As Saturn transits through our natal chart, it will eventually reach opposition to our natal Mercury. Saturn takes about 2 ½ years to move from one sign to the next sign and 29 years to make a full cycle returning to its original placement when we were born. Mercury is a neutral planet; it needs something to activate its energies. Transits and Progressions will act as a trigger.
The energies
of the opposition between Saturn and Mercury will largely depend on the state
of Mercury in your natal chart as well as the placement of natal Saturn. If
Mercury is poorly placed, the opposition will be more challenging than if it were
placed more comfortably with favourable aspects.
Mercury is
the planet of the mind and has to do with our communication techniques, ability
to formulate ideas and create concrete action based on our thought process. It
also has to do with our speech and rationalization and can also speak of our
reaction to life’s events.
Saturn has
to do with the building process when linked with Mercury and how we view our
objectives and what we might think our processing might reveal. Saturn often
indicates hard work and disciplined effort. We must work towards finalizing our
ideas when we are dealing with Saturn and Mercury. Saturn can make us worry
about outcomes, fear mistakes or making the wrong decisions and usually
requires some degree of concentration and deliberation before we move ahead.
This can be a good thing or a difficult situation depending on how deep this
thought process runs. The houses involved will define the areas of life
involved.
Saturn can
also produce concrete results with viable solutions and can build slowly
towards solutions built to last. Oppositions are considered challenging aspects
and often includes other people. People may be opposed to your decisions or
think that you might be making the wrong choices moving ahead. There may be
some obstacles in the way and it may take longer to achieve what you are
setting out to do because of others’ influences or because of the slow moving
progress which is often indicated by Saturn’s influence.
Your goal
should be to clear your mind of obstacles/influences that hinder your decision
making and also to listen to what others might have to say. After careful
consideration push yourself forward towards your objectives ensuring it is the
right way to go.
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