Saturn in Capricorn: Establishing Sustainable Earth

Saturn in Capricorn:  Establishing Sustainable Earth 

(December 2017 through March 2020)

"When sleeping women wake, mountains move." -Chinese Proverb

Tonight, Saturn moved into the earth sign of Capricorn. Saturn's last ingress into Capricorn was in 1988, so a look back through 1988-1991 can give some clues about important societal structures rising and falling from now until 2020. Essentially, Saturn in Capricorn inclines stability and endurance...so what is unstable often crumbles and gets replaced with something more sustainable in these years. For example: Apartheid started to be dismantled, the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union gave way to many countries establishing independence. Examples of societies thriving with enduring creations would be that the US birth rate increased dramatically in the late 80s, the Channel Tunnel was established between the UK and the European mainland, and South Korea established their 6th Republic which remains today. Interestingly, South Korea held the Olympics in 1988...and will host them again next year (though ticket sales are slow this go around and negotiations are still being made to keep things safe with North Korea). I mention this, specifically, because things that begin in this cycle often come back around in important historical events. We'll see how revisiting such world events from the last cycle plays out this time around.  

Societal response to all of these structural changes, I believe, is what makes a difference in Saturn cycles. Saturn in Capricorn is ultimately a wise and earthy influence. It seems the US (where I live) could use a bit more of that energy. Saturn's lesson here is that when we, the people, stand up together and embrace our authority (demanding what is sustainable and challenging what is not) we can hold the ancestral earth energy of The Circle of Grandmothers...a necessary, stabilizing, Saturnian influence that was completely disregarded and left out of all that our Founding Fathers borrowed from the Iroquois Confederation.

Everything that happens here, from now until the next couple of years, is best informed by such ancestral wisdom coming alive in the people. We will be challenged to reach down to the roots of our land and nurture the resurgence of such elder wisdom. What we are building to now (as Saturn is the Master Builder energy) is the Capricorn power alignments of 2020 when Pluto and Saturn are joined by Jupiter in this sign and begin new societal and generational cycles.  What is earth-centered and sustainable can really have a chance to thrive in these next couple of years, as this ancestral wisdom means to seed the beginnings of generations to come and protect them from corrupting influences. Of course, Saturn demands that we work for it.  Saturn initiations are not known for taking us down the easy path.  And with Pluto, large-scale transformations are involved within corrupted structures (as we have been witnessing since 2008 when Pluto moved into Capricorn).  With Jupiter, growth and expansion comes into play…and if used wisely, as Capricorn urges us to do, can bring abundance and prosperity to where it is needed most. 

In 1988, it was Uranus and Neptune in Capricorn that were powerful players along with Saturn.  Shadows certainly come along with such a heavy concentration of planets in a stellium.  So we, as a society, fell victim to some enduring structures that were destructive. For one example...crack and Prozac were both introduced in that time to a society that was overly depressed and cracking under the pressure. Things can get heavy under so much Saturnian weight being thrown around by people wielding power over others...and the new quick-fix (Uranus) can lead to addiction (Neptune).  The patriarchy itself has often been attached to Capricorn's shadow…and dominance is often implemented to force success (especially at the expense of all those who are stepped on in attempt to claim ‘King of the Mountain’). 

But this Saturn in Capricorn time is meant to be a reclaiming, redefining, and re-membering of the higher vibrations of this energy. Keywords and phrases to keep in mind for the coming years are:  sturdy foundations, rock solid, dedicated effort, sustainable earth, enduring structures, integrity, ancestral and elder wisdom, wise women, earth connection, the Builder archetype, and ‘slow and steady wins the race’. 

Remember that the time is here, and we are the ones…no more waiting.  May this ancestral remembrance be infused into all of us in this cycle. And may the Earth feel our growing reconnection to Her.

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi