Saturn in Capricorn
Recently, I’ve been making presentations and talks about the upcoming ingress of the planet Saturn into the sign of Capricorn. What I’ve learned from the research and from making these presentations is that it is on the minds of many or certainly reflected on those experiencing something big on the way.
What’s on the way is an incredible alignment anchored by the planet Saturn in the next few years, but it’s pre-echoes are already being felt. What is happening is that we as humanity are approaching the next phase in the ongoing Turning of the Ages that Daniel Giamario shares often in his talks and classes. Many other astrologers, healers and those that are tuned into the times also are sharing their thoughts about what is happening now and what is upcoming.
This is an astrological transit that is anything but “light and easy” as the last time Saturn was in Capricorn was in a period between 1988 and early 1991, during the fall of the Soviet Union and economic crises in the form of a recession, especially here in the US. It was also taking place during the triple conjunction of Saturn, Neptune and Uranus, a very rare alignment that can change the direction of nations.
What is Saturn in Shamanic Astrology?
In terms of visible planets, Saturn, the 6th planet from the Sun, marks the traditional boundary of what we can easily see. Saturn is a planet that represents growth through limits and boundaries, human laws/rules and what makes civilization a civilization as we know it. Once known as the “Lord of Time”, linear time, calendars and how we measure time is a large part of Saturn. As a “middle world” planet, Saturn is a teacher, guide and initiator for us in nearly anything involving the “real world”. It also symbolizes an eternal well of knowledge.
On another level, it represents the right use of resources and money, weighing of major life decisions, getting real with one’s life, shedding of the skin or old story, planting the seeds of one’s future or life path that is in harmony with a person’s soul’s intent. Saturn can also act a pressure/stress point for people and humanity. It is a contractive energy and guides through concerted effort down a particular path.
Saturn moving into Capricorn this time around will also feature a very rare triple conjunction, but this time with Saturn, Jupiter and Pluto. This happens about once every 150+ years and only once every 734 years in Capricorn/Aquarius. The rarer the alignment, the more potent and important it is in general.
December 19, 2017 – Saturn enters Capricorn through December, 2020
Aside from my own training with Daniel Giamario and Cayelin Castell, it is thanks to 2 books in particular, Hamlet’s Mill, an ageless book that is a celestial bible about how myth informs humanity that is literally written in stars and planets, and Richard Tarnas’ landmark book, Cosmos & Psyche, which goes into how powerful planetary alignments open up the doors for major shifts in civilizations, I’ve been able to understand to a large degree the intent of this upcoming alignment.
Saturn, when in alignment with other planets, can act as a stabilizer or grounding force. It can also act to fuel pressure and stress where one is sensitive and vulnerable, especially in any structure or system. Those contractive, pressuring and stress energies will act in varying ways depending upon the sign (archetype) Saturn happens to be in at the time of the transit.
Capricorn (but the Archer Constellation) is essentially a home for Saturn. As the nature of Capricorn deals with the efficient management of systems, creating/maintaining an operating manual, building of structures, maintaining laws, standards and order in the world as well as a “results-driven” archetypal energy, it means that Saturn resonates with Capricorn.
Saturn in Capricorn means a deep and honest look at our current economic (taxes, trade systems, corporate-business, etc.), political (and ideological), social-economic, environmental, religious, industrial, military-industrial complex, bureaucracy, government, health and any mixture where laws come into play in real-world relationships, especially marital as well as laws about human and civil rights.
Saturn Connects with Pluto Beginning in 2018
The passage of Saturn through Capricorn has added meaning in this time because of the other planets in where they will be during this three-year period of time. It really begins in 2018 when Saturn moves into the region of where Pluto has been for many years. The forces of these 2 planets are what is typically considered the “heaviest” of all, in terms of their impact in our personal lives emotionally, monetarily and soulfully.
The impact and potency of these two planets will be felt even more in 2019 and 2020. Richard Tarnas, in his book, Cosmos & Psyche, writes of “elements of contraction, including the separation of different nations/cultures, limiting growth, rigidly polarized conflict; shadows of conservatisms, policing and nightmare (or Apocalyptic) scenarios being seeded/envisioned.” During previous times when Saturn and Pluto have been in conjunction, in square or opposition with each other (known as “hard” or “dynamic” aspects, which really mean, “in relationship” with each other). The 2018-2021 period is one of those times.
This is a planetary combination that has been known to bring about the collapse of long-standing structures and systems, including governments and movements. But it also has been known to open up fissures for seeds to be planted of something new and long-lasting. The intent of the alignment is to get humanity to see the shadow of what we have created. And while we can be blinded in the extreme polarization of the cultural and political climates, the opportunity will exist to choose paths that allow us to surrender to we truly are, as we once were, living in harmony with Earth and Cosmos.
The pressure and stresses will likely be powerful during this period as the debris of all that we shoved or buried under the carpet or ground comes back up. The shadow of our systems, laws and structures becomes visceral, real and vital. We can choose to be motivated be fears only or choose to face the fears of our reality, allowing them to act as sensors detecting the truths lying buried in our unconscious selves.
Many may feel a sense of powerlessness during this time and even whole societies could be in that space. It’s meaningful to feel and experience and it is recommended we embrace that feeling because it can lead to greater truths within ourselves, our cultures and what we’ve created here in the real world. No one will be entirely immune to this planetary transit.
More on 2020
Paying attention to the night sky, one can enjoy a living and loving connection to the stars and planets. On a practical level, one can better understand the movements of the planets across the plane of the solar system (aka, the ecliptic or path of the Sun in the sky). For those who have been watching the night sky and in particular, the planet Jupiter year-in and year-out, you can see how much closer Jupiter is to the planet Saturn. This will become more evident in the middle and late period of 2018, when they will be easy to spot less than 2 zodiacal constellations away from each other.
On one hand, this is exciting to see as Jupiter and Saturn only come together once every 20 years. In 2020, they will be dancing together for much of that year in the sign of Capricorn. While Pluto is not visible to the naked eye, the 2 other planets will be visible and plugged into the energetic connection with Pluto. We’ll be feeling it, so it won’t be necessary to actually see it.
Jupiter in astrology or shamanic astrology expands and amplifies anything that it touches. In other words, the Saturn-Pluto conjunction will be super-charged in 2020. From the very outset of 2020 to the beginning of 2021, the 3 planets will be within a 15-degree orb of each other. Between November 8-21 of 2020 and at the time of the US General Election, all 3 planets will be within 4 degrees of each other, a very tight alignment.
One other item to mention is the area of foreign relations with the United States, especially the areas of the Koreas and the Middle East. When many of the current borders were drawn and/or governments formed in these two regions were when Saturn and Pluto were in dynamic/hard aspect. And at each turn, powerful decisions and events took place that related to the regions, including the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, North Korea leaving the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the formation of Israel as a modern nation around the same time as North Korea being established (primarily by Russia).
The next octave of those regions will go through another powerful turn, if linear time shows us anything, as Saturn and Pluto come together. It could be a completion of those seeds from over seven decades ago. Saturn could assist in keeping the nukes in check but with Pluto one cannot predict exactly how the fears will be expressed by the governments at that time.
The last time the 3 of them were partying together that close was in years 848-849 while on the border of Pisces-Aries, a time when the Vikings began expansion into Britain and Western Europe and the beginnings of the end of the great Mayan civilization in what is known as Mexico and Guatemala today.
Final Thoughts on Saturn in Capricorn
All of what takes place that I’ve shared may seem negative or gloomy at first glance, but it is intended to create a focus on the opportunities we all have coming up soon. Collapses of systems, structures and real-world attachments are part of this alignment, but we can choose to work with it constructively, including our deeper fears that we may have sheltered for many years.
We can choose to work collectively without being ruled by fear-based control systems and work creating a new system that functions in harmony with this emerging new age. The current patriarchy as we know it is collapsing and we are already seeing its shadow and many of are calling it out during these last months of Saturn in Sagittarius. Jupiter in Scorpio (Oct 2017 – Nov 2018) is helping amplify the shadow of the patriarchy and allowing us to see more truly. This is where courage, strength and honesty rises up from a solid foundation to meet the crumbling systems that no longer work or serve the greater whole.
This emerging tide of whistle-blowers appears to be a force that cannot be stopped. I believe that this is a large part of how the next few years will be played out. A “Sea Change” is happening right now and will be felt and seen more prominently in this 2018-21 period of time, leading up to the Pluto Return (Pluto coming back to the same place it was where it was at the time of a birth) of the United States as a nation 2021-2024.
To help one’s self during these times, I would also add that we really show up for our lives and speak our truths and feel our feelings. It is easier said than done, but it does work, especially on a soul-level. There is no easy way through this time period. We are at one of the most significant crossroads of crises of our time. Where can we go? Which way? While electricity always flows down the path with the least resistance, we humans tend choose the other extreme as a collective. It’s time to let go of who we were and embrace what we choose to become.
Love this Erik. As “ouchy” or painful as this is, or seems to be, as you point out, I know that when we can “t-ouch” our difficult feelings, we can move more fully into the “t”, or Truth, of what is….
Thank you, Deborah! Yes, we can move more fully into who we are if we know who we are 🙂 I hope you are well.
Erik
Deborah,
I love the way you play with words. Does Mercury, perchance, occupy one of its ruling signs or houses in your chart?
Thank you for this article, Erik! It is so helpful to see the big picture. It helps me to do my own work and hold a space for what I hope will be possible for our country.
You’re welcome! Seeing the big picture certainly gives us a perspective and helps us navigate our lives more fully. Wishing you the best, Cara!
That was a great article very informative. It gave me insights to our universe’s struggles as well as to my own and gave me hope of being able to shift with the what is coming. Thank you, Erik.
I appreciate the feedback, Cheryl!
Many Blessings,
Erik
Thank you for this. Really amazing …
Thanks, Anjani!!
Thank you, Erik. I really appreciate this information, even if it does indicate some turbulent times ahead. For me, there is a sense of this being long overdue. Fascinating times we live in!
Yes, I would agree with you there. Long overdue, I should think. Thanks, Vi!
Erik
Thank You Eric This blog is so timely. I was born in 1959, my father in 1931, my grandmother in 1901. Knowing what I do about my great grandmother and challenges handed down through these generations I am certain that her birth chart would have a strong saturn capricorn placement also. Crazy!! Life has been pretty difficult these pass years yet I have strongly felt that the way up is to hold my own values and live my truth. More recently I have been learning that this must be partnered with standing up for myself in peaceful loving ways, which sometimes just means standing strong and not reacting to crap and victimization. No being a victim and no angry warrior. Stay loving, strong and true to my truth.
Cindy
Well said, Cindy. I have felt very much the same in the difficulties the last few years for me. I appreciate the wisdom you shared about what you’ve done recently. It can certainly be a generational thing with Saturn and the outer planets, especially in the structures and systems we inherit from centuries past.
Dream well,
Erik
Eric, I have a confession to make. I have kept many of your posts on my computer. This is one that will be re-read many times over the next few years. Have not read Hamlets Mill, but have read Richard Tarnus’s works. Especially Cosmos and Psyche.
I have many friends and family members with Very active Capricorn energy. For those who are astrologically in tune, I would like your permission to share this through your web site. I am currently doing a family reading, where the family members has as their main tying points is A very active Capricorn. When I was young, I met a very wise Woman. She told me to remember that “GOD WRITES STRAIGHT WITH CROOKED LINES”. Saturn, Jupiter and Pluto together in Capricorn, will probably seem as a very crooked line to many people. Things just not making sense.
Thank you for being part of my Journey in understanding the story line of life.
Emma
Great article Erik!
I was feeling that some of what will be experienced ,will be kind of “bare bones” and that at a certain point we will be building from the ground up. I wrote about this on my website , and you made it more clear to me why ! Very insightful !
Thanks, MHW
Thank you so much for the depth you brought.
How can I reach you for a reading?
You’re welcome! You can reach me for a reading by e-mail at inspiralnexus@gmail.com or by phone at 971.404.7117.
-Erik
Hi Erik,
I think you will remember me. I posted a bunch of comments back in April, in response to your article on Vesta Return.
I thought I’d post an update today, as My Moon is at 0Lib37 and both the Sun and Saturn will be squaring my Moon on December 22nd, the winter solstice. My Vesta is in Cancer, ruled by the Moon, so this pertains to my Vesta.
Back in April, I was quite amazed that my guidance would give me such an exact time to research, 5 AM on April 7th, two days after the final pass of my Vesta Return and just prior to my monthly personal New Moon. I was even more amazed by what I saw in the chart:
Transiting Karma (3811) at 2Vir33Rx conjunct transiting North Node 2Vir40 conjunct transiting Moon 3Vir05 all conjunct my natal Pluto at 2Vir40.
Transiting Atlantis (1198) 23Can51 conjunct transiting Vesta 23Can25 conjunct my natal Vesta 23Can13 and square my natal South Node 22Ari32.
Transiting DNA (55555) 18Aqu57 conjunct my natal Chiron 18Aqu37.
There were several other transitings that I found fascinating but that information is all recorded in the comments to your Vesta Return article.
What happened at 5 AM on April 7th? I was lying in bed, awake, when I got the idea to send a message to Leonard Orr. Leonard Orr is the founder of Rebirthing International. I had had a correspondence with him earlier but had felt frustrated by it. I didn’t feel like he was really hearing me. I thought I had given up on corresponding with him, but that morning, a thought came to my mind that I wanted to share with him. So I went to my facebook page to send him a message.
That was when I noticed the message from my niece, Grace. She had sent the message back in early November but I had completely missed it. I rarely visit my facebook account. I used to get email notifications whenever someone sent me a message on facebook but I was not notified of Grace’s message.
Receiving Grace’s message was the big deal that the chart was about. I couldn’t explain it at the time but I knew, intuitively, that Grace was a key for me and her message had opened a door. It was just a short message to which I post a short reply. My replied posted at 5:02 AM.
So how does all this relate to Saturn in Capricorn? Well, you’ll probably find this even harder to believe than my ideas on breatharianism, but I believe I had a past life as Michal, the first wife of King David, the daughter of King Saul. Grace was King Solomon. My sister, Grace’s mother, was Bathsheba. My two sons were King David and his son, Absalom. My father was the Prophet Samuel. We have big karma in our family.
For years, I have wanted to transition to being breatharian, but I follow my guidance very closely on this. I am always told Yes, Yes, Yes, you are being called to this, you will successfully become food-free, and then I’m told, but not quite yet. I ask for guidance with every single bite of food I eat. It seems I need to eat “bad” food in order to help me connect with and resolve “bad emotions,” and unfortunately, I’ve had a truckload of emotional difficulties to process and release.
The good news is that this process doesn’t need to last forever. I have now been given very clear instructions. I will begin dry fasting on December 22 (no food, no water). Christmas Day will be the 4th day of my 7 day dry fast. The 4th day is the make-it-or-break-it day for transitioning. The number 4 has a lot to do with grounding. You have to be well-grounded to do this successfully. Most people need to eat food in order to stay grounded. If you are grounded in spiritual truth you do not need physical food.
On December 29, I will begin drinking water but I have no plans to resume eating food. The nice thing is that I have Pluto-Pallas-Mercury-Venus in a stellium from 2 – 6 Virgo and Jupiter-Neptune at 1 – 3 Scorpio. Transiting Saturn in early Capricorn will be in harmonious aspect to all of these planets.
My niece, Grace, has Dark Moon Lilith (h58) at 23Can05 conjunct my natal Vesta at 23 Can13. Dark Moon Lilith has to do with where we feel venegeful for the way we have been rejected in life. My Vesta in Cancer is a healer. I am just now beginning to understand how I can help Grace and how helping her is helping me.
I like to read Gary Goldschneider’s observations about the meaning of the nodal positions so as to have an idea of what the direction of universal soul growth is at any particular time. You can look this up easily at http://www.thesecretlanguage.com. Here is a quote about the current nodal position:
These people [or whatever begins today, with his nodal position] must develop a capacity to know what they believe in and stand up for it by discovering their inner strength, moral character, and value system. They must develop an approach to life opposite that which is most natural to them: when their first reaction is to back down, they must stand up; what they would like to evade, they must confront; whomever they would rather avoid, they must face. As they take on challenges rather than sidestep them, they will be forced to ask themselves what really matters to them. Slowly, with each successive situation, their belief system will begin to crystallize, developing into one that is independent of what others think. For some people, moral questions are resolved through soul-searching; for these folks, such questions are resolved through action. Only by being forced to stand up for themselves and others will they come to understand what they are made of and what the people closest to them mean to them. The word “resolve” has a number of meanings, and all of them apply. As a verb, it means to make a firm decision or to find a solution. Finally, as a noun, it means firmness of purpose or determination.
“This is a planetary combination that has been known to bring about the collapse of long-standing structures and systems, including governments and movements. But it also has been known to open up fissures for seeds to be planted of something new and long-lasting. The intent of the alignment is to get humanity to see the shadow of what we have created. And while we can be blinded in the extreme polarization of the cultural and political climates, the opportunity will exist to choose paths that allow us to surrender to we truly are, as we once were, living in harmony with Earth and Cosmos.” –Erik Roth
King Solomon buit a long-standing structure. Dark Moon Lilith is the shadow.
My niece’s great passion is a love for her pets. Unfortunately, these are caged pets.
Should I write more about this? I’m afraid I haven’t really told the story or explained it’s relevance.
I’ll write more, and if it seems like too much, please feel free to delete it.
I first met my niece, Grace on October 29, 2016, Halloween weekend. This time when the veil between dimensions is thinnest seems to be particularly significant in my life. The transiting Moon was at 23Lib38 conjunct my natal North Node at 22Lib32 and transiting Mars was at 22Cap14, square my nodes. Prior to this, I had never had any communication with Grace. She was 14 years old when we met. She flew to Nashville alone, as an unaccompanied minor, specifically to meet me. Her parents allowed it because I was living with my parents, her grandparents, and Grace’s mother is an international airline stewardess. She gets free tickets.
Grace’s father is gay. I was curious to know how she felt about this, so I asked her. With perfect poise, she responded that she would be very surprised if it were true. I was surprised that she didn’t know. I have been outside of the family loop for so long that I had no idea that it was a big secret. It was my son who told me, back when my sister found out and got divorced.
After Grace returned home, I was concerned about her. I was concerned about how she would feel when she learned that her father really is gay. He and my sister dated for 10 years before marrying. My sister was proudly celebate the entire time. Bill was actively gay. Their three daughters were conceived in a doctor’s office. They are good Christians, you understand.
Grace said she would ask her mother about it, so I sent a facebook message to Grace, asking how the talk with her mother went. I checked my email for a notification of a reply, but none came, so I figured maybe she didn’t want to talk about it.
And then on April 7th, at 5 AM, I was very surprised to discover that Grace had replied. She wrote, “Well…on the car ride home from the airport to home I asked my mom about it and she avoided the question all together so I guess there is some truth to what you told me. I would really like if I could come visit you again sometime.”
Meanwhile, the secrecy police (one of my other sisters) had cracked down on me, giving me a lecture on how I should obey the family secrecy policy.
I didn’t see Grace again until this past November when she came to visit for Thanksgiving with her mother and sisters. Grace and I found an opportunity to have a nice, long private talk together. I like Grace.
Grace is very accepting of her father’s homosexuality but she feels obligated to obey her parents’ wishes for silence, so her two sisters still don’t know.
Grace’s older sister has huge emotional/social problems and I have always felt this is due to my sister’s controlling approach to child rearing. My feeling is that it would help the girls to understand the origins of the hidden fear and shame in their family if they knew the truth.
So, after the Thanksgiving visit I sent a bunch of things to Grace’s family, designed to let the cat out of the bag as gently as possible.
My sister was one step ahead of me. She opens and censors all mail from me that comes to her house, no matter who it is addressed to.
I didn’t realize what was happening until I sent a facebook message to Grace asking her how she felt about the things I had sent. Grace hadn’t received a single thing. In fact, her mother had been secretly withholding almost all letters and gifts from me for the entire year.
Grace has Venus 18Cap17, Pallas 18Cap47, Sun 19Cap23. Pluto is now transiting conjunct her Venus. She’s upset about the censoring.
But this isn’t just about my sister and her family. I believe my father was involved in secret government work when I was little and that I was secretly abused, part of a MKUltra mind control project. I have been working very long and hard to remember and heal this early trauma. This is why my sisters want so badly to shut me up. They aren’t interested in healing, not if it comes at the price of knowing the truth.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. — Matthew 17:17-21
The medical establishment is very corrupt. I prefer prayer and fasting. The scientific establishment is also sadly corrupt. The truth is food is an addiction. It is possible to live without it. In January of 2020, the dwarf planet Ceres will be at 22 Capricorn, exactly conjunct Pluto and Saturn. Ceres has a lot to do with food. Many people will be going without out food during this time, like it or not. Knowing the truth will help.
Grace has true, oscillating Lilith (h13) at 2Pis01 conjunct her mother’s Saturn 2Pis58 and opposite my Pluto-Pallas 2Vir40 and 3Vir08. Sorry for so many posts. My inner guidance wouldn’t let me go to sleep unless I mentioned that.
I’m beginning to understand this. I believe I was subjected to severe organized government abuse as a child. My sister’s Saturn 2Pis58 opposite my Pluto 2Vir40, Pallas 3Vir08, Mercury 4Vir10 is blocking my ability to release toxic memories and heal. Grace’s Black Moon Lilith (h13) at 2Pis01 conjunct her mother’s Saturn is a liberator, helping to break down the prison of denial and secrecy.
The ruler of my South Node, Mars, is intercepted in my 11th House at 27Tau58 conjunct Algol 25Tau35 and Nessus 25Tau38.
The key to unlocking intercepted planets is the ruler of the House cusp. Aries is on the cusp of my 11th, ruled by Mars. It’s sort of like locking your keys in the car. It’s difficult, but not impossible, to get that door open.
If you’d like to see my chart:
September 14, 1958
12:44 AM
Wilmington, DE
I have Inner Child (4580) 29Leo02 conjunct Regulus 29Leo15
Eros (433) 29Pis31 Rx opposite Isis (42) 29Vir34 and Utopia (1282) 29Vir28
Utopia is not a Reality. It is an illusion. When transiting Saturn in Capricorn squares my natal Moon at 0Lib37 ISIS will be deteated.
Hi Jean, I sent you 2 e-mails yesterday but have not heard back from you. Please see my e-mails before posting anything else.
Thank you for your help,
Erik
If you’d like to see my chart:
September 14, 1958
12:44 AM
Wilmington, DE
Ooops! Sorry.
Everyone is very shy! No questions?
I am the oddball sheep in a family of wolves in sheep’s clothing. Bathsheba and King David carried enormous sexual karma which they passed down to King Solomon. This karma lies at the roots of our culture. This is a very timely and relevant subject! The Prophet Samuel was not a mystic. He was a genocidal maniac. In this lifetime, Absalom (King David’s son) is an anarchist. You can check out his public facebook page, under Jake Schlagel (Chiron BearShirt). I am no longer in communication with either of my sons. They have no understanding of my spiritual path and they both hate astrology. The rest of my family thinks I am pathetic. I have a very different sort of ambition from my family. I believe in healing.