Martha Stewart

Chapter 8. Saturn in Your Chart

Astrologically speaking, the planet Saturn is the force of discipline. Saturn defines your duties, responsibilities and the structure of your life. Saturn also represents the heavy hand of authority, fear, inhibitions, constrictions, restrictions, reservations, anxiety and limits imposed. It is a symbol for the force of gravity. Words like "must" and "can't" relate to Saturn.

Hard work and perseverance are also saturnian concepts and that's not all bad. "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine." Saturn represents mastery, seasoned professionalism, efficiency, consolidation and dependability. This Khronos, Odin, "star of limiting the place" also represents daddy, and Jehovah complexes. Below is described your "saturnian" self Martha Stewart.

Saturn in Taurus

ACQUISITIVE DECISIONS

You can get past your limits by putting your practical affairs and your finances in order. It is your task to find security without being cheap or excessively materialistic.. You also can have your share of sexual inhibitions to overcome. You might have to pay some dues before you learn moderation with your bodily needs. Avoid both denial and extreme overindulgence.

You may have to wait and you can probably find the financial and domestic and sensuous security that you seek by steering a middle path between the values of frugality and thrift on the one hand and excess materialism on the other. Put another way, there are limits to being poor and miserly and there is more to life that the material world. Remember that you are a spiritual being enjoying a physical existence.

A firm foundation and a secure center come from personal values. You are always defined and limited by what you are living for and if necessary what you would be willing to die for. Over time, you can learn to be patient and steadfast. You can acquire some practical business management skills.

TIP: You are advised to study prosperity consciousness. Read The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder. ISBN 0-780875-165516.

Saturn Conjunct Uranus

DECISIONS UNITE WITH LIBERATION

You have a strong independent streak and the ability to persuade the masses. A good tactic for you is lawful progress. One way or another, new ideas and technologies will play a decisive pivotal role in your destiny. As you have unique terms for success, yours is a somewhat curious fate. To get more power you need to make the most of advanced technologies and of the wisdom of the past.

Saturn Trine Neptune

DECISIONS COOPERATE WITH FANTASY

You come from a family that has more than the usual amount of interest in morality and ethics. You have an interest in spiritual studies and can work well behind the scenes.

TIP: To gain more power, focus your creative imagination in practical ways. You can become an artistic innovator.

Saturn Trine Node

DECISIONS COOPERATE WITH INTERCHANGING

To gain more power, cultivate some of your natural affinity for the powers that be. You can get the approval and help that you need to achieve your professional goals.

TIP: Get on the fast track to important people in your community. Become an active volunteer in a service club.

Saturn Biquintile Ascendant

DECISIONS BRING OUT TALENT FOR YOUR REALITY

You are steady and have a good attitude toward work. You're perfectly willing to do your share and then some. You're probably more conservative and serious than most people.

Chapter 8A. Chiron in Your Chart

Discovered in 1977, Chiron is a relative newcomer to astrology. Named after the half-brother of the Greek god Zeus, Chiron is a comet from outside our solar system, according to the latest scientific findings. In Greek mythology, Chiron was tutored by the Sun and the Moon (Apollo and Artemis) and, in turn, taught the offspring of other gods.

Chiron taught special skills such as astrology, philosophy, ethics, music, medicine, horseback riding, and weaponry. These skills where thought necessary for gods, and humans, to achieve their destinies. The position of Chiron in your birth chart denotes what and where you may teach or be taught. It is also where you can be healed and how you can heal others.

A Centaur, who is part human, and part horse, Chiron is a half-breed. His higher self sometimes struggles with his own animal nature. What follows is a description of the "chironic" side of your character.

Chiron in Leo

DRAMATIC MENTORING

To become more creative, you need to become more of a maverick. Rearrange your concept of fun and romance. Do it dramatically. Open new doorways to the playful side of life. Do it wholeheartedly. If you aren't getting enough joy out of living, then you need to deal yourself into a new game. Take a gamble on new forms of amusement. Rent the video "Bull Durham". Become more improvisational. Take new age classes to cultivate new age talents.

Imagine for a moment that you're Mr. Spock of Star Trek fame, Yoda the Jedi Knight or Helen Keller mentoring the blind, then give some sagacious thought to the spiritual meaning of recreational activities. Open new doorways to the fun house of life. Go on a quest for the sheer joy of it.