Transitions- Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

They hit you from left field with a whack or do they? 

When you know your astrology you can prepare, well….don’t tell that to Uranus. At least with astrology you know something is around the corner and possibly the topic, but not always how it is going to play out. Plus, warnings do not always stop you from going off that cliff. My mind is still going but it will be so much fun, bahahaha. 

Let’s for now let’s just look at the big three. The classic Saturn Return, Uranus half way around opposing your natal Uranus and then there is Neptune. They all sing to their own tune and throw you for the loop you were not really going for. Or maybe it’s the kick in the butt you needed to get going on your path. We can discuss Pluto as well, but that one can really take us down some dark paths, the transformer itself, death is not final in this world.

Saturn

The Saturn return happens every time Saturn meets back up with Saturn. So, depending on retrogrades, between 27 and 30 is the first one. Then half-way at 42, which is basically the time of the Uranus opposition as well, so that is a party waiting to happen. If you are lucky in life you will get a third Saturn return around 59.  The first one for most people is the one they have to brace for, its the one that turns you into a grown-up. Saturn meets back up to see if you are ready to pass the test. Have you studied or have you been slacking off and know it will have to do the extra work, and it’s usually not fun. This is when first jobs become serious, you become a parent, buy a house, start saving for retirement, all those things in life that show society you are growing up and by 30 you are on your way. Otherwise, the 30’s are going to be rough. For some reason the movie “Failure TO Launch” as a great example of this.  I have known some people have to move back in with their parents to help them as they are aging and in this they have to learn responsibility for others.  People get married, people go back to school with a new focus, change jobs, move to a place that puts them on their life path or they lose control and struggle. This also has to do with your personal Saturn and how it is working in your chart. The Saturn return can play out in different ways for different people, ultimately it is a time when Saturn the task-master makes I very big energetic appearance to get you going on your given path over a couple years time.

 I personally had young children and was being forced whether I liked it or not to take my life seriously and become the adult in the room. As a couple, my husband and I bought a house, rebuilt it, bought a family van (ok, I love my mini-van) and adulthood took shape over these years of transition. 

Saturn at age of 58ish comes back around to check into see how the last 30 years went. Did you take care of business or did you slack off? Don’t forget it did check in on you with oppositions, squares and more- it never really took its eyes off you. Yet, at around 59 it back to see if you kept up your end of the bargain. Karmic lessons can come back in really hard or gently. Though if you really think about it Saturn is not about surprises. The rules are laid out your just have to make the decisions. So will their be rewards or a karmic pay up. And this could affect different parts of you, rewards in one area, while other areas of life are falling apart. 

Uranus

Uranus, unlike our friendly Saturn (haha), is more into lighting strikes. Sudden changes in life can happen when Uranus is opposing Uranus, with a longer time to make it around the cycle many sadly do not get to the full 88 years. Therefore the opposition at around 42-44, is where most people see the biggest impact on their lives. Other than when it changes houses and signs throughout the years. Uranus though, it’s no joke, though it may seem like a sudden jolt, it often was the biggest build up in energy waiting for its moment to shine. Uranus is unpredictable, I heard it once explained as the change you can not prepare for because if you do it’s just going to be something else.   As you are looking left it comes from the other side to get you. It’s also been suggested not to make too many plans in these years because they are just going to change, so don’t get too attached to those well made plans. As I am writing this I am going through my Uranus opposition. So, far, I am working on a career change. From teacher to professional astrologer. For know this is a big enough change, I will write about more as I keep going through it. Though collectively we are also going through a big change as Uranus goes from Taurus to Gemini. This is going to be just as big as my personal Uranus transition. Day by day is all I can take things. Keep looking forward, one step at a time and being the rock in the river, just going with the flow. As I said, if I really took a look, this pressure has been building. For many they would say it came out of left field but for me I have felt the pressure. The day to day at work, was not working any more. The job is stable as a Taurus Uranus tranisit would want it to be. When I really think about it, the change was coming in my bones longer than I had realized. My reading habits and my youtube hours were taken over by astrology, so was it really the thing out of left field. I dont know, I will have to let you know when it is all over and I am looking in the rearview mirror at this amazing time in my life, because I can tell you that, I am loving this journey.

 My grandma has hit her Uranus return, and there is definitely a change, her mind still being smart as a whip even if her body is not. She can definitely still take you down with those one liners of hers. 

So you think you are off the hook from Saturn and it is just Uranus you have to worry about at 42ish years at that Uranus is at the wheel. Nope, don’t forget the task-master Saturn is right there as well. Making its way around, it is now half way opposing your natal Saturn. Saturn is checking in at the same time Uranus is laying its heavy hand on your shoulder as well. Which one is going to take over or can you blend this energy and stabilize it to get the most of this energy. Time will only tell.  

Neptune

Neptune transitions, what to say. The Neptune square Neptune transit happens around the age of 40,impact is almost 5 years around this point. Your-self image is at its core. This planet won’t even make it around the full cycle in a lifetime. These transitions can also be felt when Neptune changes to a new sign or when your personal planets move and create aspects to this illusionary planet.  They can be some of the more confusing transitions in life though, its the illusion we put on life, the creativity of life. The reason that life is seen differently by everyone. The illusion of wondering if something really happened the way we originally were taught, or we thought we seen. A mask being taken off and you not really knowing what is real anymore. Or was the mask ever there, is it still there, hmmm I just know what is real, was it ever real, is this real, is that real.These types of questions plague our mind but our necessary in a growth.  Neptune can feel so intangible, it’s the spiritually in the room that you try to grasp but is not graspable. Note this is not religion, that is Saturn in the fact that Saturn is the structure and wants to be factual based.  Let say, you spent the last several years thinking you had the best job, friend, marriage (specifically if this is on your descendent), and then you find out you just read the situation all wrong and it was nothing like it seemed.  Maybe everyone just spent their time trying to be nice to you because they actually feared you and you just found out. Maybe Neptune aspects your mercury and suddenly a song comes out of you that you never knew was there. Where Neptune is located in your chart will give you a topic of life this transit will impact most and what it is doing in your life as a whole. 

 Neptune has the ability to change your fundamentals of what you thought your values were and take you more inward to find a new. Yet, remember this is generational and you will find your peers doing similar things, so it is possible to find people to lean on as you all go through this phase. Helping each other feel your way through life. 

Pluto

Taking Note of Pluto, 30+ years for a sign, 243 years around , you will not experience this go through every house in your house. These transits will mostly be seen generationally. Also, when you have aspects from other planets made to Pluto. Drawn into shadow work, over a 3 time passing with retrogrades over 2, 3 year process. This may not seem as dramatic but the depth of the change can be so powerful. These aspects can be deeply and forever changing to a soul, the transformation leads to a re-birth. The phoenix rising image.

As planets aspect Pluto and Neptune, depending on the planet, that is what would change the expression of the change in your life. Some of these are life changing and we have no choice, in a very Plutonion sense the death of a loved one is forever changing and we don’t get to decide. Others are more gradual and we have choices along the path, and the choices maybe just how we react to the change that puts on a certain trajectory. The trajectory of our lives is forever changed, never going back. 

Our astrology does not say where you are going exactly.  It may give you a topic, an idea but it is yours to decide the location you play that story out in. But if you know where the portals are, if you see the repeated patterns in your life it won’t give you the exact answer but there is then a map of the otherwise intangible. The natal chart mixed with your story can start to show how the patterns can play out or if you want to change that pattern.    

Each of these planets will aspect your inner, personal planets at given times. Creating stories and moments that will impact your life. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter (generational) all will all aspect these Saturn,Uranus,Neptune and Pluto even if they all don’t complete the rotation in your lifetime. Even the aspects can create life changing moments. The slower the transit the deeper the change can go. These are not one size fits all transits for people. Are you ready for it? Are you fighting the energy? Is it in a retrograde phase as it hit your natal planet? All of these can impact how you feel the transition. For me, that is why I love astrology so much. It is up to you how you are going to use the knowledge yet at the same time it is not. You decide, fine I am not going outside today if it is going to be that bad. Then you just end up with coming out of your tap instead. The chicken will come home to roost somehow, all you have left is how you react to the rooster knocking on your door.  

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