When Saturn has its annual retrograde period the area of karma that needs resolution will be under the spotlight for several months.
For many people 2017 will be a continuation of 2016 with very similar issues needing attention.
Karma is not a quick fix it seems - the misuse of energy in the past, especially if perpetrated over many prior lifetimes - is due to fixed mental patterns that resist change.
Karma and Saturn are always fundamentally about right action, right speech, right thoughts - basically behaving properly in every context, being a responsible person in your own self management and behaving responsibly towards others.
But these qualities are usually undeveloped due to adverse conditions such as inadequate or dysfunctional parenting, poor role models, or lack of education and guidance.
Without these support systems we are all vulnerable to being uncivilised brutish and selfish people until Life begins to teach us otherwise -through gentle support or through harsh lessons.
When the energy of Saturn is configured with another planetary energy in a stressful mixture [this happened in 2016 and repeats in 2017] the flavour of this combination has an extended period of influence.
In 2017 it is again Saturn in conflict with the energy of Venus.
Look back to April-Sept 2016 to get a big clue as to the issues that are likely to arise again.
Venus is the energy of both money, assets, finance, possessions and the energy of relationships.
Past misuse of energy in these 2 areas of life are likely to be revisited because even more effort is needed to modify instinctual behaviours, responses, reactions when handling money, assets, finance, possessions and when relating in every context - to self, to partners, to children, to others where you have more power than them and to others in general.
If energy has been previously misused the antidote has to be to change behaviour and act responsibly, with restraint, self discipline, balance, fairness.
Focus, commitment and hard work are usually involved to change the quality of an area of life needing karmic re-balancing.
The key time frame in 2017 is from the start of April to the end of August [ specifically April 6-August 25 ]
2016 and 2017 continue to see Saturn in the mutable sign Sagittarius so all born under this sign and its mutable group [Pisces, Virgo, Gemini] will experience more Saturn effects than usual sometime in the approximately 3 year period of effect.
This highlights the need to change MENTAL patterns in order to change behaviour.
When mixed with Venus, aspects of survival and relating are the specific mental patterns that need to change.
With Saturn in Sagittarius and Venus in Pisces there is a conflict between freedom and addiction.
- Excessive behaviours have to be curtailed regarding money or personal interactions.
If restraint is not applied or irresponsible behaviour not terminated various consequences can arise -relevant to personal contexts eg:
- legal problems will arise due to fraud or theft
- debt arising due to too loose spending.
- regarding health: problems based in the [liver] due to excess alcohol or drugs.
- loss of freedom due to crime involving money or drugs
- feeling restricted in immersive relationships
- breakups involving dishonesty or cheating
The good news is:
If you achieve the karmic growth in the focal areas of money management and relating to others you will emerge stronger in April
This brief overview serves as an introduction to further recommended reading.
Also see extreme energies forecast for month of April 2017
Astrology King on Saturn Retrograde 2017
Your guide to Saturn -extended insight into the meaning of this energy
