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SATURN KEYWORDS

 

Stability            Restriction            Contraction               Duty               Coldness           Capricorn  &  trad. ruler Aquarius

Limitation            Discipline        Hard work            Application            Control                Inhibition              - Earth           

Boundaries            Perseverance            Narrow-mindedness                        Tenacity                          Cardinal

Cruel               Practical            Cautious         Cold            Mean               Structure            10th House

Selfishness            Ambitious            ‘Greater malefic’            Time                Age                Self-discipline       

Mortality             Death              Fear            Being tested              Responsibility                   Saturday

Barriers            Maturity         Serious              Careful           Containment               Authority figures          Melancholy

Denial             ‘Ought’          ‘Should’           ‘Must’            Father              Internal parent             Wagging finger              Guilt

Reality             Doubt             Work               Rules               Rigidity            Definition             Bones                Skin

Brakes             Defences            Weight/burden            Reliability            Dependability                        Endurance

Tradition             Old                Ageing                Authoritarian               Delays

 

Chronos            Father Time                Grim Reaper             Senex/Old Man         

 

Where we are fearful, feel awkward, inadequate, fear failing.

Where we become an authority.

 

Skeleton, bones, skin, knees, teeth, ears, deafness

 

Authority, tradition, law & order, police, judge, law enforcement, government – civil service, older people working class, stone masons, farm labourers, hermits, monks, rubbish & waste, clocks

 

Sculptors, gravediggers, architects, lawyers, builders, policemen, critics, undertakers

 

Natural boundaries, fences, walls, old castles, ruins, graveyards, churchyards, dark dank & muddy places, wells, deserts, woods, caves, mines, entrances & doors to buildings.

 

Dogs, crocodiles, hogs, pigs, crows, moles, adders, owls.

 

Poisonous plants e.g. henbane, yew, deadly nightshade, evergreens, holly, ivy (Xmas), tamask, blackthorn, sloe, poplar, horsetail, parsnip, spinach

 

Colours – black, grey, dark brown                              Thick, cloudy, dark skies, miserable weather.

 

Lead (heaviest), diamonds, coal, magnetite, sapphire, lapis lazuli, onyx

 

Positive character traits  -  Disciplined, controlled, responsible, aspiring, patient, thorough, just, hard-working, cautious, careful, serious, practical, thrifty,

Negative character traits - Pessimistic, dull, rigid, judgemental, depressive, fearful, controlling, grasping, limited, unappreciative of beauty, mean, severe, dogmatic,


 

SATURN ASTRONOMY


Saturn, taken from Hubble Space Telescope, 1996, courtesy of NASA

Saturn is the outermost of the planets known in ancient times, since it is the furthest that is visible to the naked eye. It is a 'gas giant', 886.7 million miles (1,426 million km) average distance from the Sun, and it takes 29.5 years to orbit the Sun.


For more detailed information, visit the Saturn astronomy Wikipedia page



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