Saturn meets the Moon at the Zero Cafe

Today at 1:18PM PST / 4:18 PM EST, the Moon will meet up with Saturn at 0 degrees.  Currently Saturn is retrograde causing us to look inward in a retrospective manner.  Saturn will soon go into Scorpio on June 15th so this last period in Sagittarius is important.  Sagittarius will be the sign of the Full Moon tomorrow.    Saturn is the task master, the hard worker, the one who maintains rule and order amidst chaos.  He emphasizes responsibility and commitment, assisting us in building structure and working towards mastery and goals in our lives.  As he dwells in Sagittarius, the themes that are emphasized include motivations to seek higher knowledge and wisdom through exploration while maintaining a sense of freedom.   The philosopher, the gypsy, the intellectual are the archetypes we associate with Sagittarius.  Sagittarians are by and large optimistic, for this belief in “something out there” keeps them seeking and invigorated to follow their adventurous spirit.   If you want to upset  a “Sag”, take away their freedom, take away their ability to hold a great vision, and you will squash their light.  In this quest to “know”, it fulfills them to generate an aerial perspective that incorporates “all that is” into a theoretical understanding.  They want to incorporate the minutia, but are much more inspired when they can take the puzzle pieces and form a cohesive understanding of how the interlocking parts develop into a systematic whole.  Then taking this whole, they recognize “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”    We then take Saturn who some may liken to the authority figure set in his ways and may be trying to maintain order with this “passionate explorer” who does not want to be tied down to rules and constancy.  Sagittarius can push Saturn’s comfortable limits, however the two can work together nicely if the Sagittarius agenda can have room to breathe and then recognize the need to “commit” and bring the theories into form.  It is wonderful to have larger than life ideas, however some real inherent value is birthed when we can ground, still ourselves, and bring those concepts into earthly manifestation.  So as the Moon visits with Saturn just prior to its Full illumination, we are called to get clear with our understandings and beliefs, what understandings are truly valid in our hearts and what ways of being may be up for renewal?  If we become too fixed in our desire to “know it all”, what may we be ignoring so as to not upset our applecart?  How can we reignite the passion within and break open a new inspiration and understanding that leads us to greater self mastery?  Saturn wants to give us the “backbone” to stay disciplined and explore our inner truths, incorporating messages from the heart. 

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