posted July 23, 2007 11:31 AM            

Theory first... do you think a couple with no major Saturn contacts may last a long time (ie: more than a year)... perhaps the relationship is superficial and/or no karmic lessons are learned from it... even though it lasts a relatively long time?

I know one year is not a long relationship, or even a couple of years, when we think of the magnitude of Saturn and karma and our lifetimes and... eternity for that matter!

But do you think this could be a good conclusion to draw? I mean we learn lessons from everyone we encounter, our paths all cross for a reason, but we all now the lessons of Saturn are heavier and more soul-testing than say.. the lessons learned from a Mars-Venus contact? Yes/No?

Now for the questions... When you think back to the major loves of your life, did you have Saturn contacts, both ways or just one way or not at all? Anyone with no contacts at all that got MARRIED? Or even STAYED MARRIED? That would be interesting I'd like to hear your story!

Second question... All my astrology books are on the other side of the country, lol... what does Saturn in the 8th house mean in synastry please? Hehehe. Thank you!

posted July 23, 2007 12:37 PM              

It is said seldom that Saturn is the bonding planet.Whenever for example theres a nice aspect between asc/saturn a couple may be bonded forever.

Hmm i dont know if it has to be aspects from Staurn to make the relationship work or not - depends on the owl chart and of the will of the 2

For example, my Sturn doesnt make any aspect to his personals - just his saturn/pluto/uranus/amor/eros/asc.
He the one who is seen as my Saturn guy - aspects my sun,moon,venus,mars,nept,pluto,NN(0ºtrine)and valentine.
His SATURN falls on my 1st and my on his 4th house.
IN composite: our saturn in the 3rd makin no aspects to personals (only < venus).
it aspects the other slower planets and love asteroids also.

So, for one side is aspected in sinastry but not so much in composite.

In Davidson, it aspects the Moon/Venus and stays in the same house.

We made one year of relationship and we consider each other the great love of our lives - i do feel its a very karmic encounter and as you see, not many personal contacts with Saturn in composite.

posted July 24, 2007 03:06 AM            

Yeah, I'm not really interested in asteroids right now. Just Saturn. And only in synastry

This isn't about a specific couple either, it's just things that bobble around in my head thinking of my own relationships and those of people around me I've examined astrologically.

For me, the rules of Saturn hold true. All the major relationships in my life have had major Saturn connections. My ex-husband had Saturn exactly conjunct my ASC. My best friend has a glut of Saturn aspects. The psycho Pisces and I have some nasty Saturn oppositions back and forth (mine is opposed his Sun, his is opposed my Moon). My father and I have a ton of Squares and oppositions involving Saturn also... so yeah.

If I read correctly, it sounds like you and you guy have a TON of Saturn if his Saturn aspects all your personal planets. Your Saturn doesn't have to reciprocate. The karmic binds and connections are there...

I'll have a look at Magi astrology and Saturn, thanks!

posted July 24, 2007 04:12 AM            

My Saturn conj his Merc in the 12th...

Our "relationship" has quite the "fated" quality and many, many other karmic implications are present in our composite.

posted July 24, 2007 06:58 AM              

They talk about Saturn a lot; i think that theyre a little radical on stating some things though...

posted July 25, 2007 07:22 AM            

*cringes*

This would be a terrible thing... soooo... enlighten me someone... Saturn in the 8th in synastry, what does it mean, exactly?

posted August 17, 2007 02:05 PM            

And ironically, the guy I was with the longest of all (2 years), and was engaged to, we had NO Saturn ties in synastry or composite whatsoever (he's a Saturn in Virgo). I can't say that was a shallow relationship, or that I didn't learn anything from it.

Lord knows it was already more committed than the other two- one of them refused to really commit anyway and the other one was an Aquarius (nuff said). Mostly I learned from the non-Saturn relationship that a Taurus can't deal with a guy with no work ethic, no education, and NO MONEY, and that getting married is a helluva lot more than just a romantic gesture. Just because he wasn't a workaholic (first guy) or someone whose affections wane at random (second guy) and was actually emotionally committed to me didn't mean jack in the end with regards to marriage.

posted August 23, 2007 03:53 PM              

I had two serious relationships so far - looked at the synastries and found several Saturn-aspects - not only "nice" ones.

Relationship 1 (lastet 4 years, not living together, shared many interests, mentally very active, many discussions, some power games and competition, but we admired each other and still respect each other today):

Girl's Saturn in boy's 10th house
- conjunct boy's MC (orb: <1)
- opposition boy's Venus (<2)
- square boy's Mars (<2)
- trine boy's Pluto (<3)

Boy's Saturn in girl's 4th house
- trine girl's Mercury (<2)
- quincunx girl's Venus (<2)
- opposition girl's Uranus (<1)

Composite: Saturn in 7th
- square Ceres (<2)

Relationship 2 (lastet 9 years, lived together, shared money and other ressources, deceit occured, not so many private/intellectual interests in common, we let each other roam for him/herself a lot, "caring" for each other in a very practical/material way, which became a burden for me, the girl - I felt bored and trapped over time.)

Girl's Saturn in boy's 10th
- opposite boy's Neptune (<4)
- trine boy's Pluto (<2)

Boy's Saturn in girl's 5th
- square girl's Sun (<2)
- trine girl's Moon (<3)
- square girl's Mars (<4)
- opposition girl's Jupiter (<2)
- quincunx girl's AC (<2)

Composite: Saturn in 8th
- square Sun (<2)
- trine Venus (<1)
- square Juno (<4)
- sextile MC (<2)