♓︎☾•~Saturn Returns•~♎︎︎✩& Belief Systems

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I'm not sure if I believe in Western astrology; I've always thought it was fun, romantic and interesting or even fascinating, but ultimately nonsense, and put it in the same category as tarot cards (I don't think tarot is nonsense, but just unhelpful and not healthy). However, after reading about the Saturn return, the descriptions for the houses and collective years were surprisingly accurate, and reading about the characteristics of my own Saturn return helped me to accept the events, experiences and emotions I had gone through at that time, more specifically the nature and harshness of the lessons!

I'm still not sure whether I believe in astrology, however I really liked the point that Feng Shui Master Dana Claudat made in one of her recent YouTube videos about astrology not having to be a limiting belief or a self-fulfilling prophecy - rather it can be viewed as working with nature (as planetary bodies are elements of nature). I have also found that you don't have to believe in it, for it to help you.

I have had the great fortune to work with hypnotherapist Claire Winchester as a client over the years, who offered the viewpoint that astrology is just another belief system, like religion, and that if something is helpful, then you can cherry pick what helps and leave the rest. I have found this also to be true with different religions; e.g. certain stories from the Christian Bible (Exodus, Genesis, etc.) and Bija mantras from Hinduism. I believe that this is because God is one with everything and everyone, and is omnipresent (i.e. in all belief systems, religions and faiths). The Universe is limitless, and there is one Love.

I don't personally recommend reading about your Saturn return unless you have already passed through it, and are out the other side. This is because sometimes reading about astrology or things of this nature can become self-fulfilling prophecies, or limiting beliefs. There is also the Observer Effect, which is one of the reasons I personally don't use tarot. However, if you've already been through your Saturn return and it's definitely passed, I would recommend reading about it after you've already been through it. I have found that reading about these experiences and events, which felt so personal and isolating at the time, seem to be universal and completely NOT personal!! This was deeply healing, and helped me to accept the lessons on a much deeper and more genuine level, and to be fully grateful for them (rather than begrudgingly grateful!).

If you are interested in astrology, I recommend completing your free natal chart at https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php

Their calculator generates your sun sign, moon sign and ascendant (rising) sign based on your date, approximate time and city of birth, as well as the signs your houses were in at your time of birth, and the sign and house Saturn was in when you were born! Finding out your sign and house Saturn was in during your date and time of birth sheds further and more acute light on your personal Saturn return, and reading about each of the aspects of your natal chart makes an entrancing read!!