Saturn in Libra: Relationship Quality Control

As Saturn makes it's way into Libra next week, you have the taskmaster(Saturn) and the diplomat(Libra) teaming up. During this time, it would do all of us well to make our highest ambition(Saturn) to evaluate the usefulness(Saturn) of our relationships (Libra). One of the facets of Astrology that I love most is that it doesn't necessarily provide us with all of the answers, but confronts us with meaningful questions. Am I "investing" in this relationship? Or, am I mainly "spending" my time ? Investing implies that you're primed and ready to receive some type of return, while spending has you "making it rain" without a higher purpose.

Is my alliance with this person, group or company productive ? If so, what is being produced? Saturn, which is the forerunner of reality, is calling us to be level headed and pragmatic when undertaking this assessment. More expressions of "father time" are consolidation and equivalence. When the time has come for certain elements(people, relationships, employment)of our lives to be discarded because they no longer serve their purpose, you will find yourself as Stringer Bell running around in a building with no escape from Omar and Brother Mouzone. Sometimes you just have to let go and accept the results of your choices up to this point.

Yet another reason why I love Astrology is that this art provides choices. Either we make a bare bones, objective evaluation of what we must keep and what to discard, or this may be externalized through outward circumstances and events in our lives, only to further illustrate the "battle of the psyche" in action. Ultimately, it may behoove us to exercise self-responsibility and claim ownership over our lives. To serve as our own Authority figures. In working with Saturn,whatever we extract from relationships, whether intimate,professional or friendships will directly correlate with what we've put into them. Saturn pays what is earned. Nothing more, nothing less.

On a parting note, we may discover that mastering (Saturn) the art of diplomacy (Libra)is very important during this time. "It's not what you say, it's how you say it." Catching flies using honey instead of vinegar. Thinking before you speak. Asking: "Does this really need to be said in THIS manner? "Does this need to be said right now?" Or, better yet: "Does this need to be said at all?". Hopefully pondering these thoughts will lead to serious (Saturn) discussions (Libra) and provide fuel for our maturity (Saturn).

Let's get it .......