posted September 06, 2011 05:43 AM            

"Saturn square Saturn: Soul-searching

This is a critical period in which several aspects of your life and experience will be tested, especially those that began to be important about seven years ago. Most often this influence is experienced as a sort of identity crisis in which you begin to question what you are doing. You may suffer a crisis of confidence at this time, fearing that you have made the wrong moves in life or committed yourself to some course of action that will not be good in the long run. During this period you will think about and question all the long-term trends in your life. You will not be thinking about trivial matters.

Sometimes a particular event triggers off this period of soul-searching. Others may create difficulties for you, especially in your business or professional area. Perhaps they detect the first signs of insecurity that will afflict you during this period. If they are people who naturally compete with you, they may try to take advantage of your apparent weakness. Employers and other superiors may also sense your feelings of insecurity and wonder whether you are the right person for the job you are doing.

You must recognize that some aspects of your life need to be questioned at this time. But don't stand in one spot quivering about your life. Examine it and make whatever changes are possible and seem appropriate. Any project you started seven years ago or any new aspect of yourself that first surfaced then that is truly worth continuing will still be worthwhile after this period. This is a time of testing, and anything that withstands the test will be better for it. Things that do not pass the test are well got rid of. Shortly you will enter a period of stability and fruitfulness that will justify the events that take place now. In fact, if you are truly conscious of your life and your objectives, you will not undergo a real crisis at all. You will only go through a period of examining what is working and what is not. Your difficulties with the outer world at this time are signals about what you should be doing."

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"You are very critical and demanding of yourself at this time.

You question your real worth and integrity, the major decisions you have made, and your ability to successfully follow through on ideas and plans. You meet obstacles and restrictions which further confirm your suspicions that your life is not on-track! A serious loss of confidence can occur.

One of the worst tendencies from this astrological influence is to feel frustrated, cut off from the good things in life and upset with oneself, but do nothing at all about it except complain and feel anxious. You must be willing to see weaknesses, hypocrisies, egotism, and insincerity in yourself and now make a sincere attempt to rid yourself of these ills. You must break the old habits and be able to take a fresh approach to these ingrained tendencies. You must have the courage to make a change, and the changes needed have more to do with HOW you do things than WHAT you do. This is a time to find greater sincerity and meaningfulness in your life and work, and to rid yourself of extravagances, pomp, and vanity."

posted September 06, 2011 06:02 AM            

This is a crucial period of testing, which challenges your commitment to the life you have chosen thus far. A failure, a loss of status, a personal disappointment, or some other disheartening event may usher in this period of reexamination. You are more aware than ever of your weaknesses and vulnerabilities, and insecurity, fear, and self-doubt may be unwelcome companions now. Basically you are thrown back on your inner resolve to continue on the path you've been on. Areas that are shaky and less than solid will need to be built up or eliminated altogether. Discern what is worth holding on to or working to strengthen, and what must be shed. If you stubbornly resist letting go of what isn't really essential to living out your authentic life, you set yourself up for even greater loss later on.

Positive Potentials:

Necessary endings, losses, or closure in order to concentrate on what is true and most important to your development. Making hard choices that leave you feeling strengthened. Recognizing the depth of your commitment to your current path. Facing weaknesses in order to heal them and build strength.

Negative Potentials:

A severe crisis of confidence reaping the results of past dishonesty (with self or others), unconscious behavior, compromises, or shortcuts.

Remedies and Suggestions:

Stand still and take stock. Do not further weaken yourself by resenting circumstances or blaming others if you find yourself standing in a place that is not to your liking. Embracing self-responsibility and your power to choose differently now gives you strength. Be compassionate toward yourself, and your places of weakness and imperfection. Join deep and rigorous self-honesty with humor and tenderness toward yourself.

Get help from a counselor, healer, or elder for the places you are really stuck or blocked. Employ simple methods, such as slow, conscious breathing, to bring yourself into present-time clarity.