Heading: Saturn Square Definitions
Subheading: As part of the family curses article.
With all of these placements think Father principal with a capital F & Mother principle with a capital M – meaning both the experience of your own mother and father but more importantly their experience of each other & its impact upon you. Also your own inner mother & father & how they interact with each other & the other sub-identities within you. Then expand that into your experience of your relationships , authorities ie work & society; & the need & ability to nurture in life. I have listed a few key principles here but there are so many more.
Saturn in Aries squares:
Moon in Cancer – This square pits a restrained masculine controlling father against the all feeling mother. Saturn in Aries acts as a brake but still has no understanding of the mysterious Moon in the watery depths of Cancer.
Moon in Capricorn – The repression of feelings is even stronger here with the reinforcement of the Moon placement.
Saturn in Taurus squares:
Moon in Leo- Conservatism & denial of pleasure. Mother thinks she is special but receives no recognition from father.
Moon in Aquarius – Whacky & wonderful feelings meet stolid tradition that represses with rationality.
Saturn in Gemini squares:
Moon in Virgo – Difficulties with learning, lead to controlling through ignorance & distrust of intelligent partners.
Moon in Pisces – Skepticism & fixed ideas scorns the intuitive & emotionally expressive.
Saturn in Cancer squares:
Moon in Libra – Hypersensitivity leads to denial & emotional ambiguity.
Moon in Aries – Tradition blocks creativity & expression of feelings.
Saturn in Leo squares:
Moon in Scorpio – Outer adherence to societal status quo block secret passions that will erupt & tear down the edifice, usually from without.
Moon in Taurus – Ideals deny the instinctual inner life of feelings. Earth mother made to feel unworthy.
Saturn in Virgo squares:
Moon in Sagittarius – Conservative values repress the expression of the sometimes bold & occasionally fanatical feelings.
Moon in Gemini – Practical father devalues the maternal input of intellectual playfulness. Trust in things over the instability of the mind.
Saturn in Libra squares:
Moon in Capricorn – The search for social acceptance denies one’s true inner feelings & can often lead to the formation of relationships based on outer appearances rather than real feelings.
Moon in Cancer – Strong urge to keep a superficial charm controlling things & to keep the door locked on one’s emotional life, where deep turgid feelings lie in wait.
Saturn in Scorpio squares:
Moon in Aquarius – Dead men tell no secrets! Father keeps the family lore locked up & squashes mother’s desperate desire to chatter the truth.
Moon in Leo – Self-sabotage can undermine your ability to shine, as the instinct to remain in the back room clashes with the feeling that you are very special.
Saturn in Sagittarius squares:
Moon in Pisces – The adherence to ideals crushes the whimsy and beauty of a life lived according to the heart. Keep your eye out for the delicate & sensitive.
Moon in Virgo – More of the above denies access to the wisdom of the body & health issues may result. Remember that God & the devil are in the details.
Saturn in Capricorn squares:
Moon in Aries – A repressive influence upon the spontaneous expression of the self. Beware of wild women as they have the key to your tower.
Moon in Libra – The stolid denies access to pleasurable pursuits. Daddy did not waste time or money on frivolous pursuits.
Saturn in Aquarius squares:
Moon in Taurus – The cold touch of the mind belittles the natural wisdom of the body and feelings. Class or cultural inequalities can be present in relationships.
Moon in Scorpio – Fixed values bespeak of worshipping at the altar of rationalism and the feeling world lies tangled at the bottom of the garden.
Saturn in Pisces squares:
Moon in Gemini – Worry fuels the restraining energy here that clouds the clever expression of feelings. Too serious to allow the transforming nature of humour & trouble with the social lubricant of small talk.
Moon in Sagittarius – Martyrdom raises its ugly religious head here & the overweening need to get it right on an existential level represses a lot of playful passion. Watch out for saving people in relationships.
Interestingly my own Saturn square Moon aspect was the very last one & that happened by sheer chance!
I would like to acknowledge the information and insight that I have drawn over many years from Betty Lunsted’s Astrological Insights into Personality & recommend it for further study.
©Sudha Hamilton
