A Slow, Slow restart…and my Solar Return

I have Saturn conjunct Mars in my birth chart which means that most of the time I operate with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake. It is very, very hard for me to get started — and almost as hard to stop once I get going!.

I took some time off this year and now, over a week after my ‘return’, my mind is still sludge and not much is happening. Please, bear with me.

On this site, I write about the charts that I am curious enough to run for my own information. In the past week, I have spent a lot of time looking at my Solar Return for this year and digesting my experiences for the past month.

My Solar Return, 2009
My Solar Return, 2009

Uranus is right at the top of the chart which is great because Uranus rules astrology and the top of the chart has to do with career. The challenge is that sticky opposition to Saturn i.e. new opposite old, forward progress vs. going back to the past.

When I started my vacation, I was in the part of my Solar Return ruled by Jupiter conjunct Mercury in the house of partners and friends. I chatted, I visited, and I had a great time.

A few days later, I moved into the part of the chart ruled by a sixth house Saturn and I moved into the past and I worked. In a perfectly symbolic Saturn movement, I went into my sister’s basement and sat in the favorite chair of my father who died 30 years ago.

Then there was the family reunion with the old photos, family roots and memories.

I went into a storage shed and unpacked stuff that had been in storage for the past 8 years. More pictures, more memories, more work. Saturn.

Now, I am in the part of the Solar Return ruled by Uranus on the mid-heaven and I am starting to feel some enthusiasm for forward movement but still dealing with the Saturn opposition which is slowing me down and testing to see if I really want to go where I think I want to go. I understand the transit (and I don’t know how people get through difficult periods without understanding what is happening and why) but it is still very, very frustrating!

August 4, 2009 | Filed Under My Astro Journal 

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  1. ‘Cloud Computing’ and Uranus opposite Saturn » AstroDispatch.com » Astrology Around The Web on August 21st, 2009

    [...] Everyone is dealing with this old vs. new opposition at some time. I’m dealing with it from July 23 to September 5 as it rules both the eighth and ninth houses of my solar return. [...]

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