Saturn-Biquintile-Chiron

(Transit Saturn → Natal Chiron)

Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects

Saturn’s biquintile: Either the person is ahead of their time, or time treads upon them with its gray foot. This aspect gives a subconscious desire to deeply understand the lowest forms of life within the planet’s spheres and to take meaningful part in them, through which the individual may express their humanism. However, initially, especially if Saturn is afflicted, the person perceives lower life in a very primitive way and engages with it extremely awkwardly, which may create a complex of inferiority or, conversely, awaken sadistic tendencies from the depths of the subconscious and bring them into activity. In areas of the inner world that resonate with issues of lower life, the person will feel vulnerable, and it is fortunate if they extend this sense of vulnerability to lower life itself. Generally speaking, this sensitivity is inherent at first, but over time it may be repressed into the subconscious, after which compassion often turns into pronounced cruelty—though in this case, such cruelty is more an exception than the rule. The process of integration proceeds through deep study of lower forms of life and a careful, unhurried search for adequate contact and interaction with them; temptations will include frustrations due to the slowness of this process, overly rigid and primitive notions about life and oneself, and outwardly cruel behavior, which should gradually transform into gentle, though restrained, human expressions. At a high level, wisdom and profound human self-expression are achieved. Chiron’s biquintile: Even a villain is God’s vessel—just one with a broken handle. This aspect grants, within the planet’s spheres, an unconventional perception of lower forms of life and their problems, which at a low level may appear insignificant, yet often holds deeper meaning than the person initially intends—though this remains invisible to everyone at first. If the individual begins to interact more closely with lower life, driven by purely human impulses, they will confront serious problems both within that life and regarding their own participation in it, placing themselves in a dead end surrounded by indescribable chaos, making it very difficult to find a way out. More precisely, this will require the person to reconsider their views not only about lower life but also about their attitude toward it, and possibly about humanity as a whole. Overall, this is a highly promising aspect, as its integration allows, through participation in others’ lives, understanding the peculiarities of one’s evolutionary “tails”—that is, inadequate, overly base programs of the subconscious—enabling one to see and transform them, making them more aligned with the spiritual image. However, first and foremost, one must learn to see lower life within the planet’s spheres and its problems with objective and attentive eyes, overcoming corresponding social stereotypes: a cow may not be quite a microcosm, but it is still closer to a human than to a milk factory.