Saturn in Libra: 2009 to 2012

   Saturn to Libra on October 30 2009 at 4.09am AEST

·        Retrogrades back into Virgo on April 8, 2010

·        Moves back into Libra on July 22 2010

Saturn, [the Reality Principle and Lord of Karma] moves into the sign of Libra on October 30, 2009. Saturn takes about 29 ½ years to orbit the Sun and therefore spends about 2 ½ years in each sign. Saturn will transit Libra until October 2012 with a brief re-entry into Virgo during from early April to late July 2010. 

Saturn always challenges us to take responsibility for our lives and offers us the opportunity to learn from life and develop wisdom and maturity. As Saturn transits Libra it challenges us to review and restructure the realm of Libra personally and collectively.

Libra is connected with our need for partnership and relationship and calls on us to re-evaluate our significant one-on-one relationships [including marriage, lovers, business partnerships, close friendships] and indulge in some serious re-structuring where necessary so both partners feel their needs are being honoured. Libra's symbol is the sensitive scales that are easily put out of balance. Libra therefore symbolizes our personal and collective need for:

  • Relationship
  • Harmony, equilibrium and balance
  • Fairness and social justice
  • Co-operation and compromise
  • Beauty and harmony.

On a collective [or mundane] level Libra rules

    • Diplomacy [United Nations etc]
    • Alliances & treaties
    • Legal systems
    • Organizations concerned with arbitration, counselling, mediation and social justice

Saturn in Libra calls on us to take responsibility in all these areas and may herald a greater willingness for nations and individuals to compromise and create new structures that create a fairer, more just society. Perhaps Barack Obama's calls for a new world order based more on co-operation will begin to be heeded. Let's hope so!

On a personal level Saturn in Libra will challenge us all to become more balanced. You may find yourself asking

  • Are my relationships needs being met?
  • Do they need reviewing, re-structuring?
  • How and where do I seek fairness / justice?
  • Are there situations in my life that feel unfair/ Unjust?
  • What can I do do to re-balance the situation?
  • Do I give too little or too much? Or do I do both in different areas of my life.
  • Where do I need to become more open to compromise?

If you know the house where Libra is found in your chart you can ask yourself the following questions.

  • What are my priorities here?
  • What work needs to be done?
  • What can I take responsibility for?
  • What responsibilities have I been avoiding?
  • What fears do I need to face?
  • Am I giving in to fear and negativity? To my inner critic and saboteur?

Saturn moving into Libra will challenge all Librans over the next 2 ½ years as well as those with planets in Libra and all the other cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer and Capricorn Those born in the first week of each of these signs will feel the effects over the next few months.