Author: Erin Sullivan
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 337
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120818296
Description
This book gives a thorough account of the astrology, mythology, and psychology of Saturn's role as the source of divine discontent, out of which is born our greatest art and literature and which energizes our universal passion for understanding.
Saturn, god of the “saturnine” disposition, is popularly associated with doom and gloom. But ‘Saturn in Transit’ reveals the planet’s useful and developmental influence in our lives. Saturn assists the modern hero and heroine, during its transit around the zodiac, by destroying the old and out-moded within, and throwing up periodically into chaos, which invariably generates a creative transformation of our purpose in life. Acting as a catalyst of awareness and growth, Saturn becomes the planet of change. Erin Sullivan gives a thorough account of the astrology, mythology, and psychology of Saturn’s role as the source of divine discontent, out of which is born our greatest art and literature and which energizes our universal passion for understanding. Drawing on classical myth, works related to G. G. Jung and Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, as well as on her own extensive astrological knowledge and counseling experience, Sullivan demonstrates how the astrological symbols manifest in the individual and the collective unconscious. Incorporating archetypal sources and practical use of astrological symbolism, ‘Saturn in Transit’ will be read and enjoyed by both analysts and astrologers for its insight into the life journey that is the common lot of humanity. This revised edition includes a new chapter, “The Transit of Saturn to the Planets,” showing how we continually give birth to ourselves, repeatedly, all our lives.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARCHETYPE
Kronos the Titan
The Mythic Kronos and the Roman Saturn
The Old Malefic
The Midwife of Insight
The Alchemical Lead
The Master of Time
CHAPTER 2
THE NATURAL CYCLES OF SATURN
A Journey towards Individuation
Natal Saturn to Saturn Square (Birth-7)
Saturn Square to Saturn Opposition (7-14)
Saturn Opposition to Saturn Square (14-21)
Saturn Square to Saturn Return (22-29)
Saturn Return to Saturn Square (29-36)
Saturn Square to Second Saturn Opposition (37-44)
Second Saturn Opposition to Saturn Square (45-52)
Saturn Square to Second Saturn Return (52-59)
Second Saturn Return Onwards (from age 59)
CHAPTER 3
THE HEROIC ROUND
Heroism
Hamartia: The Hero and the Tragic Flaw
The Mythological Round
The Angles
CHAPTER 4
THE PERSONAL HEROIC JOURNEY
Experiencing Boundaries, Definition and Containment
Seeing the Inside on the Outside
The Transit of Saturn over the Angles
The Call to Adventure
The Threshold Struggle
The Atonement
The Call to Return
CHAPTER 5
THE TRANSIT OF SATURN TO THE PLANETS
Aspects: The Eye of Saturn
The story of Job
Saturn in Transit to Natal Planets
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author