If you work hard to achieve what you are trying to accomplish and do not take any shortcuts (and you can even ask someone in an authoritative position for any suggests), the chances are you will find a resolution or develop a plan to make some of your objectives reachable.  Hard work is almost always part of the process and if you give it your all and it still does not work out, at least you will find some satisfaction in knowing that you gave it your best.  You will have learned valuable lessons to move forward from there. 

If things work out then quite often after the fact things solidify and become more structured and may likely stand the test of time.

It would be wise to work diligently towards your objectives under this influence and to expect some shortcomings and potential delays, but you can accomplish much during this influence and the rewards will be of a higher quality if you do all that is required of you.

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